First Question Quotes

58 quotes by 55 authors

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you… — John Cage
The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the crisis is to be met… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
The first question here, then, is not "What is best for my soul?" nor is it even "What is most useful to humanity?" But-transcending both… — Evelyn Underhill
What am I doing on a level of consciousness where this is real? That is the first question to ask yourself when you become aware… — Thaddeus Golas
Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our… — George Will
Did I say the book of nature is a catechism? Yes, But, after it answers the first question with "God," nothing but questions follow. — George Washington Cable
To create, one must first question everything. — Eileen Gray
Insist that the first question each of us asks, isn't 'what's good for me' but 'what's good for the country my children will inherit' — Barack Obama
The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident that no other… — James Madison
The first question is something immediate -- and immediately, we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian… — George Clooney
We've created over 200,000 jobs every month this year. Hasn't happened in 17 years. I guess my first question is, when do the Republicans stop… — Bill Maher
Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If… — Malcolm Gladwell
In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but whether he was… — Frederick Scott Oliver
When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?' — Wendy Cope
The first question for me is: Are same-sex unions â€˜marriagesâ€™? Iâ€™m against discrimination, Iâ€™m against hatred, Iâ€™m in favor of marriage equality, but I donâ€™t… — Maggie Gallagher
Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young… — John Ruskin
The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and… — George Leigh Mallory
You look at the whole Human Rights questions, I happened to be there at just the right time when the country was awakening - this… — Birch Bayh
The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. — George Oppen
In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I don't think aging… — Isabella Rossellini

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