Quotes About Investigation

What was Dr. Mera's motive for murder? I don't need to tell that to a writer of detective novels such as yourself. You know well enough yourself that even without a motive, a murderer lives to kill.

Like enthusiasts in general, he made no inquiries into details of procedure.

A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.

For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize.

Understanding what makes you 'tick' isn't half as much fun as finding out what makes you 'tock'!

If people don't want you to question something, that probably means you should question it.

About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston.

Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.

If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it.

You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.

The capability of human life is beyond our imagination. What counts is the human capacity to investigate and transform our own mind and the world around us in a powerful and positive direction.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Journalism, some huge percentage of it, should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds and if that's going to invite a lawsuit, well, bring it on.

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour.

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.

Well, what were your favorite books?" "When?" "As a young girl." "Nancy Drew. I read dozens of them. I loved the idea of a girl detective.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

I have always wanted to know why, wherever archaeologists dig, do they always find red and white poles?

On 18 December 1772, the directors of the East India Company were summoned to the Houses of Parliament. There they were fiercely examined by General John Burgoyne's Select Committee, which had been set up to investigate EIC abuses in India, and particularly accusations of embezzlement and bribe-taking. Charges of corruption were levelled against several EIC servants

When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.

Science isn't just about blowing things up. Rather it's about blowing things up and knowing how you did it.

His early researches were pursued partly in the spirit of a young gentleman's entertainment, which happened to be science instead of fighting or politics or gambling.

Well, Sir, we do like to find out who kills people and why.