Quotes about Inquiry
People are whupped. I'm whupped. My wife is whupped. Unless it's your job to be curious, who really has the time to sit and ask questions and explore issues?
— Barack Obama
The governor had made up his mind to one thing: Joan was either a witch or a saint, and he meant to find out which it was.
— Mark Twain
What's the name of the first point above New Orleans?' I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
— Mark Twain
Are you well up in your Jean Paul?
— Arthur Conan Doyle
The most remarkable property of the universe is that it has spawned creatures able to ask questions.
— Stephen Hawking
As a father, I would try to instill the importance of asking questions, always.
— Stephen Hawking
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
— Confucius
When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers.
— Kobe Bryant
Ignorance never settles a question.
— Benjamin Disraeli
I was brought up in a home environment where I was taught to think critically and was encouraged to seek answers to questions about my faith.
— Ken Ham
If I had it to do again, I'd ask more questions and interrupt fewer answers.
— Robert Brault
Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?
— LM Montgomery