Quotes About Inquiry

She didn't want to know -how- a thing was done, but -why-. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead.

You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it.

How's Uncle Louis today? Who? And Aunt Maude?

He slapped her face with amazing objectivity and repeated the question.

Then, left alone, shivering, I happened to glance up. I stood, I froze, blinking up through the drift, the drift, the silent drift of blinding snow. I saw the high hotel windows, the lights, the shadows. What's it like up there? I thought. Are fires lit? Is it warm as breath? Who are all those people? Are they drinking? Are they happy? Do they even know I'm HERE?

She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why.

But most of all," she said, "I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they're going.

No quería saber cómo se hacen las cosas sino por qué. Esto puede resultar embarazoso. Uno empieza con los porqués y termina siendo realmente desgraciado. La pobre chica está mejor muerta.

You ask Why to a lot of things are you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it.

You as Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it.

È felice lei? domandò. Sono cosa? gridò Montag

Você pergunta o porquê de muitas coisas e, se insistir, acaba se tornando realmente muito infeliz.

She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead.

Skepticism is the tonic of the mind .

leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on. His little eyes glittered

Senti que estava me tornando cientificamente interessante.

The Buddha's teaching is never about blind belief, but about the wisdom of our own inquiry.

There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

Who is Spain? Why is Hitler? Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?

Under Colonel Korn's rule, the only people permitted to ask questions were those who never did. Soon the only people attending were those who never asked questions, and the sessions were discontinued altogether, since Clevinger, the corporal and Colonel Korn agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

The case against Clevinger was open and shut. The only thing missing was something to charge him with.

Group Headquarters was alarmed, for there was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to. Colonel

was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.