We’ve been fighting about gay marriage for what, 15-20 years now. Is there any evidence that fighting gay marriage is contributing to… — David Blankenhorn Copy Share Image
My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I'm attracted to her in every way possible, but that's not the answer. Because I've… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
My main tactic is to focus on the people I respect. The people I think are great people. Do I have their… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
The reason I don't like interviews is that I seem to react violently to personal questions. If the questions are about the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I think you have to be much more secure and much less angry to trust the simple. You've got to be in… — Spencer Johnson Copy Share Image
“I happen to be one of those people whose memory shuts down under pressure. The answers would come to me in the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Perhaps we are looking at this from a wrong perspective; this search for the truth, the meaning of life, the reason of… — Jason Calacanis Copy Share Image
One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if that answers the question and I have absolutely no problem with any major world religion on Earth. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still expands our creative potential. In a way, the power of… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
Americans have become conditioned to believe the world is a gray place without absolutes; this is because we're simultaneously both cowardly and… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Modesty answers not the crude how of femininity, but the beautiful why. — Wendy Shalit Copy Share Image
When you know your work sells, then seeking a gallery or outdoor show is fine. Then, if an event or art gallery… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I guess I worry about weird existential things, like how do we spend our final act. This is a very emotional question.… — Ellen Barkin Copy Share Image
In mathematics, if a pattern occurs, we can go on to ask, Why does it occur? What does it signify? And we… — W. W. Sawyer Copy Share Image
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. — Antony Jay Copy Share Image
If you suspect that the doctor is going through a checklist of yes/no questions, try to get her to focus on you… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
I pretty much know that directing means that you have to answer about a thousand questions every day and you have to… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
Some people think it's psuedo-science, but it's called morphic resonance. It's when someone thinks of an idea, it makes it easier for… — Rich Fulcher Copy Share Image
Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us,… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
The whales do not sing because they have an answer, they sing because they have a song. — Gregory Colbert Copy Share Image
His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” —which he had adopted as his personal motto. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
You will understand why when you look back, the answers are rarely given in the middle of the lesson. — Leon Brown Copy Share Image
Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
Learn to say, “I don’t know the answer.” It could be the beginning of a very good day’s rehearsal. — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
Here's the problem - carbon dioxide doesn't contribute to smog and isn't a health threat. All of this is being done because… — Kenneth P. Green Copy Share Image
“If we defy the odds and ask, GOD will defy the odds and answer.” — TemitOpe Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The nurses, I have already learned, are the ones who give us the answers we’re desperate for. Unlike the doctors, who fidget… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There exists in our society widespread fear of judging…[B]ehind the unwillingness to judge lurks the suspicion that no one is a free… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Are you currently at your house?" he asked. "Um, no," I said. "That was a trick question. I knew the answer, because… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm sorry I never really believed," I said. "Not the way Jack did." "It doesn't make any difference," my mother replied. Her… — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Anxiously you ask, 'Is there a way to safety? Can someone guide me? Is there an escape from threatened destruction?' The answer… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, 'What is the answer?' Then, after a long silence, 'What is the… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I asked: 'What is the meaning of my life, beyond time, cause, and space?' And I replied to quite another question: 'What… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Phil Gramm had a stump speech about how his mother's devotion kept him from being an academic failure in life. She got… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
My goal was to do anything that would lead to a job. I know that writing would not lead to a job.… — Anchee Min Copy Share Image