Inquiry Quotes

The thought: A logical inquiry

— Gottlob Frege

I've never done too much inquiry into angels.

— Misha Collins

Inquiries into the heart are not for man.

— Samuel Johnson

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

— Will Durant

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.

— Jean Toomer

Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.

— Anonymous

“Who am I? The great inquiry indeed.”

— Yogananda Paramhansa

Certainty ends inquiry.

— Jacob Bronowski

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.

— Rupert Sheldrake

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

— Thomas Paine

To Dogmatism the Spirit of Inquiry is the same as the Spirit of Evil.

— Ambrose Bierce

“As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.”

— Plato

The words "question" and "quest" are cognates. Only through inquiry can we discover truth.

— Carl Sagan

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

— Benjamin Jowett

In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work.

— Carl Sagan

Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of…

— Sidney Hook

How do we get out of our small mind? When we enquire into the core of our existence. What is life? Who…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free…

— Dmitri Mendeleev

The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or…

— John Dewey

I suspect the base that I'm working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last…

— Ian Mckellen

Every science and every inquiry, and similarly every activity and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good.

— Aristotle

Every man's condition is a solution in hieroglyph to those inquiries he would put. He acts it as life before he apprehends…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry.

— B. F. Skinner

I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I…

— Barack Obama

Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness…

— Seth Godin

Truth should be the first lesson of the child and the last aspiration of manhood; for it has been well said that…

— John Greenleaf Whittier

It is little short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not already completely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry……

— Albert Einstein

We in our present generation stand on the cusp of a new and glorious dawn when mastery of these energies lies fully…

— Stephen R. Lawhead

In the domain of Political Economy, free scientific inquiry meets not merely the same enemies as in all other domains. The peculiar…

— Karl Marx

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire…

— Edward Jenner

I have great concern, but my concern is probably not what most people would think it would be.My concern is why is…

— Paula White

Although I know of no reference to Christ ever commenting on scientific work, I do know that He said, "Ye shall know…

— Wernher von Braun

Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a…

— Rob Bell

The image is a great reminder how we create our world through interpretations made up of language and symbols. Our language and…

— Alan Briskin

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Facts, at any rate, could not be kept hidden. They could be tracked down by inquiry, they could be squeezed out of…

— George Orwell

This, I believe, is the appropriate image of human intercourse -- appropriate because it recognizes the qualities, the diversities, and the proper…

— Michael Joseph Oakeshott

There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing…

— Noam Chomsky

The influence of electricity in producing decompositions, although of inestimable value as an instrument of discovery in chemical inquiries, can hardly be…

— Charles Babbage