Quotes About Questioning

Does it ever occur to you, Mama, that my grandfather is a lunatic?

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.

they went up the steps of the small caboose, Benny said in a low voice to his brother, "Did Mr. Carr say history or mystery?" "He said history," said Henry, laughing. "But I'm sure you'll think there is a mystery, too.

Wake a question. Eat an instant, answer

There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.

There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. (Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures)

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer

I'm sorry?' I said, startled.

You cannot tell me me.

Having worked on 'The Hour,' I now feel like I spend my whole time interrogating history.

I am a person who believes in asking questions, in not conforming for the sake of conforming. I am deeply dissatisfied - about so many things, about injustice, about the way the world works - and in some ways, my dissatisfaction drives my storytelling.

I think it's often assumed that the role of poetry is to comfort, but for me, poetry is the great unsettler. It questions the established order of the mind. It is radical, by which I don't mean that it is either leftwing or rightwing, but that it works at the roots of thinking.

I'm very inquisitive, and I always have questions and need to touch things to see how it works or why it works.

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

Even the lesser burdens of a criminal investigation - including preparing for questioning by criminal investigators - are time-consuming and distracting.

A lot of times the interview relies not so much on the interviewee, but on the interviewer.

Why is there space rather than no space? Why is space three-dimensional? Why is space big? We have a lot of room to move around in. How come it's not tiny? We have no consensus about these things. We're still exploring them.

I'm always looking at my brother and sisters, thinking - do we look inbred, maybe? Maybe a tiny bit.

I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions.

It's not anti-Catholic to question, nor is it anti-Catholic to be honest about the previous shortcomings of the church, because that is the only way we can ensure its strength and dignity moving forward. It is, however, very Catholic to forgive each other and to never stop loving each other.

If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"

Five billion people have played Hamlet. 'To be or not to be.' And how do you do that and find your way into your own journey, your own way of telling it?