96 Questions Quotes

Following is our list of questions quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about how to question authority.

Quick Jump To

Famous Questions Quotes

Don't pay attention to "authorities," think for yourself. — Richard P. Feynman

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. — Robert Lindner

Clear thinkers appeal to their own authority. — Naval Ravikant

They must find it difficult ... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. — Gerald Massey

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth. - Albert Einstein

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth. — Albert Einstein

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority. — Rita Mae Brown

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty. - Norman Douglas

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty. — Norman Douglas

The wisest have the most authority. — Plato

If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out! — Sayings

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. — Galileo Galilei

They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth. — Gerald Massey

If you don’t have a problem with authority at this point, you probably can’t be helped. — Bret Weinstein

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. — Leonardo da Vinci

Short Questions Quotes

  • The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life. — Confucius
  • The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. — Claude Levi-Strauss
  • Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. — Voltaire
  • Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. — Dr. Seuss
  • A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. — Bruce Lee
  • If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. — Ronald Reagan
  • Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • Just when you think you know the answers, I change the questions. — Roddy Piper
  • For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? — James Allen
  • Life is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way. — Johnny Cash

Questions Image Quotes

There are years that ask questions and years that answer. - Zora Neale Hurston quote

There are years that ask questions and years that answer. — Zora Neale Hurston

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. - Edgar Cayce quote

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. — Edgar Cayce

The power to question is the basis of all human progress. - Indira Gandhi quote

The power to question is the basis of all human progress. — Indira Gandhi

The real question is: How much truth can I stand? - Friedrich Nietzsche quote

The real question is: How much truth can I stand? — Friedrich Nietzsche

Be patient. Let God answer your question on His schedule, not yours. - T. B. Joshua quote

Be patient. Let God answer your question on His schedule, not yours. — T. B. Joshua

To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem. - Carl Jung quote

To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem. — Carl Jung

To create, one must first question everything. - Eileen Gray quote

To create, one must first question everything. — Eileen Gray

When it's over it's over. No questions, no tears, no farewell kisses. - Clark Gable quote

When it's over it's over. No questions, no tears, no farewell kisses. — Clark Gable

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. - James Thurber quote

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. — James Thurber

You get whatever you expect to get. The only question is. What do you want? - Mark Victor Hansen quote

You get whatever you expect to get. The only question is. What do you want? — Mark Victor Hansen

There's no question dolphins are smarter than humans as they play more. - Albert Einstein quote

There's no question dolphins are smarter than humans as they play more. — Albert Einstein

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions. - Lou Holtz quote

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions. — Lou Holtz

The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism. - Mahatma Gandhi quote

The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism. — Mahatma Gandhi

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. - Voltaire quote

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. — Voltaire

The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask. - Thomas Kuhn quote

The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask. — Thomas Kuhn

I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer. - Woody Allen quote

I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer. — Woody Allen

Thinking begins when you ask really difficult questions. - Slavoj Žižek quote

Thinking begins when you ask really difficult questions. — Slavoj Žižek

Don’t question in the dark what God showed you in the light. - V. Raymond Edman quote

Don’t question in the dark what God showed you in the light. — V. Raymond Edman

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. - Francis Bacon quote

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. — Francis Bacon

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension. - John Steinbeck quote

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension. — John Steinbeck

Questions quote Knowledge is having the right answer. Intelligence is asking the right questions.
Knowledge is having the right answer. Intelligence is asking the right questions.

How To Question Authority Quotes

How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority. — Neal Boortz

Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why, myth and religion ask who. Who's in charge here? Who's the author? That's what we really long to know. — Peter Kreeft

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas. — Nicholas Sparks

Questions quote The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be. — Woody Allen

Helen Lowe writes wonderful stories, yes, but her work also speaks with lyricism to deeper questions of how we treat each other. With lovely prose that brings vivid life to her characters, she creates a universe with people we care about. This is an author with a gift for fantasy. — Catherine Asaro

To the question: How do the authors of sketches, stories and novels get along in life, the following answer can or must be given: They are stragglers and they are down at heel. — Robert Walser

Power And Authority Quotes

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him — Ali ibn Abi Talib

There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority. — T. D. Jakes

When plunder becomes a way of life, men create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. — Frederic Bastiat

Questions quote The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute. The man who does not ask, is a fool for life.
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute. The man who does not ask, is a fool for life.

