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Quotes About Inquiry

Then the retributive machinery clanks into action and a flawless career spent garnering nothing but praise is trashed at the stroke of a pen, because it all has to be somebody's fault. Shit happens, but never in an official inquiry commission's final report.
~ Lee Child
Science should be the search for truth, not merely the search for materialistic explanations.
~ Lee Strobel
Godly teachers encourage questions; those who demand unthinking agreement have something to hide.
~ Lee Strobel
People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.
~ Leo Rosten
Tell me if anything was ever done... Tell me... Tell me.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
There is nothing in all nature without its reason, he wrote. If you know the reason, you do not need the experience.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
~ Lewis Carroll
But if I'm not the same, the next question is, 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!
~ Lewis Carroll
What do you know about this business?' the King said to Alice. 'Nothing,' said Alice. 'Nothing WHATEVER?' persisted the King. 'Nothing whatever,' said Alice.
~ Lewis Carroll
What do you know about this business?' the King said to Alice. 'Nothing,' said Alice. 'Nothing whatever?' persisted the King. 'Nothing whatever,' said Alice. 'That's very important,' the King said, turning to the jury. They were just beginning
~ Lewis Carroll
Who are YOU? said the Caterpillar.
~ Lewis Carroll
Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it.
~ Lewis Carroll
By-the-bye, what became of the baby?
~ Lewis Carroll
Antipathies, I think--' (she was rather glad there WAS no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) '--but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?
~ Lewis Carroll
Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?—and she tried to curtsey
~ Lewis Carroll
thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural);
~ Lewis Carroll
Où est ma chatte?
~ Lewis Carroll
and what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking!No,it'll never do to ask:perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.
~ Lewis Carroll
can't explain it,' said the Gryphon hastily. 'Go on with the next verse.' 'But about his toes?' the Mock Turtle persisted. 'How could he turn them out with his nose, you know?' 'It's the first position in dancing.' Alice said; but was dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing, and longed to change the subject. 'Go on with the next verse,' the
~ Lewis Carroll
Who Stole the Tarts?
~ Lewis Carroll
Who the heck is Don Quick-oats?
~ Libba Bray
Could you look again, please?" the woman asked in a clipped, slightly British accent. "It was sent parcel post two weeks ago from Miss Felicity Worthington and addressed to Mrs. Rao, Mrs. Gemma Doyle Rao.
~ Libba Bray
No historians or librar ians were harmed in the making of this book, but some were badgered extensively with questions.
~ Libba Bray
Nada disso vai melhorar a qualidade das torradeiras , mas é um lance viajante que faz com que você passe o dia inteiro tentando desvendar a questão.
~ Libba Bray