Fearless Inquiry Quotes

There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.

But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.

By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu.

I speak in relatable terms, without too much car lingo, so more and more people can engage with the car world. And I'm not afraid to ask questions on behalf of a whole community of people who want to learn but are afraid they'll be shut down.

Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honor, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it.

We came into a homeless frontier, a place where we were not welcome, where nothing that lived was welcome, where thought and logic were abhorrent and we were frightened, but we went into this place because the universe lay before us, and if we were to know ourselves, we must know the universe

For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.

I think the best directors aren't afraid to ask questions.

To look without fear is a good subversive tool, undermining taboos.

As scientists, we need to not be afraid of the truth.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid.

Literature is no one’s private ground, literature is common ground; let us trespass freely and fearlessly and find our own way for ourselves.

I ask myself questions that journalists don't dare to ask or don't know how to ask.

I even asked Eleanor Roosevelt difficult questions and she loved it.

You have to be brave and ask the questions on the tip of your tongue.