“I think people are starting to look away and questioning, and they're sort of horrified.” PeopleThinkingLooksStartingQuestioning Author:Charlie Brooker
“Bernie's campaign was very principled in most regards, I think, you know, he certainly didn't go far enough in questioning the military policy, the military-industrial complex, and so on, but you know I think that's the price you pay for being in the Democratic Party. And Bernie [Sanders] has to pay that price.” ThinkingKnowsEnoughPartyPayMilitaryPolicyRegardDemocraticComplexesCampaignsQuestioningDemocratic PartyMilitary Industrial ComplexPrincipled Author:Jill Stein
“I don't think 'Dark Heart' has to be malevolent. It conveys a sense of depth. There is a sense of questioning turmoil.” ThinkingHeartDarkDepthQuestioningTurmoil Author:Patricia Piccinini
“Go back to classical times, say classical Greece. Who drank the hemlock? Was it someone who was conforming, obeying the gods? Or was it someone who was disrupting the youth and questioning the faith and belief? Socrates, in other words. It was Socrates.” BeliefYouthQuestioningConformGreeceDrankObeyingHemlock Author:Noam Chomsky
“The issue I have is that the cooking techniques are up for questioning, today more than ever before. If you waterbath beef at 22-degrees for 12 hours, it may taste fantastic, but if you don't cook food at a high enough temperature, you risk not killing the bacteria. Things like that make me nervous of venturing into it.” IfsMayEnoughTodayHoursIssuesRiskTasteDegreesCookingKillingTechniqueNervousFantasticCooksQuestioningTemperatureBeefBacteria Author:Gordon Ramsay
“Before I arrived here [ Borussia Dortmund], a lot of people were questioning about whether I could ever play as a striker, that I was a guy who could only run down the wing quickly.” PeoplePlayRunningGuyWingsQuestioningStrikersBorussia Dortmund Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“Nobody here is questioning the victory. I want to know President-elect [Donald] Trump doesn't believe the conclusions of 17 intelligence agencies.” KnowsWantBelievePresidentTrumpVictoryConclusionAgencyQuestioningIntelligence Agencies Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I'm not questioning that Donald Trump won the election. But there's nothing more sacred than our democratic process in the United States. And we have got to make sure that - put aside partisan politics and make sure that we're getting to the bottom of all of this.” StatesProcessUnitedUnited StatesTrumpElectionSacredDemocraticBottomQuestioningPartisansDemocratic ProcessPartisan Politics Author:Claire McCaskill
“I was an ordinary boy at school, a young man. In fact, what did the headmaster once say? "You're constantly challenging those in authority; questioning and challenging those in authority." Which was not really the way I saw it. I felt there were questions that had to be answered, and things that weren't quite right.” MenWayFactsSchoolYoungFeltChallengesBoysSawsAuthorityOrdinaryYoung ManQuestioningHeadmasters Author:Kofi Annan
“Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they're not true.” QuestioningStressful Author:Byron Katie
“Sometimes the concept you're questioning makes more sense to ask just the second one and not the first one.” FirstsSometimesAsksConceptsQuestioning Author:Byron Katie
“I have underscored my commitment to dialogue and cooperation with our neighboring Turkey, a country that plays an important role for the future of our region. But I still stress that the promotion of this important relations can only take place on the basis of mutual respect without threats of war and questioning of sovereign rights.” StillsImportantWarCountryPlayRolesRightsCommitmentBasesStressRelationThreatDialogueRegionsMutualCooperationQuestioningSovereignTurkeysPromotionMutual Respect Author:Alexis Tsipras
“To question the legitimacy of the next United States president, you know, and you're worried about a tweet that says, hey, why don't you get back to work instead of questioning my legitimacy? Too bad.” KnowsStatesNextPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHeyWorriedGet BackQuestioningTweetLegitimacyBack To Work Author:John Lewis
“We're not questioning the legitimacy of the outcome of the election. You didn't have Republicans questioning whether or not [Barack] Obama legitimately beat John McCain in 2008.” RepublicanBeatsElectionBarackOutcomesQuestioningMccainLegitimacy Author:John Lewis
“That issue has been resolved for years now, and it's been resolved for at least two years in Donald Trump's mind. And to bring that up as justification for John Lewis questioning the legitimacy of a democratic activity that is - has been around since the beginning of our country is wrong.” YearsMindHas BeensTwoCountryIssuesTrumpActivityDemocraticOur CountryTwo YearsQuestioningJustificationLegitimacy Author:John Lewis
“The point is not where Barack Obama was born, the point is is that we've got congressmen on the Democratic side of the aisle that are questioning the legitimacy of President-elect [Donald] Trump who won in an electoral landslide.” SidesPresidentBornTrumpDemocraticBarackQuestioningCongressmanAisleLegitimacyLandslides Author:John Lewis
“Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.” PeopleIfsWayWantJusticeCitiesDepartmentQuestioningSenatorsSessionDecree Author:Al Sharpton
