Quotes About Inquiry

The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science of man and the social system. It ought necessarily to precede every other inquiry into social physics, since it is, as it were, the basis. The average man, indeed, is in a nation what the centre of gravity is in a body; it is by having that central point in view that we arrive at the apprehension of all the phenomena of equilibrium and motion.

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In my day-to-day life, I did learn to be passionately curious from my dad and always search and have a hunger for knowledge and want to understand why things work the way they do.

I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?'

My favorite question is 'Why?' I think it can be really helpful - I also think it can be annoying to people at times; I'll admit that. But I really do try to understand why are we approaching it this way, does it makes sense, is this the right answer, why is it the right answer, are there other paths to getting there, could those be better.

I always ask Paul Pogba about Manchester United. I think they are a huge club with a really good infrastructure.

That's what 90 percent of the people talk about when they're first exposed to the fish.

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to the extent that the grace of the Lord permits to inquiry into and investigation of the consensus of the true and purer antiquity.

Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book and creed and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis.

Sire, I have no need of that hypothesis.

It is easier to judge the mind of a man by his questions rather than his answers.

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is absurd.

Children are not passive absorbers of knowledge; rather, they are active constructors of concepts

One of my many weaknesses as a journalist is that I can't ask perfect strangers about the masturbation habits of their ex-spouses, just me being a stuffed shirt again.

The one who asks questions does not lose his way.

Do you still throw spears at each other? (to Australian Aborigines during a visit to Queensland)

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.

That wasn't gorilla was it?

Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - "which is the mostest? which is the leastest?" They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: the heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart.

If you want to know the value of free inquiry and a secular, liberal arts education, look at the Middle East. Simple isn't it?

Ask me no questions, and I will tell you no lies.