Quotes with questioning

  • The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.

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  • Albert Pike Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason.
    Albert Pike
    American attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason (1809 - 1891)
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  • Myriam Miedzian As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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  • Bill Gross In questioning initially whether I am a great investor, I open the door to question whether other similarly esteemed public icons like Bill Miller are as well. It seems, perhaps, that the longer and longer you keep at it in this business the more and more time you have to expose your Achilles heel - wherever and whatever that might be.
    Bill Gross
    American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist (1944 - )
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  • Gore Vidal Laughing at someone else is an excellent way of learning how to laugh at oneself; and questioning what seem to be the absurd beliefs of another group is a good way of recognizing the potential absurdity of many of one's own cherished beliefs.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Albert Einstein Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Samuel Johnson Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bergen Evans That is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.
    Bergen Evans
    American professor and television host
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  • Niels Bohr The constant questioning of our values and achievements is a challenge without which neither science nor society can remain healthy.
    Source: Nobel Prize Banquet Speech, December 10, 1975
    Niels Bohr
    Danish scientist and physicist (1885 - 1962)
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  • Georges Bataille The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.
    Georges Bataille
    French writer and critic (1897 - 1962)
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  • Gore Vidal The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Albert Einstein The important thing is not to stop questioning.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Bob Woodward The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Brad Stone There are lots of lessons to learn from Amazon. Never stop innovating or questioning the fundamentals of your business. Disrupt yourself before others do. Continually motivate employees so that they never get too complacent - see Yahoo, AOL and many other Internet companies for evidence of what happens when they do.
    Brad Stone
    American journalist (1971 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Arthur Erickson There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications.
    Arthur Erickson
    Canadian architect and urban (1924 - 2009)
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  • Bill Clinton Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans have ever been a relentless, questioning, hopeful people.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Euripides Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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