Quotes by category:Answers

The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd - one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like - one writes novels about it.

Anthony Powell

answers writing ideas

But as the clerical pretensions are more exacting than all others, being put forward with an assertion that no answer is possible without breach of duty and sin, so are they more galling.

Anthony Trollope

duty sin answers

An artist must only judge of what he understands, his field is just as limited as that of any other specialist... That in his sphere there are no questions, but only answers, can only be maintained by those who have never written and have had no experience of thinking in images.

Anton Chekhov

criticism artist answers

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.

Anton Chekhov

roles answers art

When other people ask me, 'What gives you the right to suggest standards for others?', my answer is, 'If I don't, someone else, perhaps less qualified, will.

Anton Szandor LaVey

answers giving people

At the very smallest wheel of our reasoning it is possible for a handful of questions to break the bank of our answers.

Antonio Machado

wheels break answers

If you ask, what is the first step in the way of truth? I answer humility," saith St. Austin. "If you ask, what is the second? I say humility. If you ask, what is the third? I answer the same - humility.

Antony C. Sutton

austin humility answers

Never judge any person by his answers or questions but by his nature of character solely.

Anuj

judging answers character

Love becomes the ultimate answer to the ultimate human question.

Archibald MacLeish

humans answers love-is

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.

Ari Fleischer

delicate president answers

It was one of the primary rules of thievery. When hiding, sneaking, and trickery are all out, the correct answer is "run like hell."

Ari Marmell

hell answers running

I've kind of gotten more timid. I used to be fearless - at a certain point I didn't care about what anybody thought. I had all the answers and I could have been as bad as I wanted to be. But nowadays I just want to be good and make people happy.

Ariel Pink

fearless answers people

My dad used to call me "yeah but" because no matter what the answer was I always wanted to explore why things were what they were and how they might be different.

Arlene Dickinson

dad different answers

Most people think they KNOW the answer. I am willing to ADMIT I don't even know the question.

Arsenio Hall

answers people thinking

When one has to ask, "Am I really in love?" the answer is always "No".

Arthur C. Clarke

asks answers

Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind." "Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.

Arthur Conan Doyle

answers mind

The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what the answer is

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

curiosity answers success

Almost all important questions are important precisely because they are not susceptible to quantitative answer.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

important-questions important answers

I don't think leadership demands yes or no answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.

decision answers thinking

Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don't know where you are going or why you are going, go in everywhere, answer everyone. No one will kill you, any more than if you were a corpse.

Arthur Rimbaud

where-you-are weakness answers