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title: "12 Important Answers Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [It is not so important to have all the answers as to be hungry for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-ann-tomlinson/it-is-not-so-important-to-have-all-the-answers-as-to-be-hungry-for/)

[Carol Ann Tomlinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-ann-tomlinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/carol-ann-tomlinson-15427_answer_it-is-not-so-important-to-have-all-the-a_410249.png)

> [Questions are more important than answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rusch/questions-are-more-important-than-answers/)

[Paul Rusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rusch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/paul-rusch-268797_answer_questions-are-more-important-than-answer_2296450.jpg)

> [The questions are always more important than the answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-pausch/the-questions-are-always-more-important-than-the-answers/)

[Randy Pausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-pausch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/randy-pausch-842_answer_the-questions-are-always-more-important_2839682.png)

> [Sometimes questions are more important than answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-willard/sometimes-questions-are-more-important-than-answers/)

[Nancy Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-willard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/nancy-willard-34124_answer_sometimes-questions-are-more-important-t_1730936.png)

> [Imagination is a place where all the important answers live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-meno/imagination-is-a-place-where-all-the-important-answers-live/)

[Joe Meno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-meno/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/joe-meno-7831_answers_imagination-is-a-place-where-all-the-imp_2377296.png)

> [The questions are more important than the answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-edwards-deming/the-questions-are-more-important-than-the-answers/)

[W. Edwards Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-edwards-deming/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/w-edwards-deming-1337_answer_the-questions-are-more-important-than-th_2456921.jpg)

> [While many conclusions are drawn... the process of asking questions is more important than the answers... an ongoing process of discovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-paul-caponigro/while-many-conclusions-are-drawn-the-process-of-asking-questions-is/)

[John Paul Caponigro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-paul-caponigro/)

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> [“Sometimes knowing how to find the answers and what questions to ask are more important than the answers themselves." - Mr. Lemoncello”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-grabenstein/sometimes-knowing-how-to-find-the-answers-and-what-questions-to-ask/)

[Chris Grabenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-grabenstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/chris-grabenstein-24060_questions_sometimes-knowing-how-to-find-the-answer_1639734.jpg)

> [“personal confusion, search, and self-interrogation are more important than any answers could ever be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-kushner/personal-confusion-search-and-self-interrogation-are-more-important/)

[Lawrence Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-kushner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/lawrence-kushner-14033_identity_personal-confusion-search-and-self-inter_1326251.jpg)

> [“Sometimes the questions are more important than the answers, especially when you do not know what the answers are. I didn't give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-neilan/sometimes-the-questions-are-more-important-than-the-answers/)

[Paul Neilan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-neilan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/paul-neilan-18889_answer_sometimes-the-questions-are-more-importa_841348.png)

> [Inquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-paul-caponigro/inquiry-is-more-important-than-answers-for-it-is-the-questions-we-ask/)

[John Paul Caponigro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-paul-caponigro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/john-paul-caponigro-13132_answer_inquiry-is-more-important-than-answers-f_1219573.png)

> [“The second attribute of imaginatively gridlocked relationship systems is a continual search for new answers to old questions rather than an effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-h-friedman/the-second-attribute-of-imaginatively-gridlocked-relationship-systems/)

[Edwin H. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-h-friedman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/edwin-h-friedman-25568_relationships_the-second-attribute-of-imaginatively-gr_1919328.jpg)

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