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Quotes About Questioning

The world has raised its whip; where will it descend?
~ Virginia Woolf
Do you exist? Have I made you up?
~ Virginia Woolf
Ista nas zvezda u istom radijusu drži. Na osnovu istih zakona bacamo senke. Pokušavamo nešto da saznamo, svako na svoj na?in, a i ono što ne znamo zajedni?ko nam je. Kako znam i umem, objasni?u, samo pitajte: šta je to gledati o?ima, zašto mi srce kuca i zbog ?ega moje telo nije pustilo korenje. Ali kako odgovarati na nepostavljena pitanja, ako si uz to neko za vas veoma ništavan.
~ Vislava Å imborska
My God died young. Theolatry i found Degrading, and its premises, unsound. No free man needs God; but was I free?
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Do those clowns really believe what they teach?
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Where the devil did you get her? I beg your pardon? I said: the weather is getting better. Seems so. Who's the lassie? My daughter. You lie - she's not. I beg your pardon? I said: July was hot.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
No free man needs a God; but was I free?
~ Vladimir Nabokov
It isn't possible. I cannot imagine it. Come on over here, you foolish little doe, and tell me on what day I shall die.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Looking down at her fingernails, she also asked me had I not in my family a certain strange strain. I countered by inquiring whether she would still want to marry me if my father's maternal grandfather had been, say, a Turk.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Ta caÅ'a psychiatria to nic innego, jak tylko swoisty mikrokosmos komunizmu [...]. Lepiej by zostawili ludziom ich kÅ'opoty osobiste. Nasuwa siÄ™ bowiem pytanie, czy kÅ'opoty nie sÄ… jedynÄ… rzeczÄ… na Å›wiecie, którÄ… ludzie mogÄ… mie? na wÅ'asno???
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Mother, what's chtonic?" That, too, you'd explain, Appending: "Would you like a tangerine?" "No. Yes. And what does sempiternal mean?" You'd hesitate. And lustily I'd roar The answer from my desk through the closed door.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Non può esservi alcuna sottomissione – perché il fatto stesso che parliamo di questi argomenti indica che vi è curiosità, e la curiosità è insubordinazione nella forma più pura.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
But I want to make sure of our whereabouts and whenabouts,' said Van. 'It is a philosophical need.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
One Cincinnatus was counting, but the other Cincinnatus had already stopped heeding the sound of the unnecessary count which was fading away in the distance; and, with a clarity he had never experienced before – at first almost painful, so suddenly did it come, but then suffusing him with joy, he reflected: why am I here? Why am I lying like this? And, having asked himself these simple questions, he answered them by getting up and looking around.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
By questioning conventional definitions of who can and should be the target buyer, companies can often see fundamentally new ways to unlock value.
~ W. Chan Kim
Is your name spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-T? Are you always a White Man?
~ Langston Hughes
Looking for me, Angel?
~ Lara Adrian
This is'nt like , vampire gay, is it? ~Kynan
~ Larissa Ione
We've always assumed The Aegis is all-knowing highly trained and organized but it's nothing but a cult, isn't it ? The weak and uneducated being led by those with their own agendas. Brainwashed lemmings following orders without question.
~ Larissa Ione
Tayla's eyes narrowed into slits, as if she questioned Gem's motives. "I'm not sure I trust you." "I don't trust you either," Gem shot back. "So where does that leave us?" "It leaves you in what's called a family, girls," Wraith drawled. "Get over it.
~ Larissa Ione
Why does everybody stand up and sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there?
~ Larry Anderson
If a Jesus walked on the water, couldn't a Dildough fly through the air?
~ Larry Kramer
To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.
~ Larry Niven
Sir Rheynold had always taught him that you needed to establish control the first time someone questioned your authority, not the sixth or seventh time. By then it was too late and your weakness was known.
~ Laura Anne Gilman