Quotes About Inquiry

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise, just as it is in the eyes of the Childlike Empress. You may only search and inquire, never judge. Always remember that, Atreyu!

Why did *I* lock the door? Why did YOU lock the door? Someone locked the door...

Others felt that their question had already been answered in the minds of other group members, and if they asked the question, it would be considered a dumb question, and they would be put down as being stupid or not going along with the group. Because people did not ask questions, people lost lives when the Titanic sank, when the Challenger crashed, when President Kennedy authorized a covert attack on the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.

Why do you always answer a question with another question?" "Clarity," he said.

Think for yourself along rational lines. Hypothesize, test against the evidence, never accept that a question has been answered as well as it ever will be.

Never ask questions if you might not want to know the answers, lest you are pulled into those stories and the truths they reveal. Sometimes ignorance is better. It would probably not be so popular otherwise.

Ask very pointed questions. Sharp as sword blades, or laser blasts, if you catch my meaning.

but we can only question what we know.

At one point he put his nose close to a volume called Raymond, or Life and Death by Sir Oliver Hodge.

They are probably right. It is entirely rational for conservatives to flock to jobs that reward competition, aggression and victory at the expense of others. So it should not be surprising that liberals gravitate to professions—such as academics, journalism, social work and the arts—that emphasize inquiry, objectivity and the free exchange of ideas. After all, teachers at all levels—from nursery school to graduate school—tend to be Democrats.

Memory is the enemy of wonder

My sincere hope is that 'The Da Vinci Code,' in addition to entertaining people, will serve as an open door to begin their own explorations.

Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.

I think anybody who's curious about anything, including their own mind, is inherently a skeptic.

I'm kind of a skeptic at heart.

I am the skeptic of skeptics.

I don't really believe in the paranormal; I'm a skeptic through and through.

I'm a natural born skeptic.

Skeptical doesn't have to necessarily be a negative thing. I think if you allow yourself to second guess things and look at things from a distance you don't immediately run into things blindfolded, so that's a positive.

Over the years, I paid careful attention in client meetings and jotted down things that quite didn't make sense. And I had the courage to raise questions and to be skeptical when something didn't add up.

I'm very skeptical about everything. That's how I've always been.

I'm a pretty skeptical person, and I question a lot.

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.