Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it.
—Unknown
The word question is derived from the Latin quarrier (to seek) which is the same root as the word for quest. A creative life is a continued quest, and good questions can be very useful guides. Most useful are open-ended questions; they allow for fresh unanticipated answers to reveal themselves.
—Unknown
There are no foolish questions and no one becomes a fool until they have stopped asking questions.
—Unknown
It’s better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
—James Thurber
Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, “what is the most valuable use of my time right now?
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
Read less and think more. Read about great things and think about great questions and issues.
—Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author
Our jobs determine to a large extent what our lives are like. Is what you do for a living making you ill? Does it keep you from becoming a more fully realized person? Do you feel ashamed of what you have to do at work? All too often, the answer to such questions is yes. Yet it does not have to be like that. Work can be one of the most joyful, most fulfilling aspects of life. Whether it will be or not depends on the actions we collectively take.
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934–2021) Hungarian-American Psychologist
All knowledge, the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog.
—Franz Kafka (1883–1924) Austrian Novelist, Short Story Writer
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
—Albert Camus (1913–60) Algerian-born French Philosopher, Dramatist, Novelist
We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.
—Carl Sagan (1934–96) American Astronomer
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
—Unknown
In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.
—John Fowles (1926–2005) English Novelist
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
—Joseph Wood Krutch (1893–1970) American Writer, Critic, Naturalist
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.
—Robert Half
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
—Bernard M. Baruch (1870–1965) American Financier, Economic Consultant
When someone says, That’s a good question. You can be sure it’s a lot better than the answer you’re going to get.
—Unknown
It’s very flattering to ask others about matters they’re little qualified to discuss.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers.
—African Proverb
By nature’s kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man’s power to answer do not occur to him at all.
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
—John Locke (1632–1704) English Philosopher, Physician
In the words of Max DePree: “Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: ‘Who do we intend to be?’ Not ‘What are we going to do?’ but ‘Who do we intend to be?’”
—Max De Pree (1924–2017) American Businessman
Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
The Work is: Judge your neighbor, write it down, ask four questions, turn it around. That’s it. Simple stuff.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence.
—Indian Proverb
Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.
—Shakti Gawain (1948–2018) American Author, Speaker, Consultant
The man who questions opinion is wise; the man who quarrels with fact is a fool.
—Frank A. Garbutt (1869–1938) American Inventor, Movie Pioneer
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