Quotes About Questioning

In my experience, working as an intelligence analyst with my own pool of sources numbering close to 100, by far the most effective forms of human intelligence collection are rapport-building and direct questioning.

As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are.

Not a day goes by that I don't look at myself in the mirror and ask God, 'Why me? Why did you choose me, Ainsley Earhardt from Columbia, South Carolina, to be one of a handful of female national news anchors?'

Part of science is the questioning of authority, absolute freedom of ideology. The Soviets did some very good science, but when science ran into ideology, it had trouble. Science flourishes best in a democracy.

Can you, at a minimum, objectively step back—throw out the stereotypes, ditch the conformity, set aside the religion—and ask yourself, why? Why Jesus?

If someone asked you what color the sky is, what would you say?

Once you start living together and you see the same person day in and day out, you begin to wonder: was it for this I struggled and toiled? Did he feel that way?

Unable to understand why you think so, when you chose a different path.

What was I to you?" he asked. She didn't answer but turned and walked away. That's when he knew: Nothing or everything.

Find your freedom through questioning everything you hear and see. Be free to choose, from all possible perspectives and opinions, what builds love and harmony.

Why?" She asked in a confused whisper. "Out of all the women in the world, why did you choose this mortal?""Because fate drove me to you.

What is it about those unresolved endings that cause you to question every decision when you're trying to move forward?

Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another, "I want to know why!

It's what we do, we continue on. Yet, what is the point? There is nothing ahead of us when there is nothing left of us.

Sometimes people ask you a question with their eyes begging you to not tell them the truth.

In this world, you should always be suspicious of the knowledge you derive from data.

you make people feel stupid for blindly following habits, instincts, and traditions.

Whenever I see that kind of story, where everybody agrees, I know there's something wrong.

Perhaps the essence of our evolution as human beings is to keep answering, on deeper and deeper levels, the basic question: Who am I?

The obedient student was taught not to challenge authority. The responsible student is prepared to question—and if need be, to challenge—anything.

Once we see that living up to our standards appears to be leading us toward self-destruction, the time has come to question our standards rather than simply resigning ourselves to living without integrity.

Words should not seek to please, to hide the wounds in our bodies, or the shameful moments in our lives. They may hurt, give us pain, but they can also provoke us to question what we have accepted for thousands of years.

Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.

Lev looks at Risa, almost afraid to ask the obvious question. Finally he says, 'Uh...why do we have a baby?' 'Ask him ,' says Risa. Stone-faced, Conner looks out of the window. 'They're looking for two boys and a girl. Having a baby will throw them off.' 'Great,' snaps Risa. 'Maybe we should all pick up a baby along the way.