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Questioning Quotes (page 52)

Take these," said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stone that had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. "They are called Urim and Thummim. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no.' When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. Always ask an objective question. Paulo Coelho
Tina Brown quote: "Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by..."
Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question. Tina Brown
Woody Allen quote: "Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer,..."
Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. Woody Allen
I asked Elsie how much food they needed from outside the community. 'Flour and sugar,' she said, and then thought a bit. 'Sometimes we'll buy pretzels as a splurge.'It crossed my mind that the world's most efficient psychological evaluation would have just one question: Define splurge. Barbara Kingsolver
Well, wouldn't it have been easier if she'd just asked me whether I liked her better than you?"Girls don't often ask questions like that," said Hermione."Well, they should!" said Harry forcefully. J. K. Rowling
I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You do not ask of me. Thomas Merton
An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy. Madeleine L'Engle
But why all these questions? Because I'm in love and I'm afraid of suffering. Don't be afraid, the only way to avoid that suffering would be to refuse to love. Paulo Coelho
They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself George Orwell
Don DeLillo quote: "The view is endlessly fulfilling. It is like the answer to a..."
The view is endlessly fulfilling. It is like the answer to a lifetime of questions and vague cravings. Don DeLillo
There was no question about it- the girl in the photograph was staggeringly beautiful. She was Miss Canal Zone, a runner-up in the Miss Universe Contest -- and in fact far more beautiful than the winner of the contests. Her beauty had frightened the judges. Kurt Vonnegut
You shouldn't have asked," I said. "Love doesn't ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. It's an inexplicable fear; it's difficult even to describe it. Maybe it's the fear of being scorned, of not being accepted, or of breaking the spell. It's ridiculous, but that's the way it is. That's why you don't ask-you act. As you've said many times, you have to take risks. Paulo Coelho
It is questionable, for that matter, whether success is an adequate response to life. Success can eliminate as many options as failure. Tom Robbins
David Sedaris quote: "Faced with an exciting question, science tended to provide the..."
Faced with an exciting question, science tended to provide the dullest possible answer. David Sedaris
She was satisfied with the answer God had given Moses from the burning bush when Moses had seen fit to question. Who are you? Mose asks, and God comes back from that bush just as pert as you like: I Am, Who I AM. In other words, Mose, stop beatin around this here bush and get your old ass in gear. Stephen King

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