Stig Quotes

Condemnation before investigation is the highest form of ignorance.

Human dignity is more precious than prestige.

We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.

I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.

If we have the truth, it cannot be harmed by investigation. If we have not the truth, it ought to be harmed.

Psychopaths are social predators, and like all predators, they are looking for feeding grounds. Wherever you get power, prestige and money, you will find them.

I am an instigator of the national energies.

My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.

Wisdom requires not only the investigation of many things, but contemplation of the mystery.

At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation

There is nothing in existence available without payment. If you want to know yourself, you will have to drop all false identities. They are your investments, they are your power, they are your prestige, they are your religion, they are your qualifications. It is difficult to drop them; it feels like death.

Archimedes to Eratosthenes greeting. ... certain things first became clear to me by a mechanical method, although they had to be demonstrated by geometry afterwards because their investigation by the said method did not furnish an actual demonstration. But it is of course easier, when we have previously acquired by the method, some knowledge of the questions, to supply the proof than it is to find it without any previous knowledge.

Administrators make work for each other so that they can multiply the number of their subordinates and enhance their prestige.

[Charles ] Kushner engaged in a conspiracy, with co-conspirators, to hire prostitutes to entice witnesses who were cooperating with the federal investigation.

The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.

Art is an investigation.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.

Government investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to our knowledge.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been requested to assist in the investigation of reported sightings of flying disks.

Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.

Telling the truth after proper investigation is the height of courage.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one.