A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.QuestionsFrancis BaconPhilosopherBritish1561 · 16th century131 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.QuestionsFrancis BaconPhilosopherBritish1561 · 16th century4.8 · 49 votesShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
An educated man is one who has finally discovered that there are some questions to which nobody has the answer.QuestionsAAnonymous4.1 · 54 votesShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.QuestionsAAnonymous4.1 · 34 votesShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question.QuestionsAAnonymous4.4 · 39 votes · 189 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.QuestionsGeorge SantayanaPoetSpanish- American1863 · 19th century5.0 · 22 votes · 116 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
For every why he had a wherefore.QuestionsSamuel BeckettWriterIrish1906 · 20th century3.6 · 20 votesShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.QuestionsVirginia WoolfWriterBritish1882 · 19th centuryShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.QuestionsAAnonymous4.2 · 58 votes · 152 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.QuestionsJohann Kaspar LavaterTheologianSwiss1741 · 18th century4.8 · 47 votes · 125 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.Johann Wolfgang Von GoethePoetGerman1749 · 18th century3.1 · 50 votes · 177 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.Thomas MannAuthorGerman1875 · 19th century3.7 · 35 votes · 53 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.Virginia WoolfWriterBritish1882 · 19th century3.2 · 63 votes · 91 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious.George Bernard ShawWriterIrish1856 · 19th century3.5 · 23 votes · 194 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.Thomas HobbesPhilosopherBritish1588 · 16th century4.6 · 61 votes · 50 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.Samuel JohnsonAuthorBritish1709 · 18th century4.5 · 59 votes · 142 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
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 unaAAnonymous3.8 · 52 votes · 120 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
There are no foolish questions and no one becomes a fool until they have stopped asking questions.AAnonymous4.6 · 13 votes · 188 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them. [Hamlet]William ShakespeareWriterBritish1564 · 16th century4.0 · 31 votes · 1 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
We should not only master questions, but also act upon them, and act definitely.Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMusicianAustrian1756 · 18th century3.8 · 22 votes · 48 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
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.AAnonymous4.5 · 37 votes · 78 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.Francis BaconPhilosopherBritish1561 · 16th century3.6 · 44 votes · 6 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share