Quotes About Questioning

WHAT? YOU AGAIN?' he shouted in capital letters.

I've noticed that almost no one wants some fresh ground black pepper on his salad. Why they even bother asking is a mystery to me.

Doubt is to me the handmaiden to faith, its cop, the one that keeps faith straight. To doubt is an indication of freedom and a guard against fanaticism.

What the hell are you doing here? A typical Grant Campbell welcome.

You're not beautiful, he said in a quiet statement that made her brow knit. Why do you look beautiful when you're not?

What do you want? His brow lifted at that, and he took a long, leisurely study of her face. I'll let that pass,he decided. It's too easy.

One day I looked at him and thought, Why? I mean, we didn't have anything for each other but habit and convenience, and people need more, don't they?

moment, thought, what the hell?

You're allowed to ask why. Even when there's no answer. - Hope

seems I've known you for years." A bit shakily, she laughed and dragged her hands through her hair. "I don't know." Taking a deep breath, she stared straight ahead. "Michael asked

Even the dead have questions.

if someone ever asks you, "Do you believe in evolution?" you should ask that person, "What do you mean by evolution? Do you mean micro- or macroevolution?" Microevolution has been observed; but it cannot be used as evidence for macroevolution, which has never been observed.

Probably most catastrophes end this way without an ending, the dead not even knowing how they died...,those who loved them forever questioning this unnecessary death, and the rest of us tiring of this inconsolable catastrophe and turning to the next one.

The goal of being alive is to figure out what it means to be alive.

But regardless of the direction you move, the central problem is still there: Why do it? What's the best reason for exploding the parameters of reality? With the possible exception of eating a dinosaur, I don't think there is one.

If we objectively balance the good things Ali did against the bad, there's no question he's ultimately heroic. But that's not the issue. The issue is that these kinds of questions are never weighed objectively. That's not how the court of public opinion operates.

Don't confuse disbelief and doubt. Doubt is healthy inquiry. Disbelief is a willful choice.

Tyler lies back and asks, If Marilyn Monroe were alive right now, what would she be doing? I say, goodnight. The headliner hangs down in shreds from the ceiling and Tyler says, Clawing at the lid of her coffin.

Religions exist because people would rather have a wrong answer than no answer at all.

You ever wonder when god's coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce?

The world can be a lot bet­ter than we set­tle for. All you have to do is ask.

The answer is there is no answer

Where would Jesus be if no one ever wrote the gospels?

I don't ex­pect you to un­der­stand," Adam says. "You're still the eight-?year-?old sit­ting in school, sit­ting in church, be­liev­ing ev­ery­thing you're told. You re­mem­ber pic­tures in books. They planned how you'd live your whole life. You're still asleep.