Quotes About Question

There are dead thoughts and there are living thoughts. A dead thought has been compared to a stone which one may plant in the soil. Nothing will come out. A living thought is like a seed. In the process of thinking, an answer without a question is devoid of life. It may enter the mind; it will not penetrate the soul. It may become a part of one's knowledge; it will not come forth as a creative force.

This is the status of the Bible in modern life: it is a sublime answer, but we do not know the question any more. Unless we recover the question, there is no hope of understanding the Bible.

To be a Jew is to renounce allegiance to false gods; to be sensitive to God's infinite stake in every finite situation; to bear witness to His presence in the hours of His concealment; to remember that the world is unredeemed. We are born to be an answer to His question.

If one is not a human being, what is one?

So why the pelican? Said Haskoll. The thief was giving Haskoll a look that said, Man, why NOT the pelican?

Yet conquering distance and gaining assurances that we are needed aren't exercises to be performed only once; they have to be repeated every time there's been a break -- a day away, a busy period, an evening at work -- for every interlude has the power once again to raise the question of whether or not we are still wanted.

The premodern world directed us to read so little because it was obsessed by a question modernity likes to dodge: what is the point of reading?

Of course, there would be few great human achievements if we accepted all frustrations. The motor of our ingenuity is the question 'Does it have to be like this?', from which arise political reforms, scientific developments, improved relationships, better books.

The programmers went off and coded for a while, then brought the finished work to Jeff for him to try. He found a book he wanted and pressed the 1-Click button, whereupon the program asked him a confirming question! The programmers had converted his one-click interface into a two-click interface.

Martin Flanery,

Tell me: do you ever actually remember having a heart, or were you born dead?

When the customer makes a request and Babulal reacts immediately; thus does Sesha turn into Adi. Babulal can return to the Sesha state or stir Ananta in the customer by a simple question, "Anything else you wish to buy?" This one question provokes thoughts and ideas in the customer's mind, infinite ideas are unfurled, and there is a possibility of more business.

I wake up and I see the face of the devil and I ask him, "What time is it?" And he says, How much time do you want?

Where do you live?' is ultimately a sacred question.

Do you...want to grab a slice of pizza or something?" I blurted out. He hesitated. "You want to be seen in public with..." a microsecond pause, "...your face looking like that?" I cocked my head to the side. "The real question is, do you want to be seen in public with a face like this?" "I'd consider it." He stood, his expression still wary.

I have a question for you, but it's kind of...um, personal." "Yes, I'm gay." "You really are a fan of saying that, aren't you?" "Once you start, you just can't stop.

But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You say "how very interesting" and change the subject.

Since God, however, as ultimate reality is no other than the self-announcing, self-witnessing, self-revealing God in Jesus Christ, the question of good can only find its answer in Christ.

I wanted to ask him if that was part of the plan, but I knew he would have said yes. The plan was to make war; anything that followed was part of it.

When it comes to the question of the mummy's curse, I am afraid that my sympathies are entirely with the mummy.

of thing. "Were you at Cornelia's?" "Ghastly.

Time doesn't need to be found, it is in plain sight ticking away loudly all the time. How we use it is the only question.

All this and the wines coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan's about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss says, 'Tell me why I shouldn't kill you.'  One motherfuck of an essay question. 

As in life itself." Xue Xin chuckled. "Are we its guest, or its prisoner?