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...

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is...

The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is...

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make...

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make...

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...

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

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...

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...

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home?...

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home?...

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...

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

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

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world...

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world...

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon,...

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon,...

Questions are the creative acts of intelligence

Questions are the creative acts of intelligence

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions....

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions....

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,...