Quotes About Inquiry

Hmm?" She stopped and looked back.

arms wide and said, 'That's a question

As I sit absentmindedly bystanders stop and ask. Can they not see that I am in serenity?

There's so much I see every day and don't really understand and I just don't stop to think about the fact that I don't really understand.

Funny how "question" contains the word "quest" inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.

looked up. Benny was not reading any more. He was looking straight ahead. But he was not looking at anything. "What's the matter, Ben?" asked Mr. Alden.

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.

There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.

What is the answer I was silent. In that case, what is the question

What is the answer? she asked, and when no answer came she laughed and said: Then, what is the question?

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. There's your answer.

in ogni attività, in ogni lavoro, è salutare di tanto in tanto mettere un punto interrogativo ad affermazioni che abbiamo sempre dato per scontate.

Stop now and always wonder. Press forward and tap the wonder.

Some people never get farther than where they start from, never find out what else there is, or ask questions, or get answers.

You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

Nelle scuole abbiamo […] l'immobilità dello spirito obbligato a ripetere invece che a cercare.

Faith was a choice. So, it followed, was wonder.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

I soon learned there was a very Indian habit of asking personal questions. It

read Plato or Shakespeare or Dante as if we found their books in the street and had no idea who they were. I

Der Mensch muss bei dem Glauben verharren, dass das Unbegreifliche befreidlich sei; er würde sonst nicht forschen.

Who's Evan?" Ian asked. "Amy's boyfriend!" "Amy, since when do you have a boyfriend?" Ian probed. "Since none of your business !

It would appear, however, that we have not even begun to apply the scientific spirit, the inquiring mind — Reason, and even its lesser brother, Common Sense — to our communal affairs.

Daddy, why doesn't this magnet pick up this floppy disk?