Unanswerable Quotes
45 quotes by 39 authors
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The unanswerable mysteries... the attitude that all is uncertain... to summarize it - the humility of the intellect.
— Richard P. Feynman
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"Who am I?" is not really a question because it has no answer to it; it is unanswerable. It is a device, not a question.
— Rajneesh
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In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If we wish courageously…
— Carl Sagan
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Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mysterious, my heart was lighter than it…
— C.S. Lewis
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Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.
— Joseph Addison
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Evolution answers some questions but reveals many more questions. Some of these questions at this stage appear to be unanswerable in the light of present…
— Barry Price
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No matter what the cause, even though it be to conquer with tanks and planes and modern artillery some defenseless black population, there will be…
— John T. Flynn
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Nothing can be more evident, than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the National Government, in the hands of the State Legislatures, would…
— Alexander Hamilton
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To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Part of teaching is helping students learn how to tolerate ambiguity, consider possibilities, and ask questions that are unanswerable.
— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
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Those meaningless and unanswerable questions the minds keep returning to, like a tongue exploring a broken tooth.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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How many fluids should you take in daily? That is an unanswerable question with all of the variables that affect our fluid needs at any…
— Matt Stone
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An agnostic position is one that leaves open the question whether there exists a god or gods, professing to find such a question unanswered or…
— Jaroslav Pelikan
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Adolescence is usually typified by an unanswerable combination of innocence and insolence.
— Alice Thomas Ellis
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You must bring every particle of your energy, unanswerable resolution, your best efforts, your persistent industry to your task or the best will not come…
— Orison Swett Marden
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The secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.
— Rachel Naomi Remen
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The only really interesting questions are the unanswerable ones.
— Jacob Needleman
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Jesus’ coming is the final and unanswerable proof that God cares.
— William Barclay
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The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays the…
— William Howard Taft
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Probably no one of us has the True Religion. But all of us together - if we are allowed to be free - are discovering…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Who Wrote These Unanswerable Quotes
39 authors contributed a total of 45 Unanswerable Quotes, led by these top contributors: