I Ask Quotes
778 quotes by 574 authors
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The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is…
— Martin Luther
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I ask my destiny - what power is this That cruelly drives me onward without rest? My destiny says, "Look round!" I turn back and…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.
— Francois Fenelon
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It's when I am fully conscious that I ask questions.
— Eugene Ionesco
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I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor sour…
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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What was the question? ...Oh. Where do I get my crazy ideas? Answer: sleep-fairy, walk-fairy, shower-fairy. Book-fairy. And in these last few years, from my…
— Richard Bach
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To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once…
— Henry David Thoreau
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But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean,…
— Barack Obama
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We have no butter... but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.
— Hermann Goring
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I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single question,…
— Lawrence Clark Powell
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Whenever I get to a low point, I go back to the basics. I ask myself, "Why am I doing this?" It comes down to…
— Lyn St. James
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We are bound by ideals that teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these ideals. Every citizen must uphold…
— George W. Bush
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All I ask is for powerful people to respond honestly to the questions, and if they can't, explain why.
— Bill O'Reilly
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I ask no risen dust to teach me immortality; I am conscious of eternal life.
— Theodore Parker
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This is precisely the reason for the dissatisfaction of some, who end up sad - sad priests - in some sense becoming collectors of antiques…
— Pope Francis
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Well, I don't know, but I've been told the streets in heaven are lined with gold. I ask you how things could get much worse…
— Bob Dylan
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Again I ask whence it happened that the fall of Adam involved, without remedy, in eternal death so many nations, together with their infant children,…
— John Calvin
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Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the…
— Richard Rolle
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What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.
— Samuel Johnson
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I ask you to join in a re-United States. We need to empower our people so they can take more responsibility for their own lives…
— William J. Clinton
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