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 | Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies. — Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer 18 likes |
 | Just when I nearly had the answer, I forgot the question. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 9 likes |
 | You see things; you say, “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?” — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 8 likes |
 | Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 8 likes |
 | The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 7 likes |
 | To be, or not to be: that is the question. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Hamlet 7 likes |
 | It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. — Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright 6 likes |
 | To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?' — Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011, British-American journalist & writer 5 likes |
 | A tired exclamation mark is a question mark. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 5 likes |
 | Man was born when for the first time, in front of a corpse, he whispered: “Why?” — André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman 5 likes |
| In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man’s questionings is more important than his answers. — André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman 5 likes |
 | You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 4 likes |
| Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician. — Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright 4 likes |
 | If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 4 likes |
 | I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. — Douglas Adams, 1952-2001, British Sci-Fi writer 4 likes |
| Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 3 likes |
 | Your questions are fake if you already know the answer. — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] 3 likes |
 | The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 3 likes |
 | It is even easier to judge a man's mind by his questions than by his answers. — Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims 3 likes |
 | The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question. — Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru 2 likes |
 | I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. — Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer 2 likes |
 | I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 2 likes |
 | Grateful are those who still have something to ask. — Pitigrilli (Dino Segre), 1893-1975, Italian writer 2 likes |
 | If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question? — Lily Tomlin, 1939-, American actress 1 likes |
 | – Alice, Alice, what is the answer? – There is no answer. – Well, then, what is the question? — Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer (coming out of a coma to her partner Alice Toklas –the last words before her death) |
 | In all affairs –love, religion, politics, or business– it's a healthy idea, now and then, to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. |
 | Questions show the mind’s range, and answers its subtlety. |
 | For now, live with the questions. Perhaps, a distant day, you will enter like this, little by little, without noticing it, inside the answer. |
| Your preparation for the real world is not in the answers you’ve learned, but in the questions you’ve learned how to ask yourself. |
 | If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly. |
 | Why are there beings at all, and why not rather nothing? That is the question. |
 | You don't ask what a dance means. You enjoy it. You don't ask what the world means. You enjoy it. You don't ask what you mean. You enjoy it. |
 | Politics offers yesterday’s answers to today’s questions — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist |
 | The question is not “To be or not to be,” it is what we should be until we are not. |
 | The answer to any question starting, “Why don’t they...” is almost always, “Money”. |
 | The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. |
| In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions. |
 | There are questions that you don't ask because you're afraid of the answers to them. |
 | The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. — Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist |
 | When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions. |
 | You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours. |
 | Why deceive ourselves? Science has not answered a single important question. |
Latin Quotes
 | Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when. Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando? — Quintilian, 35-96 AD, Roman rhetorician 48 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions. — T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948 2 likes |
| There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. There's your answer. |
 | I keep six honest serving-men: (They taught me all I knew) Their names are What and Where and When and How and Why and Who. |
Funny Quotes
 | Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 8 likes |
 | Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 4 likes |
| I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer. — Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director 4 likes |
 | When will all the rhetorical questions end? — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 3 likes |
| My computer must be broken: whenever I ask a wrong question, it gives a wrong answer. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
Proverbs
 | Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer. 4 likes |
| Ask no questions and hear no lies. 3 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life. — from the film Quiz Show 1994 2 likes |
 | If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions. — from the film Pulp Fiction (1994) 2 likes |
