„It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.“

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— Cory Doctorow, buch For the Win

Quelle: For the Win

Letzte Aktualisierung 3. Juni 2021.

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kanadischer Science-Fiction-Autor, Journalist und Blogger 1971

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— Scott Adams cartoonist, writer 1957

„I invent stories, confront one with another, and by this means I ask questions. The stupidity of people comes from having an answer to everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.“

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— Milan Kundera Czech author of Czech and French literature 1929

„If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.“

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— Ronald Reagan American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989) 1911 - 2004

„That's one of the most stupid questions I've heard. I'll go with Mascherano.“

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— Alex Ferguson Scottish footballer and manager 1941

When asked, after losing the UEFA Champions League final against Barcelona, which Barcelona's talent he would sign for the next season in case he would have a blank cheque.
Sbnation.com (27 May 2011) http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2011/5/28/2195275/champions-league-2011-barcelona-manchester-united]

„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

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„Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.“

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— Saul Bellow, buch Herzog

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„I felt the question was stupid so I didn't answer.“

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— Dan Fante American writer 1944 - 2015

Quelle: Novels, Spitting off Tall Buildings (1996), Ch.6 - p.33 [Page numbers per the Canongate Books Ltd. 2001 UK paperback edition]

„I know you're not a stupid person, so why would you ask such a stunningly stupid question?“

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— Carl Hiaasen, buch Squeeze Me

Quelle: Novels, Squeeze Me (2020), Chapter 28

„I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions.“

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— Louis Sachar, buch Holes

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„The most interesting question of history is always, What were these people thinking?“

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— Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga

Vorkosigan Saga, (2012)

„Questions are great, but only if you know the answers. If you ask questions and the answers surprise you, you look silly.“

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— Laurell K. Hamilton, buch Burnt Offerings

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„The best teachers still taught in a Socratic style, asking questions, responding to the answers with still another question. And in all of our courses, we were taught that what mattered most was asking the right question — having posed the question well, answering the question was often a relatively easy matter.“

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— Joseph E. Stiglitz American economist and professor, born 1943. 1943

Autobiographical Essay (2001)

„You as stupid as they come. Of course, I say this with your best interests at heart. Most people are stupid. I don't hold it against them.“

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— Orson Scott Card, buch Homebody

Homebody (1998)

„If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?“

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— Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

„Although I firmly believe that there is no such thing as a stupid question, there can indeed be stupid answers. 42 is an example. Not only is this a poor ripoff of Doug Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide, but it isn't even a prime number. Everyone surely knows that numerical answers to profound questions are always prime.“

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— Donald A. Norman American academic 1935

The correct answer is 37.
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„“He posed me a question which I must answer correctly—else he will not co-operate.”
“Huh? What was the question?
“I’ll ask you. Martha, what is the meaning of life?”
“What! Why, what a stupid question!”
“He did not ask it stupidly.”
“It’s a psychopathic question, unlimited, unanswerable, and, in all probability, sense free.”“

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— Robert A. Heinlein, buch Beyond This Horizon

Quelle: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 2, “Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief—”, p. 35; see also pages 31, 33

„The shortness of the woman’s replies indicated that Emily was asking questions Miss Jesczenka didn’t particularly want to answer, but those were usually the questions that most needed to be asked.“

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— M. K. Hobson American writer 1969

Quelle: The Hidden Goddess (2011), Chapter 6, “Treachery” (p. 89)

„Most people are boring and stupid.“

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— Oscar Wilde, buch Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray

Quelle: The Picture of Dorian Gray

„The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.“

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— John Fowles, buch The Magus

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„For any picture, ask yourself what question or questions it might be answering. Since the picture could answer many, questions, we can decide what question we are interested in. The picture will, of course, suggest that some questions are likely to find answers in it. For instance, Owens's pictures of pantries and refrigerators clearly suggest that they will answer questions about what kinds of food the inhabitants of the houses store and presumably eat, while other pictures in Suburbia suggest that they will answer other questions about the housekeeping arrangements of these people.“

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— Howard S. Becker American sociologist 1928

Howard Becker (1974). "Art as Collective Action." American Sociological Review 39:767-76.

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