Autobiographical Essay (2001)
“The shortness of the woman’s replies indicated that Emily was asking questions Miss Jesczenka didn’t particularly want to answer, but those were usually the questions that most needed to be asked.”
Source: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 6, “Treachery” (p. 89)
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As quoted in "Return of the time lord" in The Guardian (27 September 2005)
“The smart leader never asks the question he doesn't want to hear the answer!”
Turkish Wikipedia
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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]
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
"Quotes", Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (1957), Polemical Introduction
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Ch. 3, p. 21.