Malcolm Forbes Quotes

'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.'

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

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

I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Asking doesn't mean you lack wisdom - it's evidence of wisdom.

At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things out.

If you have to ask, you’ll never know. If you know, you need only ask.

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.

Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

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

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone.

I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.

I might not be very smart, but I surround myself with smart people.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom.

One who is shy will never gain knowledge, nor one who is proud.

Let your tongue become accustomed to the words “I do not know”.

In general, I'd rather ask questions and look stupid than keep quiet and not understand what someone's talking about.

Distinguish open-minded people from closed-minded people. Open-minded people seek to learn by asking questions; they realize that what they know is little in relation to what there is to know and recognize that they might be wrong. Closed-minded people always tell you what they know, even if they know hardly anything about the subject being discussed. They are typically made uncomfortable by being around those who know a lot more about a subject, unlike open-minded people who are thrilled by such company.

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

I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.

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