Quotes About Investigation

But those stories inspire observations and experiments that do help us sort out what's going on. The science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov reportedly once said, "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny.

The credo of experimental science remains that an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. If we fail to find a capacity in a given species, our first thought ought to be "Did we overlook something?" And the second should be "Did our test fit the species?

Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.

Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to close investigation.

in police work ninety-nine percent of the effort is routine, unspectacular enquiry, checking and double-checking, laboriously building up a web of parts until the parts become a whole, the whole becomes a net, and the net finally encloses the criminal with a case that will not just make headlines but stand up in court. He

The student of history knows no more refreshing recreation than that of nailing liars, like vermin, to the wall.

Ich wurde ein immer besserer Verbrecher und du ein immer besserer Kriminalist.

Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?

The trick is to never stop looking. There's always another secret.

Looks like we're going to need a new prime suspect, Wax," Wayne said. "This one downright refuses to not be dead already.

Can something be "almost" an accident?' Pattern asked, genuinely curious.

And yet, any who know me will realize that there was no chance I would give up so easily. Once I find something to investigate, I become dogged in my pursuit.

Of course I know, professionally, that the more entrenched and reactive we are about an issue, the more we need to investigate our responses.

Interest is a cognitive openness to engaging with a topic or experience. Curiosity is recognizing a gap in our knowledge about something that interests us, and becoming emotionally and cognitively invested in closing that gap through exploration and learning. Curiosity often starts with interest and can range from mild curiosity to passionate investigation.

curiosity is deviant.

He dedicado mucho tiempo de mi vida a los crímenes y a las investigaciones de los mismos. Mi planteamiento es que el mal siempre es fruto de las circunstancias, nunca es congénito. He escrito sobre crímenes porque ilustran mejor que ninguna otra cosa las contradicciones que constituyen la base de la vida humana.

in a rash moment he decided to lie his way to the truth. If he wasn't mistaken, Ellen Magnusson had had very little experience with the police. She would assume that they searched for the truth by being honest themselves. She was the one who would lie, not the police.

A criminal investigation is like a construction site. Everything has to be done in the proper order or the building won't hold up.

A journalist who doesn't know how to find a phone number no matter how secret it is should change his profession.

Criminals in a hurry are always the easiest to trace," Lundstr

The house wasn't locked. Wallander looked

Establishing the line between a lie and a fact, the real truth, is the basis of all police work. - Kurt Wallander

Eliminating someone from an investigation is just as important as getting a positive lead.