Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, how's it going?' So I grabbed his arm and twisted it up behind his head and said 'Now who's asking the questions?'
Ignorance never settles a question.
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and for itself?"
Only one fellow in ten thousand understands the currency question, and we meet him every day.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question. . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.
We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to be taken over by our unquestioning self.
A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group.
Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
There aren't any embarrassing questionsâ only embarrassing answers.
Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point.
In Examinations those who do now wish to know ask questions of those who cannot tell.
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour.
Abbott's Admonitions: (1) If you have to ask, you're not entitled to know. (2) If you don't like the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.