First Question Quotes
58 quotes by 55 authors
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Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.
— Oscar Wilde
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Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man…
— Eric Hoffer
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Does he treat you with respect at all times? That's the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty…
— Colleen Hoover
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When I tell people that I'm vegan, the first question asked is, 'How do you get enough protein?' This immediately tells me that they are…
— Robert Cheeke
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The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone's problem, be aware that most people aren't going…
— Jim Rohn
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On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The first question an Ayurvedic physician asks is not 'What disease does my patient have?' but 'Who is my patient?' By 'who,' the physician does…
— Deepak Chopra
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[What for] was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him - and nothing would make him act, if he found no…
— Ayn Rand
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Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits?
— Thomas Jefferson
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My mom and father are extremely proud. They love it when I don't die. I've done so many movies where I've died that their first…
— Michael Ealy
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Once a person has a child, the first question everyone asks is: "Are you going to have more children?" But it basically means: "Are you…
— Will Ferrell
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If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?
— David Hilbert
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These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do…
— Tom Hodgkinson
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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along…
— Hugh Leonard
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Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend…
— Rita Rudner
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Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit…
— Kristen Stewart
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Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the…
— Leo Buscaglia
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Why are there beings at all instead of nothing? That is the question. Presumably it is not arbitrary question, "Why are there beings at all…
— Martin Heidegger
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How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to…
— Max Lucado
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