Investigation Quotes
373 quotes by 314 authors
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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle…
— Charles Babbage
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In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition.…
— Alfred Adler
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The History of Evolution is the real source of light in the investigation of organic bodies. It is applicable at every step, and all our…
— Karl Ernst von Baer
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In 1945 J.A. Ratcliffe ... suggested that I [join his group at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge] to start an investigation of the radio emission from the…
— Martin Ryle
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Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself…
— Dalai Lama
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Since the September 11 attacks, nearly 400 individuals have been arrested by the Justice Department as a result of ongoing investigations into international terrorism. Of…
— Jo Bonner
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Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder, is the people's lack of religious faith and…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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In the fall, you don't grieve because the leaves are falling and dying. You say, "Isn't it beautiful!" Well, we're the same way. There are…
— Byron Katie
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As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition.…
— Isaac Newton
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Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved was the result…
— Nikola Tesla
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Fortunately I experienced Max Wertheimer's teaching in Berlin and collaborated for over a decade with Wolfgang Köhler. I need not emphasize my debts to these…
— Kurt Lewin
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The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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You have to ask yourself the question 'Who am I?' This investigation will lead in the end to the discovery of something within you which…
— Ramana Maharshi
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The contradictory experiments of chemists leave us at liberty to conclude what we please. My conclusion is, that art has not yet invented sufficient aids…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur…
— Horace Mann
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I will frankly tell you that my experience in prolonged scientific investigations convinces me that a belief in God-a God who is behind and within…
— Louis Agassiz
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Great is the faith of the flush of knowledge and of the investigation of the depths of qualities and things.
— Walt Whitman
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Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said, that the greater…
— Humphry Davy
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