Questioning Oneself Quotes & Sayings

Today, questioning oneself about Europe means asking oneself how one relates to Germany. — Claudio Magris

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

Power is in control, not reaction — Jerome Peterson

Questioning authority doesn't make you resistant; who should follow blindly without knowing the destination — LDarnell

There are psychological repercussions to illness and we need a little more help to get through the effects not only on the afflicted but on the family. And I think there's even a place for humor in that. — Alan Thicke

Sometimes you just dread reading scripts; it's like the chef who doesn't want to cook at home. — Martin Henderson

As a writer of philosophy, it's good to ask oneself, 'Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years? — Criss Jami

Find comfort in questioning yourself. — Bryant McGill

I heard from my cat's lawyer today; my cat wants $12,000 a week for Tender Vittles. — Johnny Carson

It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity. — Vivienne Westwood

Elinor placed all that was astonishing in this way of acting to his mother's account; and it was happy for her that he had a mother whose character was so imperfectly known to her, as to be the general excuse for every thing strange on the part of her son. — Jane Austen

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked. — Christian Slater

If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison. — Chaka Khan

If you substituted networks for socialism, you got the Internet. Its competing platforms were united in their ambition to define every term of your existence. — Jonathan Franzen

Without free speech one cannot claim other liberties, or defend them when they are attacked. Without free speech one cannot have a democratic process, which requires the statement and testing of policy proposals and party platforms. Without free speech one cannot have a due process at law, in which one can defend oneself, accuse, collect and examine evidence, make a case or refute one. Without free speech there cannot be genuine education and research, enquiry, debate, exchange of information, challenges to falsehood, questioning of governments, proposal and examination of opinion. Without free speech there cannot be a free press, which...is necessary...as one of the two essential estates of a free society (the other being an independent judiciary). — A.C. Grayling