„A lot of sophistication has been developed about the utilization of machines for complex purposes, and it doesn't make sense not to use it if you can think of a good question to ask. Playing chess is about the dumbest question you can ask. But, if you want, maybe can make money that way, or something. In fact, what's going on with the chess is about as interesting as the fact that a front-end loader can lift more than an Olympics champion, weight lifter, or something. Probably so, but, you know, these are just not serious questions.“

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— Noam Chomsky

Talk titled "Language & Mind", 1997.
Quotes 1990s, 1995-1999

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„The question of whether a computer is playing chess, or doing long division, or translating Chinese, is like the question of whether robots can murder or airplanes can fly -- or people; after all, the "flight" of the Olympic long jump champion is only an order of magnitude short of that of the chicken champion (so I'm told). These are questions of decision, not fact; decision as to whether to adopt a certain metaphoric extension of common usage.“

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— Noam Chomsky american linguist, philosopher and activist 1928

Powers and Prospects, 1996 https://chomsky.info/prospects01/.
Quotes 1990s, 1995-1999

„If you attended (a study session) strictly adopt three attitudes; there is no fourth. First: You can lock yourself in the silence of ignorance. Second: If you do not behave as such, ask for the questions a man seeking to learn asks…. This man will ask only about what he does not know, not about what he knows. Asking about matters one knows is making proof of ineptitude; this is only ranting, waste of time for everyone…. If the person you are questioning does not give satisfactory answers, stop questioning… Third: You can answer like a scientist, refuting clearly the other’s arguments. If you are not capable of that, do not insist….”“

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— Ibn Hazm Arab theologian 994 - 1064

ibid, 114-5

„If you are thinking about something that happened a long time ago:
Somebody asked you a question and you did not know the answer.
That is my name.“

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— Richard Brautigan, buch In Watermelon Sugar

Quelle: In Watermelon Sugar

„The question of whether Machines Can Think… is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim.“

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— Edsger W. Dijkstra Dutch computer scientist 1930 - 2002

Dijkstra (1984) The threats to computing science http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD08xx/EWD898.html (EWD898).
1980s

„Rachel: They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb.
Annabeth: Was it hard?“

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— Rick Riordan American writer 1964

„Someone has to ask you a question," George continues meaningly, "before you can answer it. But it's so seldom you find anyone who'll ask the right questions. Most people aren't that much interested….“

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— Christopher Isherwood, buch A Single Man

Quelle: A Single Man

„That is the wrong question to ask…You can’t go into science thinking of a Nobel Prize. You can only go into science because you’re interested in it.“

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— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist 1952

When asked how students could aim to emulate him.
Appreciate science for what it is: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

„…Hunt asked me the question one week before the campaign, and basically it was, are you going to do something about Rumsfeld and the Vice President? And my answer was, they're going to stay on. And the reason why is I didn't want to inject a major decision about this war in the final days of a campaign. And so the only way to answer that question and to get you on to another question was to give you that answer.“

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— George W. Bush 43rd President of the United States 1946

The President's reasoning for telling reporters in the Oval Office that the current Defense Secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld, would be staying on, although Bush had already selected potential replacements. Given at a news conference http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/11/20061108-2.html (November 8, 2006)
2000s, 2006

„Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?“

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— Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993

Concert address to audience at the Rockpile, Toronto (May 1969).

„Is this sort of thing which has been thought about beneficial? So that if you're asking the question, for example, "Is it appropriate to think of making a copy of a person?" You have to ask not only, "What is the benefit to the people who are asking for this to be done?" But also, "What's the impact on the child that's going to be produced?"“

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— Ian Wilmut embryologist 1944

And that last bit I think often gets missed out.
Interview at the Academy of Achievement (23 May 1998).

