Naomi Alderman Quotes

I don't know much, but I like talking to people who know a lot more than I do.

'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

Tell me, O wise man, how hast thou come to know so astonishingly much? By never being ashamed to ask of those that knew!

The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

Never be afraid to ask when you don't understand. It sounds like a little thing, but awful things have happened, international incidents have flared, and markets have collapsed just because people couldn't make sense of what was being said. They didn't ask 'why?' because they thought it would make them look stupid.

If you don't listen, you're never gonna learn.

I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with.

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

Practice being curious; want to know things; ask questions.

I have always been much better at asking questions than knowing what the answers were.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

Don't ever be afraid to ask any question.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.