Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist
"It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why."
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Asking Why
38 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss."
Elizabeth Holmes
Businesswoman
"I think people can benefit tremendously from really asking why they're doing certain things."
Cupcake Brown
Author
"Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it."
Oprah Winfrey
Television host, producer, philanthropist
"One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, 'Why?' are quick to say, 'Why not?' That attitude is contagious."
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"If you want to survive in this world, you need to stop asking why people work together, and just start working together."
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"Sign your work...If you're not proud of it, don't ship it. If you are, sign your work and own the results. We'll know who to thank. If you work for a place where work goes unsigned (internally, in particular) it's worth asking why."
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"I truly understand that there is a lesson in everything that happens to us. So I tried not to spend my time asking "Why did this happen to me?" but trying to figure out why I had chosen this."
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"Iconic Paris tells us: here are our three-star attractions, go thou and marvel. And so we gaze obediently at what we are told to gaze at, without exactly asking why."
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