Quotes About Questioning

How many roads must a man walk down.. Before you can call him a Man.

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?

Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?

A Jewish man pulls up to the curb and asks the policeman, "Can I park here?" "No" says the cop. "What about all these other cars?" "They didn't ask!"

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.

A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!

A child can ask a thousand questions that the wisest man cannot answer.

I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.

What is a man? What is a woman? And why do we have to be one or the other?

Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?'

In the center of that open space, a bony woman in a threadbare garment was hunched over a dead plant. Sword of Divine Fire's reaction was succinct: Fuck! The woman cringed as if he'd hit her with a bullwhip. Then: What has happened to our potato?

The rule of thumb we've been using is that Deolaters are welcome as long as they're not certain they're right," I said. "As soon as you're sure you're right, there's no point in your being here.

I was wondering when I was going to end up like this.

The question is, how long does Mr. Spinny have to live? And what does that tell us?

Wait a minute, Juanita. Make up your mind. This Snow Crash thing—is it a virus, a drug, or a religion? Juanita shrugs.—What's the difference?

Get where?" Yul demanded.

How can you remember shit like that?" Ty asked.

She slammed the book closed, ran to her bed, gathered her stuffed animals up in her arms, started chewing on her blanket, and cried for a while, considering the question of trolls.

Pursuing an explanation for every strange thing you see in the Philippines is like trying to get every last bit of rainwater out of a discarded tire.

What do you mean?" Yul asked.

Past Data should not be the basis of Present Truth. Data from a prior time or experience should always and only be the basis for new questions. Always the treasure should be in the question, not in the answer.

Understand that in order for organized religion to succeed, it has to make people believe they need it. In order for people to put faith in something else, they must first lose faith in themselves. So the first task of organized religion is to make you lose faith in yourself. The second task is to make you see that it has the answers you do not. And the third and most important task is to make you accept its answers without question.

Do you really want an answer to all these questions, or are you just venting?

Right now your schools exist primarily to provide answers. It would be far more beneficial if their primary function was to ask questions. What does it mean to be honest, or responsible, or "fair"? What are the implications? For that matter, what does it mean that 2+2=4? What are the implications? Highly evolved societies encourage all children to discover and create those answers for themselves.