One Asks Quotes

41 quotes by 38 authors

Fortunately, in her kindness and patience, Nature has never put the fatal question as to the meaning of their lives into the mouths of most… — Carl Jung
Most men eddy about Here and there-eat and drink, Chatter and love and hate, Gather and squander, are raised Aloft, are hurled in the dust,… — Matthew Arnold
If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's inner state, one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed by envy or… — Jacob Needleman
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. — W. Somerset Maugham
No one asks how or what I am doing. They could not care less. Weâ€™re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only to reflect their… — Libba Bray
No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ.… — Henry Miller
I've begun worshipping the sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the sun.… — George Carlin
It is nothing but a kind of a microcosmos of communism - all that psychiatry', rumbled Pnin ... 'Why not leave their private sorrow to… — Vladimir Nabokov
Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not… — Joss Whedon
There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" "The mood will pass, sir. — P.G. Wodehouse
Filipinos are not a reading people, and despite the compulsory course on the life and works of Rizal today, from the elementary to the university… — Ambeth R. Ocampo
No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work.… — B.F. Skinner
And the lesson is that I should always wear these, so no one asks me to do anything crazy like climb onto a roof. ~Jaime… — Kelley Armstrong
...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life… — Julian Barnes
And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement, and trespass charges already mentioned,… — Terry Pratchett
One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer… — Franz Kafka
If one asks for success and prepares for failure, one will get the situation one has prepared for. — Florence Scovel Shinn
No one asks the cow or the chicken where it gets its protein. I eat about 4,000 or 5,000 calories a day, and I cook… — John Salley
Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it. — Mo Ibrahim
If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for. — Florence Scovel Shinn

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