Quotes About Questioning

Maybe he was a good a good whitecoat—like Jeb. And maybe the moon was made of cream cheese.

Does anything on you work properly? Asked ter Borcht. Well, I do have a highly developed sense of irony. Replied Iggy.

Assume nothing, question everything.

I had questioned God. I had thought that I was so special, I could hold God to account. And why? I had never been promised, ever, that life would be safe and have a happy ending for myself and those I knew and loved, if only I had faith in Him. A

You know. "I only know that I've lost my faith in You." The "voice" resonated in my mind. I haven't lost mine in you.

How do you know anything for sure? I thought. But i knew the answer to that already. You don't

I won't lie to you. I can't say why God would take her now. But if the fact that she was sent here among us doesn't point toward a loving God, then I can't help you.

What do you think I am, some kind of idiot?" Attention! Do not answer that question! I repeat, do NOT answer that question!

windowsill on the opposite side of the dining room. "What are you doing?

Gilda gives me a funny, eyebrows-raised look. I don't know why.

What—" I began.

usual nasal monotone. "The different profiles. How could a man who would set a girl on fire do it only once? How could that same person shoot someone from fifty yards away?" "What are you thinking, Sci?" "What if it's more than one piece of shit? What if it's more than one

I was questioned for eight hours

Why are you here, young man? Shouldn't you be home watching Thomas the Tank Engine with the rest of the kids in your kindergarten class?

Unfortunately, most college kids these days aren't coming from any place-they seem to ask the same kind of questions over and over again.

I was enrolled in divinity school and thought I was going to become a minister - I'm Episcopalian - but I was disavowed of that notion pretty quickly while working at the hospital. I found myself really unfulfilled by the answers that are traditionally offered to questions of why some people suffer and why others suffer so little.

I wasn't unhappy, but I was a little like: 'Is this it? Really?' I was thirsty.

The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.

No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe.

This is why universities, and civil society more generally, are so important for a democracy like ours, founded on a genuine idealism that we have a hard time holding on to. They provide a space to question whatever we are doing in the name of things we say we believe in or might believe in.

Students at universities are sometimes so filled with the doctrines of the world they begin to question the doctrines of the gospel.

Every single university student should study philosophy. You need to lead the examined life and question your beliefs. If you don't learn critical thinking, then political debate degenerates into a contest of slogans.

That's what university life is all about. Challenging, questioning, enjoying good people and good friends, and pushing yourself to the limit.

The culture of rigorous questioning and open discourse at the University of Chicago has opened minds to ideas that have changed the world.