Quotes About Questioning

Assume nothing, question everything, open your eyes, challenge the opposition, and start thinking.

If you don't want a sarcastic answer, then don't ask a stupid question!

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

No answer is a clear answer.

I'm weak, it's true. Because I'm afraid to know the answer...do you want me too?

If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a square root of two, then I won't touch on God or anything here

But I was also one of those unfortunate cases who could not help but wonder whether my need for American charity was due to my having first been the recipient of American aid.

I was not a bastard, I was not a bastard, I was not, I was not, I was not, unless, somehow, I was.

Desarmar a un idealista era fácil. Solamente hacía falta preguntarle por qué no estaba en el frente de la batalla concreta que hubiera elegido.»

We don't succeed or fail because of fortune or luck. We succeed because we understand the way the world works and what we have to do. We fail because others understand this better than we do. They take advantage of things...and they don't question things. As long as those things work for them, then they support those things. But you see the lie beneath those things because you never got to take part.

Good-bye, America, the grizzled captain said during our ascent, looking out the window at a landscape I could not see from my aisle seat. I've had enough of you, he said. The affectless lieutenant, sitting in the middle, agreed. Why did we ever call it the beautiful country? he said. I had no answer.

God is not alive for many of us.

Millions saw an apple falling but only Newton asked why; because the apple didn't fall onto his head but into his mind.

There are a lot of books showing on how to live longer, but none on why.

Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?" (Job 40:2-8)

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'" Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

there are Christian authors and teachers who tell us that doubt is natural, and that doubt ultimately helps us grow in faith. This is not the Bible's perspective. Of course doubt is natural to fallen humanity, but

O mal é que estou bastante propenso a me deixar impressionar, a sentir eu próprio as crenças de outrem e a nem sempre questionar o fundo de verdade que possa existir no absurdo.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it.

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

The human act of blind faith, whether in a god or man, is both noble and tragic. Tragic, because it demands the sacrifice of the very essence of our intellect - the ability to question.

Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.