Quotes About Inquiry

Though I have looked everywhereI can find nothing lowlyin the universe.

The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, "Why?" and sometimes he thought, "Wherefore?" and sometimes he thought, "Inasmuch as which?" and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about.

Puchatku! - Co, Prosiaczku? - Nic - rzek? Prosiaczek, bior?c Puchatka za ?apk?. - Chcia?em si? tylko upewni?, czy jeste?.

he expected to find Piglet warming his toes in front of his fire, but to his surprise he saw that the door was open, and the more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there.

Oh, Kanga," said Pooh, after Rabbit had winked at him twice, "I don't know if you are interested in Poetry at all?" "Hardly at all," said Kanga.

Shake the tree. See what falls down.

Then why are you begging? – To find out what effect it has and to observe people's reaction

Gideon resisted a strange urge to laugh. Looks like homicide. What did he think—that a heart attack had blown away half the man's head?

Art is... a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

and what might be intended as simple curiosity may feel like a demand for a confession.

Every atom a teacher, each Universe a seeker

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

We are forever asking Nature whether it has stopped beating its wife.

sometimes we have to "live the question," not push for the answer.

During the inquiry she had tapped into the righteousness that was her due. She slapped down the least suggestion that she might be at fault. She had learned a lesson. To show weakness. To be tearful or shattered didn't serve her. One shouldn't just hope to be treated well, one must insist on it.

During the inquiry she had tapped into the righteousness that was her due; she slapped down the least suggestion that she might be at fault. She had learned a lesson: to show weakness, to be tearful or shattered didn't serve her. One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Don't the overwhelming majority believe that mankind is the crowning achievement of Creation, that man is better than everything, even things we haven't yet investigated? And don't those people who aren't able to escape the bonds of their own ego think that the entire Universe, even the countless worlds of outer space, is just a backdrop for this ego? And yet it might be quite different.

Being a scientist is not just a profession. It's a frame of mind...Scientific tools are not reserved for people in white coats and beakers. Hypotheses have as much place in our lives as they do in the lab. Experiments can inform our daily decisions.

Uncertainty primes us to ask questions and absorb new ideas.

Satisfaction is no more the solution to frustration than certainty is the solution to skepticism.

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There are plenty of scientific theories why they do this, none of which can be summarized as "because they can," disappointingly.

Doubt is the cornerstone of science. It gives you a sure footing from which to build an argument based on data.