Quotes of Questioning - somelinesforyou

“ The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism. ”

- Barack Obama

“ In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them. ”

- David Reisman

“ A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything. ”

- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

“ A young man is embarrassed to question an older one. ”

- Homer

“ It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ”

- James Thurber

“ If you ask too many questions, you will find no answers, only more questions. ”

- Monica Fairview

“ Ask questions from your heart and you will be answered from the heart. ”

- Omaha Proverb

“ There are two sides to every question. ”

- Protagoras

“ It is not every question that deserves an answer. ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ A wise man's question contains half the answer. ”

- Solomon Ibn Gabirol

“ The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question. ”

- Stephen Jay Gould

“ So many men so many questions. (Quot Homines Tot Sententiae) ”

- Terence

“ The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before. ”

- Thorstein Veblen

“ Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers. ”

- Voltaire

“ The first key to wisdom is constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. ”

- Pierre Abelard

“ We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. ”

- Werner Heisenberg

“ There was a monstrous deal of stupid quizzing and common-place nonsense talked, but scarcely any wit. ”

- Jane Austen

“ There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides it ceases to be a question. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day… ”

- Albert Einstein

“ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ The power to question is the basis of all human progress. People tend to forget their duties, but remember their rights. ”

- Indira Gandhi

“ The power to question is the basis of all human progress. ”

- Indira Gandhi

“ 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 a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. ”

- Richard Bach

“ Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. ”

- Euripides

“ If my religion is true, it will stand up to all my questioning; there is no need to fear. ”

- Madeleine L’Engle

“ Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction. ”

- Julian Weber Gordon

“ Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. ”

- Samuel Johnson
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