Silly Question Quotes

The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development.

— Alfred North Whitehead

The 'silly question' is the first intimation of some totally novel development.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Well, you ask a silly question, and you get a silly answer.

— Tom Lehrer

'What is the purpose of the universe?' is a silly question.

— Richard Dawkins

Oh, I've never been asked a silly question in my entire life.

— Hillary Clinton

Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?

— Laurence Sterne

“to read or not to read... that is a silly question”

— Harlequin

It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.

— Jostein Gaarder

Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you…

— John Prescott