Questioning Quotes

539 quotes by 456 authors

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study… — Richard Bach
The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about… — Richard Bach
The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others. — James A. Baldwin
'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid… — John Abbott
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong. — Bono
Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me.… — David Bowie
Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief. — Dan Brown
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you… — John Cage
Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. — Miguel de Cervantes
A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why. — Amy Chua
Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little. — Amy Chua
The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at… — Peter Abelard
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because… — Dorothea Kent
To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered. — John Ruskin
Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind. — Mahatma Gandhi
If you think about it seriously, all the questions about the soul and the immortality of the soul and paradise and hell are at bottom… — Antonio Gramsci
Most teachers waste their time by asking question which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know whereas the true art of questioning… — Albert Einstein
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. — Samuel Johnson
The silly question is the first intimation of some totally new development. — Alfred North Whitehead
Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle. — Cesar Chavez

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