Quotes About Inquiry

To demand to know is the obligation of every American. That it occasionally leads people down blind alleys, or off to Atlantis, is to be celebrated, not scorned.

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

Who all is in there? Speak up and be quick about it!' 'A Methodist and a son a bitch!

There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.

Upon this first, and in one sense this sole, rule of reason, that in order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so desiring not be satisfied with what you already incline to think, there follows one corollary which itself deserves to be inscribed upon every wall of the city of philosophy: Do not block the way of inquiry.

Do not block the way of inquiry.

Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.

Have you by any chance an edition of St. Ignatius's treatise against the Gnostics?" he asked in a low clear voice. The young assistant looked gravely back. "Not for sale, I'm afraid," he said. "Nor, if it comes to that, the Gnostic treatises against St. Ignatius." "Quite," Anthony answered.

However, show-and-tell sessions at Beinn Bhreagh with his grandchildren inspired him to design—and publicize in the Volta Review (published by his Volta Institute)—simple experiments for children. "If their curiosity and interest can be aroused," he wrote, "they will speculate for themselves as to the causes of the phenomena observed. This exercise of the mind is just what children need. It develops their reasoning powers and arouses their interest.

What's your name, honey?" Frank asked her. "Beth Riley," she said. She could hear footsteps overhead as the agents stomped around her parents' bedroom upstairs. "What's your real name?" he asked. Her skin prickled. "Beth Riley," she said again.

And the fuck is yours too, WTF. That question does not apply 'to everything every day.' If it does, you're wasting your life. If it does, you're a lazy coward and you are not a lazy coward. Ask better questions, sweet pea. The fuck is your life. Answer it.

I was a terrible believer in things, I was also a terrible nonbeliever in things. I was just as searching as I was skeptical.

I was a terrible believer in things, but I was also a terrible nonbeliever in things. I was as searching as I was skeptical.

Fabre believed that the methods of science must be consistent with our motives for knowing.

The man with the best job in the country is the vice President. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How's the President?"

Did you ever have the measles, and if so, how many?

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.

Audite et alteram partem

Breakthrough solutions start with reframed questions, and we are in need of breakthrough solutions in many, many realms.

The important and difficult job is never to find the right answers. It is to find the right question. - Peter Drucker

Questions need places to flourish

What if we brainstormed for Questions?

Ask yourself why the question you chose seemed important. Then ask why the reason you just gave is important. and so on.

They had answers to all of their own questions, but no answer for mine.