Quotes About Questioning

Read - and be curious. And if somebody says to you: Things are this way. You can´t change it. - don´t believe a word.

Gefährlich ... seit wann interessiert dich das?

I wonder," said Crusher slowly, "if the fate of human beings is predetermined by the stars, or do they forge their own destiny? Is there really such a thing as 'luck'? And what exactly do we mean by the concept of 'free will'?" Which were all interesting questions, but perhaps not entirely helpful right at that particular moment.

eram prea tanara atunci sa-mi dau seama cum simple considerente geografice sau temporale puteau sa separe oamenii. Acestea sunt motivele pentru care n-ar fi trebuit sa ma intreb ce m-am intrebat mai apoi, in timp ce ma uitam la reflexiile noastre sparte in oglinda – daca exista oare ceva, chiar si ghinionul, care san e tina legate una de cealalta in toti anii care aveau sa urmeze.

I don't believe in the world, not in money, nor in advancement, nor in the future of our civilization.

Aja gave Loor an up and down once-over. She then said, Is Loor a man's name or a woman's name? Ouch. Loor answered, It is the name of a legendary hero on Zadaa. A woman. Really? Aja said. What did she do that was so heroic? She killed her enemies and ate them.

Max Rose: Vo? What kind of name is that? Spader: What kind of name is Rose? Isn't that some kind of flower?

Dimmi, dimmi se mai fu fatta cosa alcuna

Most people trying to win others to their way of thinking do too much talking themselves. Let the other people talk themselves out. They know more about their business and problems than you do. So ask them questions. Let them tell you a few things.

Why did God make me an outcast and a stranger in mine own house?

Curious it was, too, how this deeper question ever forced itself to the surface despite effort and disclaimer. No sooner had Northern armies touched Southern soil than this old question, newly guised, sprang from the earth,—What shall be done with Negroes?

How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word.

Or is it because he believes that God himself is present here at the corner of Elysian Fields and Bons Enfants?

A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.

Re-examine all that you have been told.

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes – but is that all?

I am he who walks the States with a barb'd tongue, questioning every one I meet

I am he who walks the States with a barb'd tongue, questioning every one I meet, Who are you that wanted only to be told what you knew before? Who are you that wanted only a book to join you in your nonsense?

Creeds and schools in abeyance

re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem...

Above all, Leonardo's relentless curiosity and experimentation should remind us of the importance of instilling, in both ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it—to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different.

Socrates' method of building an argument through gentle queries, he "dropped my abrupt contradiction" style of argument and "put on the humbler enquirer" of the Socratic method. By asking what seemed to be innocent questions, Franklin would draw people into making concessions that would gradually prove whatever point he was trying to assert.

authority should be questioned, hierarchies should be circumvented, nonconformity should be admired, and creativity should be nurtured.

Leonardo's relentless curiosity and experimentation should remind us of the importance of instilling, in both ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it—to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different.