The Answers Quotes

That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.

What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever, A thing that answers, but hath not a thought As lasting but as senseless as a stone.

It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass.

Only good questions deserve good answers.

That's why history is not an answer to our problem, because history complicates, enlarges every problem of human existence. Now, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries didn't believe this.

An answer we discover or obtain through the exercise of faith is typically retained for a lifetime. The most important learnings of life are caught-not taught.

People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

Every dog has like me the impulse to question, and I have like every dog the impulse not to answer.

Compromise is simply changing the question to fit the answer.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

And she could never give me an answer. And I realized that, you know, I had a problem on my hands.

Our unconscious is really good at quick decision-making - it often delivers a better answer than more deliberate and exhaustive ways of thinking.

...to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.

Nothing but love can answer to love; no affection, no kindness, no care, can supply its place: it is its own sweet want.

Somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose.

The dream and the film are the juxtaposition of images in order to answer a question.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader.

Unfortunately, there's no greater rhyme or reason as to why it would be me. And since there is no answer as to why me, it's not a question I feel really entitled to ask.

Science and religion have to go hand in hand with the mystery, because there's a certain point beyond which you say, "There are no answers."

God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

If we destroy their environments and communities, we will lose the answers they have to solving our problems, and to the protection of our common futures.

When you're not sure whether you're in love with someone or not, the answer is not.

And what I wanted to do was, I wanted to explore problems and areas where we didn't have answers. In fact, where we didn't even know the right questions to ask.

When you know absolutely nothing about the topic, make your forecast by asking a carefully selected probability sample of 300 others who don't know the answer either.

Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.

We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.

If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired out from answering questions and can't resist.

We don't have all the answers. Perhaps prayer is simply a time we set aside to acknowledge that reality.

A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking.

If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than clever apes, and we shall dance with God.

My real friends never hearin from me, fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me

Divine love always has been, and always will be, the answer that you seek.

Betray mean terror of ridicule, thou shalt find fools enough to mock thee; but answer thou their language with contempt, and the scoffers will lick thy feet.

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.

I have spoken with people at the highest level of intelligence. And I asked them the question, "Does it work? Does torture work?" And the answer was, "Yes, absolutely."

the only thing you need to do for now is get some rest and take good care of yourself until you do know the answer

[Donald] Trump is the answer to, "What do we do?".

Sometimes you have to learn how to give the right answer to the wrong question.

The mosh pit will reveal all the answers. The mosh pit never lies. -Norah, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

How can I create a better world? The more you reflect, the more your life will move into the answer.

A picture can be an answer as well as a question but if you can't answer your question try to question your question... There can be questions without answers but no answers without questions.

If you have a problem with my answer that's your problem, not my problem.

Everyone wants answers and wants to know what the timeline is. Unfortunately, it's a complex situation, and we don't have the final answers yet.

What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answers lie inside of you.

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.

I think that G-O-D is like the answer to a formula for creating life.

Politicians think they have answers for everything. We artists, we only have questions.