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Quotes About Question

If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.
~ Orville Wright
A question is far more subversive, biblically, than a statement.
~ Os Guinness
God, I ask you. Is trustfulness a sin?
~ Osamu Dazai
For some reason, filters on cigarettes seem dirty to me. If you were going to smoke, then it had to be unfiltered. Smoking those Shikishimas throws a person's whole character into question.
~ Osamu Dazai
What a fuss people make about fidelity! Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say.
~ Oscar Wilde
When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.
~ Ozwald Boateng
Can you answer that question, Madelaine?" asked Miss Green suddenly. Maddy jerked herself away from her dreams. "No, Miss Green." "Can you if you think carefully?" "No," said Maddy. "Did you hear the question?" "No," said Maddy. "Have you any interest whatsoever in what I've been saying?" "No," said Maddy truthfully,
~ Unknown
Javier to Hunter: "How long you and Dargangelo been married?
~ Pamela Clare
Does Wall-Mart sell wall stuff?
~ Paris Hilton
Did you find out if they found out anything about them?" I asked. Kyle gave me a look, then busied himself making me a peanut butter and huckleberry jelly sandwich. "What really bothers me is that I understood that question. You will eat this and go to sleep, so your pronouns get their antecedents back.
~ Patricia Briggs
Laeth returned her smile with one as wicked, as he posed the favorite question of one of the combat instructors, "How many ways are there to kill a person with a knife?" "It doesn't matter, it only takes one to do the job," returned Rialla.
~ Patricia Briggs
Could you do that again, slowly, so I can analyze it?" he asked.
~ Patricia C. Wrede
Do you like her' ''Of course!' What a question! Like asking her if she believe in God.
~ Patricia Highsmith
The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery
~ Patrick Henry
Ow, Todd? Ow?
~ Patrick Ness
His grandma burst into his mum's hospital room ahead of him with a terrible question on her face. But there was a nurse inside who answered immediately. "It's okay," she said. "You're in time.
~ Patrick Ness
Conor furrowed his forehead. "You're making that up.") (The monster's face went stormy. You dare to question me, boy?)
~ Patrick Ness
Eventually, Bast spoke up. "May I ask a question, Reshi?" Kote smiled gently. "Always, Bast." "A troublesome question?" "Those tend to be the only worthwhile kind.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
She pulled the cork and sniffed it. "What's in it?" "Sunlight," I said. "And a smile, and a question.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Bast spoke up. "May I ask a question, Reshi?" Kote smiled gently. "Always, Bast." "A troublesome question?" "Those tend to be the only worthwhile kind.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Creo que todos tenemos una pregunta que nos dirige. Una pregunta que nos mantiene despiertos por la noche. Una pregunta a la que damos vueltas como un perro que juguetea con un hueso. Si entiendes la pregunta de un hombre, estás más cerca de entender al hombre en sí...
~ Patrick Rothfuss
There was a long moment of silence like a tribute given to the dead. Eventually, Bast spoke up. "May I ask a question, Reshi?" Kote smiled gently. "Always, Bast." "A troublesome question?" "Those tend to be the only worthwhile kind.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Master Elodin," I said, breathing a little hard. "Might I ask you a quick question?" "Statistically speaking, it's pretty likely," he said, unlocking the door with a bright brass key. "May I ask you a question, then?" "I doubt any power known to man could stop you.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I have always thought," Alveron said at last, introducing the topic of our discussion, "that everyone has a question that rests in the center of who they are." "How do you mean, your grace?" "I believe everyone has some question that drives them. A question that keeps them awake nights. A question they worry at like a dog with an old bone. If you understand a man's question, it brings you closer to understanding the man himself.
~ Patrick Rothfuss