Inquired Quotes
62 quotes by 46 authors
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When Pococke inquired of Grotius, where the proof was of that story of the pigeon, trained to pick peas from Mahomet's (Muhammad's) ear, and pass…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How…
— Stephen Covey
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Some years ago, not long after I moved to Los Angeles from New York, I attended a television industry party. When a man asked my…
— Carol Muske-Dukes
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That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be discovered or left…
— Saint Augustine
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Usually redemption implies rescue - being saved. What were you being saved from?' he inquired, his voice carefully neutral. 'Ugliness.
— Amy Harmon
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Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.
— Herbert Hoover
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The selection process has been powerful enough to produce one indisputable outcome: the family is a universal human institution. . . . In virtually every…
— James Q. Wilson
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I doubt if these two fine, active minds [President and Mrs. Roosevelt] have ever inquiried how it is they know what they know and think…
— H.G. Wells
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I have inquired for most of my adult life about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent. And I have not…
— Janet Reno
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Previous to this time I had never even a balloon except from a distance. Being interested in their construction, I was about to institute a…
— George Armstrong Custer
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"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."
— Benjamin Disraeli
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The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.
— V.S. Naipaul
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Modern Americans are so exposed, peered at, inquired about, and spied upon as to be increasingly without privacy--members of a ;naked society and denizens of…
— Edward V. Long
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'Do you spell it with a 'V' or a 'W'?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'.
— Charles Dickens
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But he sleeps on the top of his mast with his eyes closed tight. The gull inquired into his dream, which was, "I must not…
— Elizabeth Bishop
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Self-taught, are you?" Julian Castle asked Newt. "Isn't everybody?" Newt inquired. "Very good answer.
— Kurt Vonnegut
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He screamed. Mmm?' inquired the gentleman. I...I would never presume to interrupt you, sir. But the ground appears to be swallowing me up.' It is…
— Susanna Clarke
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You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various…
— Epictetus
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You have taught us much. Come with us and join the movement." "This movement of yours, does it have slogans?" inquired the Chink. "Right on!"…
— Tom Robbins
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If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you." "Who's Magnus?" Max inquired. "He's a warlock," said Alec.…
— Cassandra Clare
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