Quotes about Investigation
Realists do not fear the results of their study.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Scientists are not like other people, sir. We cannot slam our portals. We have to follow evidence where it leads, even if no one likes that place. Even if it suggests that all we have ever believed might be mistaken.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Statistics is not an exact science. It is an investigative technique.
— Jordan Peterson
If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.
— Ben Stein
Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.
— Thomas Jefferson
For years, I had known that there is nothing idle about curiosity, despite the fact that the two words are often used in tandem. Curiosity fidgets, is hard to satisfy, looks for answers even before forming questions.
— Maya Angelou
Notwithstanding, in how many most petty and contemptible things is our curiosity daily tempted, and how often we give way, who can recount?
— St. Augustine
The right to search for truth implies also a duty.
— Albert Einstein
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
— Walt Disney
When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.
— Elbert Hubbard
Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.
— Aristotle
My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know.
— Arthur Conan Doyle