Quotes About Understanding

Central to being a humanist, which I am, is the core understanding that doubt and criticism are essential attributes in the quest for knowledge.

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

The job, when you write film underscore, is to be ignored. That comes with the gig, no question about it.

I used to think there was a scientific way to do things. Like a proper way to answer a question or that kind of stuff. It's like, there's not! There's not a method, there's not a science to it.

Keep this question in mind: 'What would I think of this if I exchanged places with the other person?' It paves the way to more successful action.

What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

Ask questions; don't make assumptions.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.

The key to being a good interviewer is to listen, no matter how heinous the act that person has committed, you have to listen to them and ask the right questions to get the truth out.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

My basic approach to interviewing is to ask the basic questions that might even sound naive, or not intellectual. Sometimes when you ask the simple questions like 'Who are you?' or 'What do you do?' you learn the most.

I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?

You better arm yourselves to answer your children's and grandchildren's questions... no matter what the question is... without being judgmental.

In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.

Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.

The biggest obstacle to good gardening is the desire to know the answers and not the questions.

If you ask the right questions, you learn a lot about people.

I thought people would ask me really personal questions because I've shown more of myself, but it's a comedy, and people understand that it's a game we play.

I answer questions the best I can.

If you play a role, you want to familiarize yourself with that person's world. If I were playing an airline pilot or a doctor, I'd probably want to hang out with a doctor or an airplane pilot for a while, ask some questions. You don't get to hang out the kings. They don't help consult on movies. So your resources are, by necessity, secondary.

Kids always ask the most obvious and the most difficult questions.

I've always wanted to answer all the questions that nature posed for us.

Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves.

Seeing me in love is a constant state: there are no questions, as the answer is simply there.