“My advice to all students is to question everything! You never know where a "silly question" may lead you.”

“I apprehend that you may put a leading question to an unwilling witness on the examination in chief at the discretion of the Judge; but you may always put a leading question in cross-examination, whether a witness be unwilling or not.”

Edward Hall Alderson (1787–1857) Lawyer and jurist

“You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question”

Gabrielle Zevin (1977) American writer

“There are two levels of knowing a subject. There is the student who knows what the definition of a noun or a gene or a molecule is; then there is the student… who also knows how the definition was arrived at. There is the student who can answer a question; then there is the student who also knows what are the biases of the question. There is the student who can give you the facts; then there is the student who also knows what is meant by a fact. I am maintaining that, in all cases, it is the latter who has a "basic" education; the former, a frivolous one.”

Neil Postman (1931–2003) American writer and academic

“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to
ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.”

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author

“Goodnight, my angel
Time to close your eyes.
And save these questions for another day.
I think I know what you've been asking me.
I think you know what I've been trying to say.
I promised I would never leave you.
And you should always know
Wherever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away.”

Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist

“All those agonizing philosophical-theological conundrums amount to "Ask a silly question, get a silly answer."”

Poul Anderson (1926–2001) American science fiction and fantasy writer

“There is a season for everything, patience will reward you and reveal all answers to your questions.”

Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor

“We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.”

Desmond Morris (1928) English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter

“God is not running the world. (…) All happens by itself. You are asking the question and you are supplying the answer. And you know the answer when you ask the question. All is play in consciousness. All divisions are illusory. (…)”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru