Interesting Answers Destroy the Questions

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Nothing is so good that some fault cannot be found with it. – Aesop fable

It’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. – Bertrand Russell

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. – Eugene Ionesco

‘Tis not every question that deserves an answer. – Thomas Fuller

Good questions outrank easy answers. – Paul A. Samuelson

The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. – Susan Sontag

An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. – Sydney J. Harris

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