Quotes About Insight

I like to go to the movies and watch characters who make me question how I see the world.

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.

An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.

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

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

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.

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

I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.

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

I do know dumb-ass questions when I see dumb-ass questions.

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.

If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess.

If I can bring some light to bear on problems like that, I feel that people will be enlightened not only on the question but also on a way of approaching such questions.

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first impression and then rush to compare it to something they've seen before.

I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.

I don't read a lot of books but love magazines like 'Psychology Today.' It's great for getting quick facts.

The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets it immediately.

Being poor gets you thinking quicker.

Kids are as discerning as adults, if anything they are quicker and clearer in knowing what they like.

I'd make a good psychiatrist. I can work people out very easily and very quickly. I've been like that since childhood.

When a story captures me, it comes quickly and easily.

The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, 'Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.'