“You can tell you’ve found a really interesting question when nobody wants you to answer it.”

— Daniel Abraham

Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 8 (p. 92)

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speculative fiction writer from the United States 1969

Jill Shalvis (1963) American writer

Source: The Sweetest Thing

“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”

Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) Egyptian writer

Cited in: Michael J. Gelb (1996) Thinking for a change: discovering the power to create, communicate and lead. p. 96

“There were a significant number of questions I had asked myself and, as you know, when you really ask yourself the questions, you give better answers than if we merely read the conventional answers.”

Albert Messiah (1921–2013) French physicist

Il y avait un nombre important de questions que je m'étais posées et, comme vous le savez, lorsqu'on se pose vraiment les questions, on donne de meilleures réponses que si l'on se contente de lire les réponses convenues.
explaining how he came to write his textbook on quantum mechanics, in Descente au coeur de la matière, an interview edited by [Stéphane Deligeorges, Le monde quantique, Editions du Seuil, Sciences et Avenir, 1984, 2020089084, 111]

“The meaning of a question is the method of answering it: then what is the meaning of 'Do two men really mean the same by the word "white"?' Tell me how you are searching, and I will tell you what you are searching for.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-British philosopher

Philosophical Remarks (1991), Part III (27), pp.66-67
Attributed from posthumous publications

“But will you miss me? More importantly - will I miss you? Does either one of us really want to hear the answer to that question?”

Jodi Picoult book Nineteen Minutes

Source: Nineteen Minutes

“When you run into the enemy, you’ve got to attack, no question about it.”

John D. Bulkeley (1911–1996) United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient

Source: "‘Sea Wolf’ Bulkeley’s European Theater Exploits Heroic" in Naval History" https://www.navalhistory.org/2015/03/19/sea-wolf-bulkeleys-european-theater-exploits-heroic (1944)

“If you’ve found meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more.”

Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie

Variant: Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.
Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

“When it is a child you ask a lot of questions and ask for answers. When you are an adult you avoid many questions, to avoid unnecessary answers.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Quando si è bimbi si fanno tante domande pretendendo altrettante risposte. Quando si è adulti si evitano molte domande, per evitare inutili risposte.
Source: prevale.net

“That is a very good question. I don't know the answer. But can you tell me the name of a classical Greek shoemaker?”

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) playwright from the United States

His reply to a shoe manufacturer who had asked why Miller's job should be subsidized when his was not, as recounted at a London press conference. The Guardian (25 January 1990)

“When you’ve found out that the person you love loves you, you can’t
delay. You have to hurry.”

Alex Flinn (1966) American children's writer

Source: Cloaked

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