Quotes About Investigation

When the chair of an investigating committee refuses to share vital findings or source information with any of his colleagues, his committee's ability to function has been fundamentally undermined.

Rereading 'Child 44' brought out the novel's meatier pleasures, its ability to create vivid characters in a world both alien to our own and chillingly recognizable.

Back in the 1980s, the 'News of the World' had specialised in digging into the privacy of criminals. In the 1990s, enriched by the excavation of Princess Diana's volatile life, they had widened their work to mine the activities of any celebrity, any public figure.

I don't think many people have ever read the report. Who has read 26 volumes of this case? How many read the summary? If you read the summary, it takes a long time.

Once upon a time there was a physicality to the business of investigating a serious crime. There were objects, pieces of paper, even good old-fashioned fingerprints. Today it's different. Because all of us are routinely and voluntarily giving the intimate details of our lives to all kinds of people whether we realize it or not.

After learning of a failed attempt to hack the state's online voter registration and My Voter Page, my office contacted the Department of Homeland Security and opened an investigation.

I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.

I read a lot about serial killers.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

I had always been a huge Sherlock Holmes fan.

I had to remind myself that it's good for journalists to feel demeaned. It means we're onto a story.

Oh, Ronson's all right," Alex told him. "I'm sure he's planning some form of sophisticated hit piece, but I don't care. It's always artfully done so it goes back and forth, you know." "Why is he wearing a snow jacket in 90-degree heat?" Stone muttered to Alex.

the inquisitors were especially interested in what Christians did under the covers and behind closed doors.

To be a manager is to be part detective. The clues are everywhere, the skill is in reading them. When

Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.

To know your organism, you must eat it.' Not just the flies: the pupae. And not just to horrify people, but to know.

Como instrumento de investigación filosófica, la máquina de pensar es absurda. No lo sería, en cambio, como instrumento literario y poético.

From what I've read of detective stories, inspectors always do want to drag the pond first.

Hay muchas cosas irrevocables- dijo Harry-, pero nunca se sabe si lo son o no, hasta que se ha averiguado. Y siempre vale la pena hacerlo.

Shake the tree. See what falls down.

gray-clad knees that hadn't come within ten inches of the soil. "Shall we have a look at the remains?" he said. "Perhaps we'd better establish at once that we're not dealing with a polydactylous pig." "We're not," Gideon said. "I can see that from here.

Gideon resisted a strange urge to laugh. Looks like homicide. What did he think—that a heart attack had blown away half the man's head?

You know you really don't need a forensic team to get to the bottom of this.

There are plenty of scientific theories why they do this, none of which can be summarized as "because they can," disappointingly.