John Irving Quotes

If you don't ask the right questions, I can't give you the answers, and if you don't know the right question to ask, you're not ready for the answers

I always want to know about things.

It is never wise to turn aside from knowing, however the knowing comes.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

I think it's okay to ask questions. I don't think everything is answerable though.

Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.

Some people say, "How can you live without knowing?" I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know.

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

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

Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

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

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

Wisdom begins in wonder.

The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers

Every single day, I'm curious about everything. Curiosity is finding answers to things.

If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein.

Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven't asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off. You have to ask the question - you have to want to know - in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.

The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.

There is nothing so minute, or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not.