Question Quotes
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That's always the question. How to defend yourself without being nasty.
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The best way to get a better answer is to start asking a better question.
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We take it for granted that telling is more valued than asking. Asking the right questions is valued, but asking in general is not. To ask is to reveal ignorance and weakness. Knowing things is highly valued, and telling people what we know is almost automatic because we have made it habitual in most situations. We are especially prone to telling when we have been empowered by someone else’s question or when we have been formally promoted into a position of power. I once asked a group of management students what it meant to them to be promoted to “manager.”
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What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
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The question of the right to privacy must be one of the defining issues of our time.
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The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?
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Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.
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On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?
