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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. (Quote by - Anonymous)

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. (Quote by - Decouvertes)

The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers. (Quote by - James Baldwin)

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life. (Quote by - Wislawa Szymborska)

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. (Quote by - Francis Bacon)

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. (Quote by - Francis Bacon )

To become rich is easy. Much harder is to solve the riddles of of the heart. (Quote by - Syrus)

The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves. (Quote by - Tom G. Palmer)

The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer. (Quote by - Alice Wellington Rollins)

It's funny, 'cause it seems like just yesterday that I was the youngest player just starting out. But now there are young players all over the league, and they'll ask me questions about playing overseas or finding an agent. (Quote by - Sue Wicks)

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing. (Quote by - Engineer's Motto)

We question everything that we put in our garbage. With landfill sites overflowing, and with our limited budget, we try and make use and find uses for everything possible. (Quote by - Byron & Catherine Pulsifer)

To be on a quest is nothing more or less than to become an asker of questions. (Quote by - Sam Keen)

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on. (Quote by - Harri Holkeri)

The great questions of the day are not decided by speeches and majority votes, but by blood and iron. (Quote by - Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck)

Could the one whom Christians worship be merely a mythological creation, or is he real? These questions have exercised many great minds and have been the dominant issue in New Testament studies during this century. (Quote by - John Clayton)

Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question. (Quote by - Anonymous)

There are no foolish questions and no one becomes a fool until they have stopped asking questions. (Quote by - Anonymous)

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions. (Quote by - Claude Levi-Strauss)

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. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)

Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fun doing it? (Quote by - Charles Connolly)

What does it mean to succeed? It is a question that haunts many. Many people, don't set any goals for themselves and succeed at very little. (Quote by - Catherine Pulsifer)

You never have to know all the answers because you won't be asked all the questions. (Quote by - Herbert Prochnow)

The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own. (Quote by - Leo Stein)

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to matter. (Quote by - Christopher Morley)

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