„Sitting and writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from. It is like having a mirror held up in front of you, looking into yourself and asking these questions.“

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— Enya Irish singer, songwriter, and musician 1961

Women's Weekly interview (2006)

„The first one has to do with whether a man knows what he is talking about, whether what he says has some basis or not. And my trick that I use is very easy. If you ask him intelligent questions — that is, penetrating, interested, honest, frank, direct questions on the subject, and no trick questions — then he quickly gets stuck. It is like a child asking naive questions. If you ask naive but relevant questions, then almost immediately the person doesn't know the answer, if he is an honest man.“

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— Richard Feynman, buch The Meaning of It All

lecture III: "This Unscientific Age"
The Meaning of It All (1999)

„stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions“

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— Michael Morpurgo British children's writer 1943

Quelle: I Believe in Unicorns

„I would have been surprised if you had not asked that question, because everywhere I am, I am asked how about the Chinese. There’s a lot of sudden interest on the Chinese and Africa. You know, what is it that we are trying to do in Africa? Africa as a continent in pursuit of development.“

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— Jakaya Kikwete Tanzanian politician and president 1950

On China's engagement with the continent.
Interviews, Interview with Financial Times, 2007-10-04 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8a07e28-72a3-11dc-b7ff-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check1/

„Take a serious look at yourself. Ask yourself questions about your mood, the way you view the world and people, think about your mistakes and the dangers they unleash. Today the character of a person determines whether he can exercise influence and authority, far more than all the minds on this earth. As you know, this is all the more true in Belgium, and Belgians want to see in their leader the qualities they will never want from themselves.“

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— Leopold I of Belgium German prince who became the first King of the Belgians 1790 - 1865

https://klara.be/leopold-ii-aflevering-2-0 Leopold I In a letter to his son Prince Leopold II

„If you put it as “complex nervous systems” it sounds pretty deflationary. What's so special about a complex nervous system? But of course, that complex nervous system allows you to do calculus. It allows you to do astrophysics… to write poetry… to fall in love. Put under that description, when asked “What’s so special about humans…?”, I’m at a loss to know how to answer that question. If you don’t see why we’d be special… because we can do poetry [and] think philosophical thoughts [and] we can think about the morality of our behavior, I’m not sure what kind of answer could possibly satisfy you at that point.
…I could pose the same kinds of questions of you… So God says, “You are guys are really, really special.” How does his saying it make us special? “But you see, he gave us a soul.”“

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— Shelly Kagan American philosopher 1956

How does our having a soul make us special? Whatever answer you give, you could always say… “What’s so special about that?”
Debate: Is God Necessary for Morality? (2011)

„I had no answers to any of those questions any more than any other performer did, really. But, you know, that didn't stop the press or people or whoever they were from asking these questions. They, for some reason the press thought that performers had the answers to all these problems in the society and you know, like what can… What can you say to something like that? I mean, it's just kind of absurd.“

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— Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

No Direction Home (2005)

„Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.“

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— Miguel Ángel Ruiz, buch The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements (1997)

„Religion asks questions about morals, whereas science just asks questions about the natural world. But when people try to use religion to address the natural world, science pushes back on it, and religion has to accommodate the results. Beliefs can be permanent, but beliefs can also be flexible. Personally, if I find out my belief is wrong, I change my mind. I think that's a good way to live.“

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— Lisa Randall American theoretical physicist and an expert on particle physics and cosmology 1962

The Discover Interview: Lisa Randall (July 2006)

„The question of what is good acting has got to be paramount in order to keep developing. If you cease to think about it, you cease to develop. There's the showy style and the acting that doesn't look like acting. I go for the latter.“

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— Timothy Dalton British actor of stage, film and television 1944

On acting. [Several Interviews with Timothy Dalton on his 007 portrayal, including ‘Licence to Act: Timothy Dalton Uses James Bond To Get What He Wants’ by Marshall Fine, taken from ‘Lifestyle’ magazine, 11 July 1989., http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Film/7518/Bond_Eng/Bond_Eng.htm, http://web.archive.org/20000304095759/www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Film/7518/Bond_Eng/Bond_Eng.htm, 2000-03-04].
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