One Asks Quotes

41 quotes by 38 authors

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I… — Saint Augustine
The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others. — James A. Baldwin
I hope no one asks me to show them the ropes; I have no idea where they are. Maybe I could pull some strings and… — George Carlin
Sun worship is fairly simple. There's no mystery, no miracles, no pageantry, no one asks for money, there are no songs to learn, and we… — George Carlin
There are two fools in every marketplace; one asks too little, one asks too much. — Alan Sugar
I have often had cause to feel that my hands are cleverer than my head. That is a crude way of characterizing the dialectics of… — George Wald
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.… — Nelson Goodman
It's so nice to be insane, no one asks you to explain. — Helen Reddy
I feel a horror for exaggerated love or friendship. It's just too well demonstrated to me that when the moment comes that one asks something,… — Brian Thompson
My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple… — Rene Magritte
In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak… — Laozi
The competition between human beings destroys with cold and diabolic brutality... Under the pressure of this competitive fury we have not only forgotten what is… — Konrad Lorenz
The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better. — John Mason Brown
[I]f one asks what substantive contributions [F. A. Hayek] made to our understanding of how the world works, one is left at something of a… — Paul Krugman
If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer:… — Albert Einstein
Young men keep telling me they don't 'have it all' either. And they may have a point. But if you define 'having it all' as… — Anne-Marie Slaughter
I believe that I possess this value: to serve Jesus. I am less at peace than if my goal would be to attain a professorship… — Albert Schweitzer
If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can… — Steve Lacy
Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me… — Billy Crudup
This ability to incorporate the past gives the sharpest diagnostic tool, if one asks whether a body of knowledge is a science or not. Do… — Carrie P Snow

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