Quotes About Examination

When I have a particular case in hand," he explained, "I . . . love to dig up the question by the roots and hold it up and dry it before the fires of the mind.

You can never read too much into anything

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

This gentleman, with knowing air, Survey'd

Je me disais : "Tu barreras dans l'Histoire de France de ta fille tout ce qui est exaltation à la guerre." Mais il aurait fallu tout barrer et comme j'avais malgré tout essayé, l'institutrice vint chez moi et me dit : "Que voulez-vous, monsieur Giono, comment pouvons-nous faire ?

People declare as much, without, apparently, looking into the matter very closely. They seem able to dispense with the conscientious observer's scruples, when inflating their bladder of theory.

That a closed door only invites closer scrutiny.

These vascular changes, evident to the clinician by examination of the retina, are mirrored by changes in the kidney, leading to a proliferative arteritis, and in advanced stages of the process, fibrinoid necrosis.

Stanley felt at least thirty-five percent less sane as he walked out of his psychological examination, but he was pretty sure they'd stamp his file "Not a Whacko."

Now, if you don't mind, we're going to get some hair samples, tissue samples, saliva samples, fingernail samples, urine samples, and stool samples." "Would you like a booger, too?" "Actually, yes, let's get a mucus sample while we're at it.

The shock of finding a familiar word in an unfamiliar setting.] A SS man would examine us. Whenever he found a weak one, a musulman as we called them, he would write his number down: good for the crematory.

This was simply not enough hours. This left far too many remaining hours free, and free hours were dangerous. Free hours created too much opportunity for examining the disappointments she was meant to be grinding under her boot heel.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

Let's look at the record.

So you're Zach." Townsend didn't even try to hide the judgement in his voice as he looked Zach up and down in some sort of silent but dangerous examination. Zach huffed but smiled. "so you're Townsend." The two of them stared for a long time, wordless. It felt like I was watching a documentary on the Nature Channel, something about alpha males in the wild.

My only weapon is the question.

Take the perspective of a journalist or scientist. Really study what's around you. What are people wearing, what do the interiors of buildings look like, what noises do you hear? If you bring your analytical powers to bear, you can make almost anything interesting.

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.

I'm quite investigative. Believe it or not, my mum and dad were in the police, and I sort of like to read into things and stuff.

I just want people to question everything. Question what your congressman is doing, your city council. Question what really happened during the Civil War. What happened during 9/11.

There's so much of, it could have been a very critical examination of what happened, and really the emotional lives of the people involved sort of carry the characters forward.

What I am best at is reading a book and then writing a critical essay.

Reason can be used only when looking critically back.

They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they examined everything inside of me. Know what they decided? I need glasses.