Question Quotes

"On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise"

Paul Ricoeur, Philosopher

"Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems to us a new one"

Paul Ricoeur, Philosopher

"When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't.""

Oswald Chambers, Theologian

"When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues"

Little Richard, Musician

"As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee"

Bernard Barton, Poet

"This is definitely a playoff team. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of how much we want it"

Peter Bondra, Athlete

"Well, I think he's right to notice that there is a difference in attitudes and even in the broadest sense of world view between Eastern Europe and Western Europe. Which is old and which is new is an interesting question, and I almost think that maybe he's got it backwards"

Robert Kagan, Writer

"First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time"

Jimmy Carl Black, Musician

"Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions"

Gustav Heinemann, Politician

"Those are serious questions of war and peace, of freedom or tyranny, whether or not there is ever going to be a hope of us instilling some democratic systems in a part of the world that frankly is breeding hate and destruction directed right at us"

Zach Wamp, Politician

"I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different"

Mos Def, Musician

"I think we have grave problems. I am very much concerned about environmental questions, even though in Finnish society, we are not facing the most urgent problems"

Harri Holkeri, Politician

"Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being"

Ken Burns, Director

"If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience"

Kurt Loder, Journalist

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers"

Thomas Pynchon, Writer

"It was not easy to get all my questions answered, frankly"

Richard Ben-Veniste, Lawyer

"Asking questions is an essential part of police investigation. In the ordinary sense a police officer is free to ask a person for identification without implicating the Fourth Amendment"

Anthony Kennedy, Judge

"I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me"

Paul Haggis, Director

"People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'"

Robert Teeter, Politician

"No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled"

Mark Rydell, Director

"Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open"

Clive Bell, Critic

"Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the more words they can comprehend about a funny story or a joke, the more they'll enjoy it"

Brian P. Cleary, Author

"I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn't any question about my being nominated. I don't think it was a surprise"

Gloria Stuart, Actress

"I don't know what I have said. I have answered so many questions and I am so confused I don't know one thing from another. I am telling you just as nearly as I know"

Lizzie Andrew Borden, Celebrity

"So, I guess the answer to your question is very few people can bring off a novel of the future because it's just so damn hard to make it look like the future"

Jerry Pournelle, Journalist

"When you're a father, you know exactly where your heart really is. There's no question of it, no doubt. That part of your life has no second guessing"

Fred Ward, Actor

"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat"

Susan George, Activist

"I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about"

Ricky Williams, Athlete

"There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that"

Pete Domenici, Politician

"The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed"

Kofi Annan, Statesman

"Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved"

Kevin Smith, Director

"The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence by females, and to the growing evidence that women can be just as aggressive as men"

Katherine Dunn, Novelist

"But the question we should ask ourselves is, who is the next visionary leader of America? How do we have the aspiration and inspire Americans to reach their highest level? We need a president that does so"

Tim Scott, Politician

"It's a good question, because to be believable is the only way that you could be successful"

Tanya Tucker, Musician

"Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions"

Serge Lang, Mathematician

"Where did you run today? Now there's a question you don't often hear"

Joe Henderson, Athlete

"I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither was I consulted by Adolf Hitler on general political questions, nor did I ever take part in conferences about such problems"

Hans Frank, Public Servant

"It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances"

Thomas Reid, Philosopher

"I love the early process of asking questions about a story and deciding which questions matter most"

Diane Sawyer, Journalist

"When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people"

Kiana Tom, Model

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