“Have you ever noticed the Democrats always set the agenda? Whatever the Democrats say they want, that's just what's gonna happen. There's no questioning the policy!” WantHappensPolicyDemocratAgendasQuestioning Author:Rush Limbaugh
“With every issue, the coverage of [Barack] Obama is: "Will he get? How will he look? Does this help or does this hurt Obama?" There's never any questioning of what he wants in terms of is it good, bad for the country or not.” WantLooksDoeCountryHelpingTermHurtIssuesBarackQuestioningCoverage Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What I meant when I say that the media are bots, I don't want anybody misunderstand this. I'm watching CNN and one of their infobabes is doing this report on Al Franken questioning [Jeff] Sessions during the confirmation hearings. I'm convinced - and they played an edited version of it. It was edited by somebody to make it look like it was something other than what it was, and I'm convinced this infobabe hasn't the slightest clue.” WantLooksMediaHearingConvincedVersionsReportsAlsQuestioningClueSessionConfirmationCnnEdited Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Thanks to the European Union, Ireland has a much more open climate of discussion and debate, as you can see in the media. It means that we are a more questioning society, perhaps more honestly prepared to address serious issues and problems, more open to the idea that different viewpoints should be heard and respected.” ShouldMeanIdeasDifferentProblemIssuesHeardMediaSeriousUnionsPreparedClimateHonestlyDebateThanksDiscussionAddressesIrelandQuestioningEuropean UnionViewpointsSerious Issues Author:Mary Robinson
“All I'm saying is [John McCain] cannot look a soldier in the eye and say "Questioning the president is less supportive to you than extending your tour three months." You should be coming home to your family.” ShouldLooksHomeEyeThreePresidentMonthsSoldierOur FamilyComing HomeQuestioningSupportiveThree MonthsMccainExtending Author:Jon Stewart
“Swami cannot give peace of mind; you must work for it yourselves. First, stop the questioning and ask, 'who am I?'. This is my body, my mind, my intelligence. But who is this 'My'? Who is it that claims the ownership of that which is declared to be 'mine'? 'My' indicates ownership. That 'My' is the life. As long as the life is in the body, there is this connection between the 'my' and the intellect - 'my' body, 'my' house, 'my' land. But the moment you remove the life from the body, there is no 'my' or sense of possession. Life is God.” GivingMindFirstsLongMomentsBodyLife IsAsksHouseLandMinesConnectionsClaimsPossessionIntellectRemovePeace Of MindQuestioningOwnership Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The Quran mentions the story of Moses and Khidr [a prophet mentioned in the Quran who guided Moses on a revelatory journey], a famous story, in which Moses represents sort of the external understanding of the religion and Khidr represents the inner spiritual understanding of the religion. Moses went on a journey with Khidr and Khidr said, "I will not accept you unless you stop questioning things," which from an external point of view seems strange, but inwardly is very meaningful. This is exactly the question of spiritual guidance.” SaidStoriesSeemsSpiritualUnderstandingViewsAcceptingJourneyStrangePoint Of ViewMeaningfulGuidanceProphetQuestioningMosesQuranVery MeanSpiritual GuidanceVery Meaningful Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
“I just think it's a time where there is a lot of uncertainty. People are questioning life and the finality of life and what happens in the after life. I think sometimes when religions aren't answering certain questions people search elsewhere.” PeopleThinkingSometimesHappensCertainUncertaintyElsewhereQuestioningFinality Author:James Van Praagh
“I feel like you should always be questioning the genre you're doing. If you're doing something that sounds like a lullaby, it can be good to make it about someone stalking someone.” Like YouBe GoodQuestioningStalkingLullaby Author:Nellie McKay
“That film, I mean "The shining" got me thinking about the way of telling stories and how effective it can be and how it can really shape people and move people to such a degree. It got me questioning storytelling.” PeopleThinkingMeanFilmMovingShiningStorytellingQuestioning Author:Freya Mavor
“I do not think that torture is necessary. But it may be the case that interrogation methods that go beyond questioning, but do not arise to the level of torture, may be necessary to get actionable intelligence from high-ranking al Qaeda leaders.” ThinkingLeaderTortureQuestioningAl QaedaInterrogation Author:John Yoo
“God is okay. He's got big shoulders. He's okay with our - with our questioning and our - you know, I think the bigger the question, the bigger the answer, you know? It may be sickness, it may be loss, it may be disappointment, but sometimes you feel like heaven's silent, that "God, how-how can this be love?" But actually, if you go back to the Word, you know, it just underpins everything.” ThinkingSometimesLossOkaySilentDisappointmentSicknessQuestioning Author:Darlene Zschech
