Quotes About Inquiry

The vast majority of students probably emerge from college with an adequate grasp of no more than a single method of inquiry. Even this capacity may erode over time if it does not relate to experiences and problems that recur in the student's later life.

Sentence first, verdict afterwards.

Science starts with a question.

What, in all very seriousness, the hell was going on?

Mr. Mustache spoke up, again without moving any facial muscles. "I neeeed," he said, drawing out the word pointlessly, "to learn Who. You. Are." That made even less sense than what Matthews had said, and I could think of no reply more penetrating than, "Oh, uh-huh Ã¢â'¬Â¦Ã¢â'¬Â It must have sounded just as feeble to him as it did to me, because he moved at last, turning his entire head in my direction and flipping up the sunglasses with one manicured finger.

Why should I let anything stand in the way of life, liberty, and the pursuit of vivisection? I

What's your name?" "Stu." He eyed me carefully. "You were asking some things? In the store?" His statements were inflected as questions. I

all he could about the men who had defiled her

Somebody you busted?" Amanda asked matter-of-factly.

Accept nothing, Believe no one, Challenge everything. It's the only law I live by.

Show me one who isn't

Accept nothing, believe no one, and challenge everything

embarrassed, and Maisie wondered if she might later ask

Quiero hacerles unas preguntas: ¿Es una cualidad la estupidez?, ¿es una maldición la inteligencia?

The job of the writer isn't to answer questions. The job of the writer is to ask the questions for which there are no answers.

they will learn how much better it is, when one is uninformed, to put questions than to make assertions;

asked if it was a vestry meeting; or, if not, who was being murdered, and why?

What the hell? For what?' "That

Dumb is just not knowing. 'Ditzy' is having the courage to ask!

I hope you don't mind my asking," Douglas said, "but I noticed the statue outside, and are you guys Christian? I thought you were Indian.

Why do I write? To investigate the mystery of existence. To tolerate myself. To get closer to everything that is outside of me.

If we wait long enough, a teacher will answer her own question, so we won't have to do much work.

My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come up with big shows. Every fashion company is doing that, every car company is doing that.

When I work on a book, I usually start with a question. And I don't sit around and go "I need to write a book. What's a good question?" It will be a question that's just clanging around in my head.