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Fundamental Questions Quotes

On big ideas and basic truths.

This collection of fundamental questions quotes weighs what science can and cannot answer, echoing themes found in Art quotes about meaning and origin.

It's not going to fill in the potholes. It's not going to put a roof over people's heads. What it does is it helps to address really fundamental questions of who we are, where we came from, by which I...

Quotes by Steven Squyres

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators.

Quotes by Saul Perlmutter

The origin of galaxies is one of the fundamental questions of astronomy, and that's what I've been studying.

Quotes by Sandra Faber

When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. You've asked them, I've asked them, every thinking person asks them. They boil down to this; origin, meaning, morality and destiny. 'How did I come into being?...

Quotes by Ravi Zacharias

Able Quotes

I stopped asking myself questions like what the value of my stock was and started asking more fundamental questions of life and death.

Quotes by Omar Amanat

It’s often been said that conservatism is successful because it chimes with these basic human instincts. It’s time for us to ask fundamental questions about what the Conservative Party is for, and what it actually believes.

Quotes by Kwasi Kwarteng

For the future, I would suggest avoiding subjects of too vast a scale. It would be useful to make out a list of fundamental questions on the matter to be dealt with, and discuss only those.

Quotes by Karl Lehmann

When you get back to fundamental questions - 'Why should anything exist?' A, I'm not sure what the answer is in terms of the science, and B, I'm not sure that science can even ask that question.

Quotes by John Rhys-Davies

One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation.

Quotes by Janez Drnovsek

Accounts Quotes

I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre...

Quotes by Hakan Nesser

From a scientific point of view, our mission is to seek answers to the fundamental questions about the universe. Many are open - we don't know about dark matter, which accounts for a quarter of the universe's matter, nor do...

Quotes by Fabiola Gianotti

One of the most fundamental questions people have about defense attorneys is, 'How can you do that? How can you go to bat everyday for a person that you may not know is guilty but you have a pretty good...

Quotes by David E. Kelley

Boxing distills and illuminates the essence of an athlete. There's nowhere to hide. Boxers live and perform at the extremes. They provide us with answers about a given contest, but more important, they ask us fundamental questions about human narratives....

Quotes by Brin-Jonathan Butler

Due to the failure of politics, which has become a process of middle-management, art has become one of the last open spaces to question core beliefs and to design a viable future. Art becomes an open space where we can...

Quotes by Antony Gormley

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of questions do these Fundamental Questions quotes explore?
Big ones - why anything exists at all, where science's ability to answer stops, and how to stay focused when a topic is too broad to tackle all at once.
Do these quotes suggest science can answer every fundamental question?
No, one quote is candid that science may not even be equipped to ask certain fundamental questions, let alone answer them.
Is there advice here about approaching big topics?
Yes, one quote suggests avoiding overly vast subjects and instead making a focused list of fundamental questions to work through one at a time.
Do any quotes connect fundamental questions to identity?
One does, framing questions about who we are and where we came from as more fundamentally important than everyday practical concerns.
Where can I read more quotes about asking good questions?
See the Ask page for more quotes on curiosity and inquiry.

For more on staying curious and precise, browse Able quotes, or see Ask quotes on the value of asking well.