Quotes About Investigation

People don't tell you their secrets, Ghastek. You have to find them out.

It is, therefore, a question which requires close investigation, and not to be answered at first sight, whether there exists a knowledge altogether independent of experience, and even of all sensuous impressions? Knowledge of this kind is called a priori, in contradistinction to empirical knowledge, which has its sources a posteriori, that is, in experience.

purposes are imposed on nature violently and dictatorially, instead of being sought by means of physical investigation.

It is necessary at this point to recount what actually occurred, as opposed to what was generally supposed to have occurred, on that terrible evening when Lucas killed a man.

It's amazing how seedy scumbags (the press) can write shite, and demented retards (the public) suddenly go up in arms and then opportunistic slime (the politicians) jump right on the bandwagon. Such is British life. So now there is to be a 'comprehensive review of the facility'.

he wondered, did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions—not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth...

Antes de intentar una cura debemos averiguar en qué consiste la enfermedad.

three ships lost in the same sector in the same year can't be accident, and

He would have to ask questions constantly, take nothing for granted. There would be so many opportunities to miss the obvious, so many chances to misunderstand, so many ways of taking the wrong path.

it may be worth listening to all that scraping, tootling, and banging, for whatever information it might conceivably yield concerning Earth.

it is an advantage for the murderer to be in charge of the murder investigation.

Eliminate the impossible and whatever remained, however improbable, was the truth.

Why, he wondered, did so many people spend their lives not trying to find answers to questions - not even thinking of questions to begin with? Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

Ya sé lo que está pensando, jefe: el primer sospechoso es el cónyuge, pero no nos sirve, porque David Rosen tiene una buena coartada. —¿Cuál? —Se murió de un paro cardíaco en 1988.

I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.

Study until twenty-five, investigation until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

My nature is to try and look past apparent truths, to pull back layers and understand the psychological motives behind phenomena.

Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.

Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is.

The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves.

The fact that Turkey, the U.S., and Russia and other countries are really interested in Cyprus because of its strategic location... the fact that Russians launder their money there to avoid sanctions, and the fact that key U.S. and Russia players were there - all make it really important for the Russia investigation.

The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.

The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption.