Quotes About Pondering

Walter Lippmann was once asked his views on a particular topic, he is said to have replied, "I don't know what I think on that one. I haven't written about it yet.

But do we really live? To live without knowing what life is - is that living?

Could it think, the heart would stop beating.

And, along with all the other great unfortunates, I've always believed it better to think than to live.

Que mãos estenderei para que universo? O universo não é meu: sou eu.

La vida es la duda entre una exclamación y una interrogación. En la duda hay un punto final.

Que farei eu com esta espada?

The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any.

I am generally fascinated by what are the big, challenging questions - that's behind my curiosity.

Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?

Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?

I have a tendency, more than most other physicists, to try to figure out everything all at once, before I publish. And even to try to figure out everything in my head, without pencil and paper.

Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.

There is room for words on subjects other than last words.

I can't give you an answer this moment, but let me talk to my advisors and we'll get back to you with more questions.

Action isn't my forte. I'm an expert on contemplation and mild regret.

around, but most of the

Listening to music, I always have exactly the same feeling: something's missing. Never will I learn the cause of this gentle sadness, never will I wish to investigate it.

I preferred not to respond. (Although several replies occurred to me.)

FitzChivalry Farseer." I halted, frozen by the words. I turned slowly.

How long? I asked, and then remembered that speech came from my mouth. 'How long?

of thought—months, alone, of thought.

there would be no way for anyone to get caught in the act of wondering

As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor.