Question Quotes

"It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves"

"There's another issue here - and I have some limits as to what I can say - but there's some real question as to the viability of the chemical masks, the protective gear used by our soldiers"

Christopher Shays, Politician

"From those few pending questions which the Commission would be called upon to solve at its fourth session, the most important one was the entry into force of the treaty"

Alfonso G. Robles

"Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating"

Andrew Cohen, Writer

"If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'"

A. R. Ammons, Poet

"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining"

Sonny Liston, Athlete

"I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and the questions of poverty, there's no way that we're going to have a peaceful world for our children"

James Wolfensohn, Businessman

"I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes"

Al McGuire, Coach

"Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I'm scared. There's some stuff I don't know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They'll read it"

Sue Johanson, Writer

"A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process"

Joschka Fischer, Politician

"The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage"

Florynce R. Kennedy

"Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music and so on, there's got to be some aspect that you can do in an opera that really makes it worth while"

William Bolcom, Composer

"So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity to come to terms with the lot of repressed history - and history of repression"

Phillip Noyce, Director

"Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most"

Philippe Halsman, Photographer

"Who is Mike Judge? Let me think. The only way I could possibly answer that question would be in a nonverbal fashion. I think I could do an interpretive dance that would answer that question for you"

Mike Judge, Producer

"I believe that the far-right and the far-left can be equally insane - but there's no question that in the first years of the Obama administration, the far-right has been far crazier. In part, this comes from parties being out of power - without the responsibility of governing to ground them, the activists and the ideologues take over"

John Avlon, Writer

"Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone"

Mary Astor, Actress

"Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's"

Ian Thorpe, Athlete

"States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking"

Victor Davis Hanson, Historian

"One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the world is found in the United States"

Daniel Inouye, Politician

"I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question"

Daniel Inouye, Politician

"Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough"

David Packard, Businessman

"It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility"

David Gower, Athlete

"All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side"

Anna Jameson, Writer

"People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions"

Nick Cave, Musician

"There are countless artists whose shoes I am not worthy to polish - whose prints would not pay the printer. The question of judgment is a puzzling one"

Maxfield Parrish, Artist

"Kids and adults have sex for many, many reasons... Put out a question box"

Sue Johanson, Writer

"Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do"

Jean Monnet, Politician

"I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was"

Joe Sacco, Journalist

"Questions are fiction, and answers are anything from more fiction to science-fiction"

Saul Steinberg, Artist

"The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is"

Rachel Hunter, Model

"Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions"

Edgar Cayce, Celebrity

"They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances"

Shiri Appleby, Actress

"A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing"

Joey Adams, Comedian

"We know that Europe loves President Obama. He had adoring crowds. The press loves Obama. The question is how will this date end? Okay? The question is, to what end? Why do they love President Obama? They love his personal story, they love his wife. North Korea, China and Russia don't really care about Michelle's arms and, you know, whether they gave an iPod to the Queen, okay?"

Laura Ingraham, Celebrity

"The people were just so lovely and accommodating and had really interesting questions and it was just interesting to see how the show is actually received in so many different countries"

Shiri Appleby, Actress

"In all candor, the Court fails to perceive any reason for suspending the power of courts to get evidence and rule on questions of privilege in criminal matters simply because it is the president of the United States who holds the evidence"

John J. Sirica, Judge

"I know there is much mystery, much question to what happened, and I must also say, many lies"

Jennifer Capriati, Athlete

"In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge - a belief that most of the key questions in our world sooner or later demand answers to 'by how much?' rather than merely to 'in which direction?'"

John Tuley

"I think the sea has thrown itself upon me and been answered, at least in part, and I believe I am a little changed - not essentially, but changed and transubstantiated as anyone is who has asked a question and been answered"

Hart Crane, Poet

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