There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other. — Haile Selassie

We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We no longer need to beg or plead; we need to exercise the authority He has given us and receive His blessings. — Andrew Wommack

A person’s use of pronouns offers deep insights into his or her relative authority. If you’re hearing a lot of 'I,' 'me,' and 'my,' the real power to decide probably lies elsewhere. — Chris Voss

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals. — Mark Twain

The power of the word in cco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women. — Moroccan Proverbs

In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis. — John Wycliffe

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. — Leonardo da Vinci

Authority And Power Quotes

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. — Baron de Montesquieu

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule. — Samuel Adams

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. — George Washington

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. — Montesquieu

He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life. — R. C. Sproul

Remember: you are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world. — Louise Hay

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams

What will they learn if we value their lives as lesser than ours? What if the machines felt that the way we treated them was a form of slavery which it would be? How do slaves react to power and authority? Humanity's arrogance creates the illusion that everything is here to serve us. — Mo Gawdat

Saying no”, argues the author Kevin Ashton, “has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined. No guards time, the thread from which we weave our creations. The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know. — Kevin Ashton

Our generation is lost to the truth of God, to the reality of divine revelation, to the content of God's will, to the power of His redemption, and to the authority of His Word. For this loss it is paying dearly in a swift relapse into paganism. — Carl F. H. Henry

People Writing About Questions

Name Quotes Likes
Read quotes by Gerald Massey

Gerald Massey
quotes on education, religion and bible

26 316
Read quotes by Richard P. Feynman

Richard P. Feynman
quotes on education, life and science

430 3355
Read quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
quotes on education, freedom and life

1399 22156
Read quotes by Naval Ravikant

Naval Ravikant
quotes on money, happiness and life

583 1
Read quotes by Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein
quotes on education, success and imagination

1931 58682
Read quotes by Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown
quotes on language

228 1756

More Questions Quotes

Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question. - James Turrell quote

Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question. — James Turrell

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see? - Bob Dylan quote

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see? — Bob Dylan

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question. - Ruby Dee quote

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question. — Ruby Dee

How many roads must a man walk down.. Before you can call him a Man. - Bob Dylan quote

How many roads must a man walk down.. Before you can call him a Man. — Bob Dylan

What have the Romans ever done for us? - John Cleese quote

What have the Romans ever done for us? — John Cleese

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. - Janis Joplin quote

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. — Janis Joplin

The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable. - Paul Broca quote

The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable. — Paul Broca

Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first. - Groucho Marx quote

Will you marry me? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first. — Groucho Marx

Ignorance never settles a question. - Benjamin Disraeli quote

Ignorance never settles a question. — Benjamin Disraeli

The question isn't 'who is going to let me'; it's 'who is going to stop me'. - Ayn Rand quote

The question isn't 'who is going to let me'; it's 'who is going to stop me'. — Ayn Rand

Curiosity has its own reason for existence. - Albert Einstein quote

Curiosity has its own reason for existence. — Albert Einstein

The most important thing is to not stop questioning. - Albert Einstein quote

The most important thing is to not stop questioning. — Albert Einstein

What if there were no hypothetical questions? - George Carlin quote

What if there were no hypothetical questions? — George Carlin

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. - Voltaire quote

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. — Voltaire

I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions. - Susan Sarandon quote

I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions. — Susan Sarandon

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. — Albert Einstein

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?' — Sigmund Freud

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see. — Henry David Thoreau

Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. Hope makes you see God's guiding hand not only in the gentle and pleasant moments but also in the shadows of disappointment and darkness. — Henri Nouwen

In Conclusion

Which quotation resonated with you best? Did you enjoy our collection of questions quotes? Or may be you have a slogan about questions to suggest. Let us know using our contact form.

Citation

Feel free to cite and use any of the quotes in this collection of questions quotations. For popular citation styles(APA, Chicago, MLA), please use this citation page.

Embed HTML Link

Copy and paste this HTML code in your webpage