If your friend says of some picture, Yes, but what does it mean? ask him, what his carpet means or the circular patterns on his shoes

Quote by Stephen Potter

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Questioning Quotes

In a general way, we try to anticipate some of your questions so that I...

In a general way, we try to anticipate some of your questions so that I...

If you don't ask, you don't get.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past...

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past...

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether...

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether...

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with...

You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with...

There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides...

There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides...

In the effort to give good and comforting answers to the young questioners whom we...

In the effort to give good and comforting answers to the young questioners whom we...

Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is...

Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is...

I hate questioning, but I love wrestling.

I hate questioning, but I love wrestling.

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it,...

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it,...

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle,...

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle,...

Questioning is the door of knowledge

Questioning is the door of knowledge

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.