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Quotes About Questioning

Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain.
~ Mark Twain
Dude, are my eyes seeing what my brain is telling my eyes that they're seeing?
~ James Roday
Since my daughter is only half-Jewish, could she go in the water up to her knees?
~ Groucho Marx
"Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!"
~ Jerome K. Jerome
That's a very nice, generic-sounding question: "When did you know you were funny?" But it pre-supposes that I think I'm really hilarious. So that's kind of a loaded question.
~ Rob Huebel
From now on, we're home schooling you. Whatever we don't know, you don't know. When did the Korean War start? I don't know, and neither do you!
~ George Lopez
?Why,? he began slowly, ?is Victor Dashkov joining us?? ?Well, it?s kind of a funny story . . .?
~ Richelle Mead
If all those psychics know the winning lottery numbers, why are they all still working?
~ Steven Wright
You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument.
~ Plato, The Republic
Are you okay?" I (Cassie) call up to him."Um. Define okay." (Ben)"Okay means you're not bleeding to death.""I'm okay.
~ Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave
Why...do you find this...distracting?
~ Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
How did I end up in this situation? I'm the district sales manager of a napkin factor. Why is my daughter in space?
~ Andy Weir, The Martian
Who is this repulsive dwarf?
~ Unknown
What are you doing?" I asked Loretta. "Stabbing a cushion, " she told me.
~ Unknown
What the hell kind of Hell was this supposed to be?
~ Unknown
I don't think I'm crazy, but then again, define crazy.
~ J. Lincoln Fenn, Poe
Ben walks in the room and asks, "What were you guys doing?" Nikki says "Nothing" at the same time I say, "Your sister and I were just makin' out.
~ Simone Elkeles, Chain Reaction
I like to keep my curiosity alive and question everything, and because I hate leaving something undone once I start it, I think far into the future.
~ Yunho
When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn't know.
~ Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'
~ Unknown
Youth is not measured by the age of a person, but by the curiosity a person keeps.
~ Unknown
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
~ Unknown
Did you hear about the dyslexic, agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wondering if there really is a Dog?
~ Anonymous
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
~ George Bernard Shaw