Question Quotes

"There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful"

"On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics"

Arthur Henderson, Politician

"Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up"

Bob Schieffer, Journalist

"I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions"

Anne Rice, Novelist

"The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace?"

Arthur Henderson, Politician

"It's very hard for a man to ask questions about sex. The smart ones do"

Betty Dodson, Educator

"I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?"

Anne Rice, Novelist

"The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind"

Woodrow Wilson

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer"

Bruce Lee, Actor

"It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question"

Hugh Leonard, Dramatist

"The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers"

Brian Greene, Physicist

"Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer"

Brian Greene, Physicist

"It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own"

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian

"But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again"

Lewis Carroll, Author

"We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations"

Ulrich Beck, Sociologist

"As the U.S., the world is questioning why not end it, and so if, in fact, we were to pull out, the world would definitely question why we did this to begin with. But I still believe the world would call upon us for help if they needed it"

Montel Williams, Entertainer

"We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty"

Henry L. Stimson, Statesman

"The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be"

Isaac Mizrahi, Designer

"Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that is, of hand-made products which are subject to the laws of taste and fashion"

Eugenio Montale, Poet

"I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations"

William H. Seward, Politician

"I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less"

Nancy Pelosi, Politician

"If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess"

Mortimer Adler, Philosopher

"On 3 things in his bucket list: On my bucket list... Uhm, the question is totally catching me by surprise. Some more travel, spending quality time with my family and just getting the most I can out of my wife and daughter"

Gabriel Macht, Actor

"The introduction of many minds into many fields of learning along a broad spectrum keeps alive questions about the accessibility, if not the unity, of knowledge"

Edward Levi, Public Servant

"Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise"

John Tukey, Scientist

"There are two sides to every question"

Protagoras, Philosopher

"Thus in such a Labour Party there can be no question of independent policy"

Karl Radek, Politician

"In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term fight. And NATO can play, and will play, a very crucial role in this struggle"

Aleksander Kwasniewski, Politician

"What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?"

Paul Allen, Businessman

"If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days"

Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Author

"At the time, acid made me consider questions of reality, the difference, as someone said, between words and silence. It also brought back a lot of latent religious feelings in me that I had turned my back on"

Robert Stone, Novelist

"Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life"

Paul Scofield, Actor

"If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer"

Lynn Abbey, Author

"It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe"

Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Politician

"With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools"

Glenn Close, Actress

"What does that represent? There was never any question in plastic art, in poetry, in music, of representing anything. It is a matter of making something beautiful, moving, or dramatic - this is by no means the same thing"

Fernand Leger, Artist

"So it eventually became a question of WHEN they were going to make a movie"

Paul M. Glaser

"Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"I've criticized President Bush for his failure to use his veto pen. There's plenty of blame to go around. The question is how to solve problems. It's not bailouts. What made America great? Free markets, free enterprise, manufacturing, job creation. That's how we're gonna do it, not by enlarging government"

Scott Brown, Politician

"We know well enough that if we repeal this law and give nothing for it, the people of this country will regard it as a total demonetization of silver, which it will be, so far as this Congress is concerned, without any question"

Richard Parks Bland, Politician

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