“On the Upper East Side, women are prisoners to the ideology of intensive motherhood, which is that you should be enriching your child's well-being on every measure you possibly can at every moment. So when your kid is sitting down playing with Legos, intensive motherhood dictates that you should be engaging with him or her somehow, praising, questioning, making it into a learning opportunity. It's not enough to just tell your child, "Do your homework." It's not enough to help with the homework. You go to the school and learn how they do math, so that you can tutor your child in math.” ChildrenEnoughMomentsHelpingKidsSchoolOpportunityPraiseOur ChildrenMathMotherhoodIdeologyYour ChildrenPrisonerQuestioningHomeworkTutor Author:Wednesday Martin
“The religious training inspired in me a desire for learning. In fact, I am immensely grateful for my Catholic education for instilling in me a desire for learning. However, the Catholic training also gave me a desire for questioning. The desire to question led me eventually to distance myself from the Catholic institution and its dogma.” DesireReligiousTrainingCatholicGratefulDistanceInspiredQuestioningDogma Author:Leonard Lawlor
“Optimism is in short supply in the Middle East, but what I do think is the administration needs to step up its act. We should use military strikes against ISIS when they threaten the Shia areas or Baghdad. We need to accelerate very rapidly, and we have ways to do it, aid to the Syrians, and we need to be more active, with results, not simply inputs. That is absolutely important right now, because people are questioning our will, not our capabilities.” PeopleThinkingImportantMilitaryOptimismAidsCapabilityQuestioningStep Up Author:James Franklin Jeffrey
“The far Right now finding a new way to attack Hillary Clinton. Questioning whether she's too old to get elected.Rush Limbaugh goes after Hillary Clinton asking if this country will 'actually want to watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis.'” CountryEyeClintonQuestioning Author:Dan Abrams
“And to me, that is the greatest danger, that people start questioning basic facts and start not understanding the importance of democratic institutions such as the free press. I mean, to call the press the enemy is dangerous and just remarkably bizarre. The press is the only profession protected in the Constitution because of how important the framers viewed the press. But in authoritarian regimes, they control the press. And to me, going down an authoritarian path is the greatest danger that we face as a republic.” PeopleMeanImportantUnderstandingEnemyPathDangerousDangerImportanceConstitutionDemocraticProfessionQuestioningBizarre Author:Ted Lieu
“Whether that's questioning the dominant opinion of the day, the conventional wisdom of the day, or whether it's questioning the policies that come out of Washington, or out of our government, generally, I think media's job is to look at it and say, "What's really going on here? What's the story behind what you see?"” ThinkingOpinionPolicyQuestioningConventional Wisdom Author:Ben Domenech
“All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just seemed so crass. They didn't get it. Those books don't understand. Nobody understands. The universe, nobody understands my agony, or my questioning, and it's this shift in what in the world around us could possibly be meaningful or helpful.” WorldBookHelpingUniverseMeaningfulHelpfulQuestioningAnguish Author:Phil Elvrum
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'” LifeInspirationalHelpingMotivationalSocialFriendshipLeadershipInspiringConsciousnessKindnessSuccessfulTeacherPositiveKingsCharityCaringHumanitarianHelping OthersCivil RightsPersistenceActivistQuestioningPhilanthropyVolunteerAltruismFinitePersistentGiving BackUrgentInfluentialPublic ServiceServing OthersService To OthersCaring For OthersPeople In Your LifePeace And JusticeVolunteerismPhilanthropicSacrifice For OthersActs Of KindnessPeace JusticeInspirational SuccessService To HumanitySocial ServiceKindness To OthersDo Unto OthersInspirational CharityInspirational ServiceGiving To OthersPhilanthropy GivingKings And LoveGood KingsGreat SacrificePhilanthropy InspirationActs Of ServiceInspirational VolunteerVolunteerism And ServiceOthers Helping YouShared HumanityAfrican American Civil RightsDoing For OthersCivil Rights LeadersInspirational HistoryInfinite HopeHelping HumanityOther People's Actions Book:Strength to Love Source: Strength to Love
“Performing is really close to being in studio but performing takes over because being in the studio is two things; the first thing is that it is really beautiful to improvise and jam, but afterwards it becomes hard because it's very rare that a song will come together quickly. Most of the time it's back and forth and trial and error. You start questioning whether the song is good or not. So that can be quite tough.” TogetherBeautifulSongToughPerformingQuestioningReally Beautiful Author:NAO
“I'm not a philosopher so why should I provide anyone with the answers? I'm just a musician, I don't have any solutions. All I'm doing is questioning the status quo, with every record I've made, to a certain extend.” MusicianSolutionsPhilosopherQuestioningStatus Quo Author:Ayshay
“I think we have an awful lot to be proud of. No one is questioning the legitimacy of the outcome of the 2016 election. There are some lingering questions about how elections have been conducted, who was able to vote legally or not.” ThinkingProudVoteElectionQuestioningBe Proud Author:Matthew Dunlap
