Quotes About Inquiry

?Why,? he began slowly, ?is Victor Dashkov joining us?? ?Well, it?s kind of a funny story . . .?

I've come to ask you where Seth is." "Funny," said Andrea. "We were going to ask you the same thing." I was taken aback. "How would I know?" They both just stared. "I don't!

Jackass, jackass on the wall, where's the info on Hex Hall?

Was it animal pee or human pee? Someone asked.How would I know? What, am I an expert in the study of pee?

Why...do you find this...distracting?

Who is this repulsive dwarf?

It seems the only thing that can rob you of your formidable powers of inquisition is the sight of me without a shirt on.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

I like to keep my curiosity alive and question everything, and because I hate leaving something undone once I start it, I think far into the future.

Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.

The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.

The goal of teaching is learning, not teaching.

The goal for me is to pull in the reader and to have them ask questions.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without, being paralyzed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy in our age can do for those who study it.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not Eureka! (I found it!) but 'That's funny...?

If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.

I surveyed 100 women and asked them what shampoo they used when showering, 98 of them said: How the hell did you get in here?

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery.

I propose to you that you'll find answers to your questions by taking just one step beyond the place where others will tell you to stop. Be curious and ask just one more question. Be persistent and insist on just one more consideration. Speak out. Try.

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Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.