“ Writing seems to free them (students) of the idea that math is a collection of right answers own by the teacher – a body of knowledge that she will dispense in chunks and that they have to swallow and… John Countryman
“ He turned the presidency – and the President's House – into something it had not been before: a center of curiosity and inquiry, of vibrant institution that played informal but important roles in the… Jon Meacham
“ Unless the inquiry has been so exhaustive as to explore every possibility, the lack of evidence should never be used to ground a statement of fact. Unlikelihood certainly, but no more. A prematurely a… Jonathan Renshaw
“ The scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty, and this experience is of very great importance, I think. When a scientist doesn’t know the answer to a problem, he is i… Richard Feynman
“ The merits and services of Christianity have been industriously extolled by its hired advocates. Every Sunday its praises are sounded from myriads of pulpits. It enjoys the prestige of an ancient esta… Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
“ All theology is a kind of birthdayEach one who is born Comes into the world as a questionFor which old answersAre not sufficient… Thomas Merton
“ The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science of man and the social system. It ought necessarily to prece… Adolphe Quetelet
“ ...You know something, don't you?""I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific.""Just answer the question.""True/false or multiple choice? Neal Shusterman
“ The practice of deep listening is the practice of open inquiry, without assumption or judgement. Sharon Weil
“ The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should guard against the encroachment of religion in areas where it has no place, and in particular the control of education by religious authority. The attemp… S.T. Joshi
“ In an honest effort to gain understanding, asking questions do not, necessarily, imply a conclusion has been determined. They can be used to avoid making the wrong judgement. If building trust is the… T.F. Hodge
“ But in introducing me simultaneously to skepticism and to wonder, they taught me the two uneasily cohabiting modes of thought that are central to the scientific method. Carl Sagan
“ When scientific conversations cease, then dogma rather than knowledge begins to rule the day. Jaak Panksepp
“ If you tell somebody something, you've forever robbed them of the opportunity to discover it for themselves. Curt Gabrielson
“ Many of the innovations in science and philosophy have come from unbelievers, some of whom died for their 'unbeliefs.' Without unbelief, we might well be living in the Dark Ages or at least in the int… Gordon Stein
“ In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in o… William Kingdon Clifford
“ Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know—the Church does neither. Robert G. Ingersoll
