Paul Wolfowitz Quotes

I make work not to give answers but to question things.

Do I take alternative points of view? Yes, because all the media are going in another direction.

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.

I never stop reading. I read everything, and I read every day. If you never read anything, be curious. Curiosity is the true foundation of education, reading things that we've factually already agreed on, and I love reading books. With that said, it's more important that you ask the question 'why.'

I think it's a very powerful notion, the notion that our personal views, although closely held, are not necessarily right. That part of what is noble is making sure there are checks and balances and a plurality of opinions.

If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.

Question everything. Your love, your religion, your passion. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers.

I always want to try and see what the appeal is in anything. It's the healthiest and most honest approach.

Assume nothing, question everything.

The thing is, not to stop questioning.

Look wide, and even when you think you are looking wide - look wider still.

The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions.

I think it's important to view the issues on the broadest possible reference plane. In fact, if you firmly believe in any issue, I urge you to read the opposite of it. Most of the time, it'll merely reinforce your original beliefs, but on the rare occasion, it might change your mind.

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?

If you want to explore things you haven't explored, having people who look just like you and think just like you is not the best way.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

Uncertainty is a very good thing: it's the beginning of an investigation, and the investigation should never end.

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.

Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.