Inquiry Quotes

332 quotes by 238 authors

The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America. — Edward Snowden
Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost… — Lewis Thomas
As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with… — Richard Whately
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong. — E. O. Wilson
Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and… — John Dewey
As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning… — David Hume
So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes. It shall answer the endless inquiry of the intellect, â€” What is truth?… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth. What you now call the free play of inquiry has neither more nor less to do with… — C.S. Lewis
Faith in the possibilities of continued and rigorous inquiry does not limit access to truth to any channel or scheme of things. It does not… — John Dewey
With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Upon this first, and in one sense this sole, rule of reason, that in order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so… — Charles Sanders Peirce
Facts, at any rate, could not be kept hidden. They could be tracked down by inquiry, they could be squeezed out of you by torture.… — George Orwell
When the police arrived and found no lion, no broken wall, and no convicts, and the Head behaving like a lunatic, there was an inquiry… — C.S. Lewis
The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as… — Douglas Adams
Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;â€¦ to alienate humans from their own… — Paulo Freire
I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I am suspicious of… — Barack Obama
It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips,… — George Eliot
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says… — Umberto Eco
To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is… — Nhat Hanh

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