Question Quotes
5875 quotes by 3632 authors
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My question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?...
— Brent Weeks
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A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." Charles Darwin
— Charles Darwin
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Mario, what do you get when you cross an insomniac, an unwilling agnostic and a dyslexic?" "I give." "You get someone who stays up all…
— David Foster Wallace
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I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.
— Leonard Bernstein
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The pain, or the memory of pain, that here was literally sucked away by something nameless until only a void was left. The knowledge that…
— Roberto Bolano
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The size of your body is just right. The only question is whether you're big enough inside.
— Patrick Carman
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Perhaps wisdom is simply a matter of waiting, and healing a question of time. And anything good you've ever been given is yours forever.
— Rachel Naomi Remen
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All novels . . . are concerned with the enigma of the self. As soon as you create an imaginary being, a character, you are…
— Milan Kundera
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By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same…
— Calvin Trillin
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These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words…
— Walter Mosley
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Macy: “In Truth,†I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.†Wes: “How do you win?†he asked Macy:…
— Sarah Dessen
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It wasn't a question of deceit. Just the opposite; he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would…
— Tim O'Brien
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Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the…
— Norman Maclean
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The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not…
— John Hersey
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Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Question: If there were two of you which one would win?
— Douglas Coupland
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When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I…
— Alan Paton
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Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation- in fairy tales, in analysis, and in individuation. The key question causes germination of consciousness.…
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic…
— Anne Frank
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They say drugs are not the answer, but really, what is the question?
— Janet Fitch
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