Question Quotes
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Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.
Edgar Allan Poe
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If we human beings learn to see the intricacies that bind one part of a natural system to another and then to us, we will no longer argue about the importance of wilderness protection, or over the question of saving endangered species, or how human communities must base their economic futures - not on short-term exploitation - but on long-term, sustainable development.
Gaylord Nelson
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The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now.
Elizabeth Prentiss
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I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department.
Harry S Truman
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Look at the conference as a whole, and I don't think it's any question it's the strongest conference in the country.
Chris Spielman
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There's no question that the main location of Al Qaida is in tribal areas of Pakistan.
Leon Panetta
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There's no question that Mr. Arafat has to make an effort to control violence and that Mr. Sharon has to comply with the requirements to withdraw from zones A.
Javier Solana
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A faint smile that made every tiny hair on her body rise in quivering attention. "How fast can you run?" A wolf's question.
Nalini Singh
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Without question, we make choices - and those choices have consequences. So can you control your own destiny? To a degree, certainly. Must you have faith in serendipity? Without question, you'd better. Otherwise you're foolish.
Tom Hanks
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My father taught me that the question Who made me? cannot be answered, since it immediately suggests the further question, Who made God?
John Stuart Mill
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Surely I'm not the only person to ask the obvious question: How different, really, is Mr. Madoff's tale from the story of the investment industry as a whole?
Paul Krugman
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Here was more than a question of law; it was a matter of whose will should prevail.
Poul Anderson
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But on this show, it's a good question because in the 35 shows that we've done now, I've really made a consistent effort to really shadow the directors because in many ways they have to be more prepared than feature directors.
Anthony Michael Hall
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'Edward, Edward,' he said with a patronising smile, 'there are no unanswered questions of any relevance. Every question that we need to ask has been answered fully. If you can't find the correct answer then you are obviously asking the wrong question.'
Jasper Fforde
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Once again, only religion can answer the question of the purpose of life. One can hardly be wrong in concluding that the idea of life having a purpose stands and falls with the religious system.
Sigmund Freud
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I will never come around to the idea of an anthropomorphic God. I'm also uncomfortable with the word 'God'... I'm agnostic about the answer and I'm agnostic about the question.
Jonathan Safran Foer
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Every man is fully satisfied that there is such a thing as truth, or he would not ask any question.
Charles Sanders Peirce
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What is the effect of unlimited coinage of silver in this country? and I invite your attention to this particularly, because it is a question of vital importance.
Richard Parks Bland
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Every time someone asks him a question, he just reaches in his pocket and pulls out an answer – but the guy sounds like a cardboard.
Benjamin Alire Saenz
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If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put.
Euripides
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President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear.
Wilbur Mills
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I think you've got be willing as an interviewer to ask the dumb question every now and then.
Steve Kroft
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A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.
Andre Malraux