They seemed to forget that the increase of known truths…

“(T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.”

— Galileo Galilei

“the increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.”

— Carl Sagan

Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or…

— Isaac Watts

For my whole life I have dedicated myself to those who have been subjected to injustice. I've conducted investigations and written in newspapers about…

— Dacia Maraini

The general public have a warped view of the speed at which an investigation proceeds. They like to imagine tense conversations going on behind…

— Ben Aaronovitch

Historical investigation and literary criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it a composite human book, written by many…

— Bill Vaughan

It's hard for people to feel secure when there are unexplained drones flying overhead and they're not getting answers they need from the federal…

— Andy Kim

[In geology,] As in history, the material in hand remains silent if no questions are asked. The nature of these questions depends on the…

— Anonymous

The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by…

— Milan Kundera

It required unusual inquisitiveness to pursue the development of scientific curiosities such as charged pith balls, the voltaic cell, and the electrostatic machine. Without…

— Frederick Seitz

Democracy is not being well served as we're accustomed to. There is less information, there's less investigation, there's less analysis, there's less accountability.

— Edward Greenspon

Honest investigation is utterly impossible within the pale of any church, for the reason, that if you think the church is right you will…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from…

— Carl Sagan

A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of…

— Joshua Foer