Tough Questions Quotes

I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.

That's what representative democracy is about, is members going to Washington but coming home and answering the tough questions.

To me, Jeb Bush is hitting his stride. He was the most composed, the most endpoint, the most in control, I've seen him in an interview yet. And it's not because I wasn't asking him tough questions

I'm not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I'm not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It's like a club. We are not asking the tough questions.

I think anytime in someone's faith journey, my faith journey also, you go through doubting... I think you kind of have to go through that, honestly, just to ask the tough questions... I mean, life is crazy, and to know that, honestly, a loving God is walking through it with me is very comforting for me.

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.

Every politician higher up than assistant water commissioner knows how to avoid tough questions [from reporters]: Don't answer them.

So when I cover the president, I try to remember two things: First, if you don't ask, you don't find out; and second, the questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

When you walk into a doctor's office, you've got to have the same attitude you would about anything else. You've got to ask tough questions, and you've got to not be afraid to challenge their credentials.

have a lot of respect for the responsibility that journalists have to ask tough questions, to hold the administration accountable and to be advocates for the citizens of the United States.

All I know is what I do each and every day and what we do here at CNN, which is all about the facts, asking tough questions, challenging leaders and our own leadership in this country.

As a presidential candidate, Mr. Trump is going to get tough questions from the press and has to answer them.

What I'm saying is it is our responsibility to exercise due diligence, to ask the tough questions, to get the evidence before we make those very costly decisions about how and when and where our military is used.

I want to be a journalist; I want to ask tough questions.

It’s hard to sometimes get information out of the government. It’s really hard. You can’t do it without asking tough questions.

Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

Whenever you're reporting, there's always something you can't say or write, but the questions, you always want to get as close to that line as possible. You want to ask the tough questions.

I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.

It really is disgusting when a guy in a ball cap with a high school education is the one asking the tough questions.

Matt Lauer asked her [Hillary Clinton] tough questions, in fact, questions that should have been asked and followed up on by the FBI in their investigation where they came to a rosy conclusion. So to me, this was actually very helpful. And I think obviously it was big moment there, right out of the bat when we had the naval officer who really put it to Hillary and said listen .

My job is to ask tough questions.

Often, as an interviewer, particularly when you're talking to highly visible people, celebrities, and it's known that negative things have happened, they don't want to talk about it, or you have to really work up to it. You have to carefully construct the conversation so that they feel open enough to discuss some of those things with you.

As Secretary of State, we need someone with sound judgment, ask tough questions, and should not be willing to just read talking points.

My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters.

I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.