Quotes About Inquiry

It's true. I doubt. I doubt because I seek the truth. Doubt has served me well.

Want to see my string?" Ned asked, tugging at his glove.

Las preguntas que empiezan con un "por qué" son las más difíciles de contestar -dijo Dale- Al final acabas haciendo suposiciones, en vez de basarte en certezas.

Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?

So long as we do not depend on the facts entirely, incomplete knowledge is better than complete ignorance. --Egwene al'Vere

If nobody asked questions, then we would never learn anything.

Can something be "almost" an accident?' Pattern asked, genuinely curious.

So many questions. Could she not think about what the answers might be before asking?

Revenge wouldn't drive her. But questions . Yes, questions would.

Was…was that a cow?

Jasnah was different. She gave Shallan a topic and the freedom to pursue it as she wished. Jasnah offered encouragement and speculation, but nearly all of their conversations turned to topics like the true nature of scholarship, the purpose of studying, the beauty of knowledge and its application.

Every scholar knew that one of the greatest dangers in research was the desire to find a specific answer.

Tendríamos que enseñar a nuestros niños a ser más atentos, más inquisitivos. No solo a destruir, sino también a construir.

My name is Catbug. What's yours?

Why would you do that?

Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surender to uncertainty. We have to ask questions, admit to not knowing, risk being told that we shouldn't be asking, and, sometimes, make discoveries that lead to discomfort.

We aren't curious about something we are unaware of or know nothing about. This has huge implications for education. Loewenstein explains that simply encouraging people to ask questions doesn't go very far toward stimulating curiosity. He writes, "To induce curiosity about a particular topic, it may be necessary to 'prime the pump' "—

Curiosity is a shit-starter. But that's okay. Sometimes we have to rumble with a story to find the truth.

Several people asked questions to hear themselves talk.

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Indirect questions can produce direct answers. - Anne-Brit Höglund

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?

What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?

I was determined to know beans.