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Quotes About Question

Absence was a sign that when it might be a question of gratifying him.
~ Henry James
He had dropped on a sofa for dismay; but she seemed, as she stood over him, to have the last word. "Wasn't what you came out for to find out all?
~ Henry James
But we've so befogged and befouled the whole question of liberty, of spontaneity, of good humour, and inclination, and enjoyment, that there's nothing that makes people stare so as to see on natural.
~ Henry James
But we've so befogged and befouled the whole question of liberty, of spontaneity, of good humor, and inclination, and enjoyment, that there's nothing that makes people stare so as to see one natural
~ Henry James
Note that the salesman never responds directly to any question that might give you information.
~ Herb Cohen
At this stage, the question is no longer: how can the individual satisfy his own needs without hurting others, but rather: how can he satisfy his needs without hurting himself, without reproducing, through his aspirations and satisfactions, his dependence on an exploitative apparatus which, in satisfying his needs, perpetuates his servitude? The
~ Herbert Marcuse
What do ye do when ye see a whale, men?" "Sing out for him!" was the impulsive rejoinder from a score of clubbed voices. "Good!" cried Ahab, with a wild approval in his tones; observing the hearty animation into which his unexpected question had so magnetically thrown them. "And what do ye next, men?" "Lower away, and after him!" "And what tune is it ye pull to, men?" "A dead whale or a stove boat!
~ Herman Melville
When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was answerable.
~ Jock Sturges
The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there are some freedoms which to sacrifice would be EVEN worse.
~ Anne Perry
People question me all the time about my experience. They question my experience in politics, and the first thing I always tell them is yes, I have no experience raising taxes over and over. I have no experience increasing the debt in a state.
~ Jon Runyan
I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community.
~ Tea Leoni
I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'
~ J. Cole
'What comes next?' is the constant question I'm asked by outsiders eager to travel to the island. During the eleven years I traveled to Havana, very few Cubans I met on the island ever bothered to verbalize this question.
~ Brin-Jonathan Butler
It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
~ Edmond About
Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.
~ Marilyn Ferguson
What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.
~ Gore Vidal
The most-asked question when someone describes a novel, movie or short story to a friend probably is, 'How does it end?' Endings carry tremendous weight with readers; if they don't like the ending, chances are they'll say they didn't like the work. Failed endings are also the most common problems editors have with submitted works.
~ Nancy Kress
Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the question.
~ Imam Ja'Far Al-Sadiq
Thought is the supreme power. The right question will have the right answer.
~ Debasish Mridha
Go according to your curiosity.
~ Debasish Mridha
Wonder at everything and ask, why?Love everything and wonder, why?
~ Debasish Mridha
Love or not to loveWhen question ariseLove or not to loveAlways love.
~ Debasish Mridha
When question ariseHope or not to hopeAlways hope.
~ Debasish Mridha
We first doubt, to find the truth.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita