Question Quotes

I started to send my work to journals when I was 26, which was just a question of when I got the courage up. They were mostly journals I had been reading for the previous six or seven years.

Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.

I'll be writing songs till I die. There's just no question.

Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court.

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East.

Will we fight or will we retreat? That is the question that is posed to us. Some of my friends on the other side of the aisle often refer to Iraq as a distraction.

In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has become like Swift's kingdom of Laputa, flying absurdly on an island above the earth and indifferent to what is beneath.

There is no question at all that Manson was sending Tex, Sadie, Katie, and Linda out on his mission of murder.

This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of compounds that could be invented which were unusual and unpredictable. Many times I've felt a bit like Columbus setting sail.

I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.

We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.

The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.

When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue.

I believe any question that man can ask has a reasonable answer-at least an answer that is as consistent with God's existence as it is in opposition to God's existence.

That's a good question. Let me try to evade you.

There are things that I won't do on the radio. I mean, the next logical question is, what won't you do. I say, well, you know, you've got to find out when you're on the air.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.

Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy ever written.

I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?

Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others.

The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.

At this point we've answered about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine, so we do this thing called Theatrical Jazz, where we do a show of bits and pieces of things from plays and literature, poetry... stuff that we like. It's fun.

I only have one subject. The question I am obsessed with is: How do children survive?

I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.

So here's the question: Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.