“Too much me is annoying under any circumstance, but too much me in an essay, however personal, would mar the art. My "character" in the essay is more like a perspective, an angle of vision, a complicating factor, a questioning presence. I don't sit on the sidelines or pretend to objectivity; and I'm not afraid to stick my neck out or to be revealing and vulnerable.” ArtCharacterVisionPerspectiveCircumstancesVulnerableAnnoyingNot AfraidQuestioningEssays Author:Charles D'Ambrosio
“Young Baby Boomers were forced to play duck-and-cover in school, in hopes that a desk would protect them from an atomic explosion. It was all bullshit, and they knew it. They were questioning the entire adult establishment, and that was the root cause of juvenile delinquency. It was also the root cause of EC's success; kids were looking for ways to numb themselves to this horror that they felt.” KidsSchoolBabyHorrorProtectQuestioningBullshitNumbJuvenileBaby Boomer Author:Al Feldstein
“I grew up outside of Seattle, and have lived here my whole life, and I think that there is a culture of questioning, and guilt. Almost an "anti-ambition." Like, an awareness, and then a subsequent guilt. But sometimes that progressive, liberal guilt is really obnoxious, too - in some ways, I think it's better to just own it. It's weird, that actually, the acknowledgement of privilege or the enactment of guilt can be as obnoxious as anything else. It's a never-ending rabbit hole. We're really in a rabbit hole right now, with this conversation. We're just spiraling down into the void.” ThinkingSometimesCultureAwarenessGuiltWhole LifeProgressiveQuestioningObnoxiousAcknowledgement Author:Carrie Brownstein
“As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and it's really important that the status quo can be questioned and that there are people doing that.” PeopleThinkingArtImportantChallengesQuestioningStatus Quo Author:Lily Cole
“Why is nobody questioning the sanity or suicidal tendencies of Everest ascenders? It's kind of a question of framing: How do you frame these activities? We frame them as freedom-loving, exciting, progressing sports and they are. But there are other ways to frame it. It's also true that these young men, neurologists say that their frontal lobes aren't developed yet - the long-term planning part of the brain.” MenKindSportsBrainProgressExcitingPlanningSanityQuestioningSuicidalFraming Author:Lucy Walker
“When I first came into acting, I had great opportunities to make a decent movie. I had a run there in 2005, '06, '07 - for a long time it was "Oh, he's the best thing in the movie that's not that good." I started questioning: Did I make the right choice? Should I have stayed in wrestling a bit longer? And then budgets became lower and lower and the pay kinda stayed the same and there wasn't a lot of growth.” LongRunningChoicesOpportunityGrowthActingDecentWrestlingQuestioningGreat Opportunity Author:Dwayne Johnson
“These artists all have some kind of message to the public. These messages can be quite personal, maybe about their own existential situation, and it can be about suffering, it can be about questioning of one's existence and so on. They are all telling us very genuine stories, which are touching us in different ways and they are enlightening in different ways. But it's not only the stories themselves, but it's how it is done - that creates the impact of the story. It is not what is said but how it is said. I don't think you can dissociate the content from the form.” ThinkingKindDifferentDoneArtistSufferingExistenceSituationTouchingQuestioningExistentialEnlightening Author:Gunnar Kvaran
“Sven Schumann did an interview with photographer Wolfgang Tillmans in Berlin addressing the question: What is photography today when everyone is a photographer? These kinds of questions and answers you find in a magazine, on paper and not on Instagram. For me this is the essence of a magazine - it's questioning what's going on today and celebrating true creativity without compromise.” KindTodayCreativityPhotographyPhotographerCompromiseCelebrateQuestioning Author:Olivier Zahm
“I do feel that the world is entering into a period of the incredible period of reflection and introspection. A lot of people are questioning the future, and I can't help but think that's a positive thing. I'm not sure about the art world, but the design world may be able to offer some solutions. Design is about troubleshooting. As a designer, I ultimately feel like a gun for hire. Companies hire me because they've got a problem. That's kind of what it boils down to. And I think this is a moment in our history where we need different solutions.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindArtDifferentMomentsHelpingProblemDesignSolutionsReflectionGunIncrediblesNot SureDesignerQuestioningIntrospection Author:Marc Newson
“Whatever pictures are put into the world, the balance needs to be readdressed, it needs to be observed. That's why I am also really questioning what a lot of photography has done since I began. I am not saying because of me, but I mean, photographing some friends partying and publishing the pictures meant something else in '92 than it does in 2011. And I find the younger generation is not questioning this at all today.” WorldMeanDoneTodayPartyBalancePhotographyQuestioningPublishingYounger Generation Author:Wolfgang Tillmans