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1 " Would you like to know your future?If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator.So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise. "
― Vera Nazarian , The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
2 " Intellectual freedom begins when one says with Socrates that he knows that he knows nothing, and then goes on to add: Do you know what you don’t know and therefore what you should know? If your answer is affirmative and humble, then you are your own teacher, you are making your own assignment, and you will be your own best critic. You will not need externally imposed courses, nor marks, nor diplomas, nor a nod from your boss . . . in business or in politics. (from the essay The Last Don Rag) "
― Scott M. Buchanan
3 " Your teacher might be a child who takes you by the hand and asks you a question that you hadn't considered before, and your answer to the child is your answer to yourself. "
― Wayne W. Dyer
4 " Think of the most fussy science teacher you ever had. The one who docked your grade if the sixth decimal place in your answer was rounded incorrectly; who tucked in his periodic table T-shirt, corrected every student who said " weight" when he or she meant " mass" , and made everyone, including himself, wear goggles even while mixing sugar water. Now try to imagine someone whom your teacher would hate for being anal-retentive. That is the kind of person who works for a bureau of standards and measurement. "
5 " As a general rule, if anyone ever asks you to put stockings on a ninety-year old deceased Romanian woman with oedema, your answer should be no. "
― Caitlin Doughty , Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
6 " Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you "
― Haruki Murakami
7 " Several centuries ago the greatest writer in history described the two most menacing clouds that hang over human government and human society as " malice domestic and fierce foreign war." We are not rid of these dangers but we can summon our intelligence to meet them.Never was there more genuine reason for Americans to face down these two causes of fear. " Malice domestic" from time to time will come to you in the shape of those who would raise false issues, pervert facts, preach the gospel of hate, and minimize the importance of public action to secure human rights or spiritual ideals. There are those today who would sow these seeds, but your answer to them is in the possession of the plain facts of our present condition. "
8 " How was your day? If your answer was " fine," then I don't think you were leading. "
9 " Pray for what you want.Expect your answer in due time.Be strong to wait for the arrival of answer. "
― Lailah Gifty Akita ,
10 " Live your life in such a way that if God should greet you with " How are you?" , your answer will be " I am how you wanted me to be" ! Live life without regrets! "
11 " I have two questions for you: one, what kind of person do you want to be? Two, what kind of music would I find on your playlist? If any answer in the second question is in conflict with your answer to the first question, you may want to make a few changes. "
― Justin Young
12 " The next time you find yourself getting angry, ask yourself: Is this really something I want to give my time and energy to? Will doing so make any positive impact? If your answer is no, consider redirecting that anger-energy as soon as possible! Find something to do that will feed your soul, fuel your fire, passion and creativity. Find something that will bring something new and positive to this world. "
13 " If you have received a letter inviting you to speak at the dedication of a new cat hospital, and you hate cats, your reply, declining the invitation, does not necessarily have to cover the full range of your emotions. You must make it clear that you will not attend, but you do not have to let fly at the cats. The writer of the letter asked a civil question; attack cats, then, only if you can do so with good humor, good taste, and in such a way that your answer will be courteous as well as responsive. Since you are out of sympathy with cats, you may quite properly give this as a reason for not appearing at the dedicatory ceremonies of a cat hospital. But bear in mind that your opinion of cats was not sought, only your services as a speaker. Try to keep things straight. "
― William Strunk Jr. , The Elements of Style
14 " Look at yourself! You're a priest. You know damn well that if I were setting out to make a girl at this moment instead of young Paolo, you'd take an entirely different view. You'd disapprove, sure! You'd read me a lecture on fornication and all the rest. But you wouldn't be too unhappy. I'd be normal... according to nature! But I am not made like that. God didn't make me like that. But do I need love the less? Do I need satisfaction less? Have I less right to live in contentment because somewhere along the line the Almighty slipped a cog in creation?... What's your answer to that Meredith? What's your answer for me? Tie a knot in myself and take up badminton and wait till they make me an angel in heaven, where they don't need this sort of thing any more? I'm lonely! I need love like the next man! My sort of love! "
― Morris L. West , The Devil's Advocate
15 " The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways--when you began writing me dizzy letters about Alexander, I didn't ask if you were in love with him, I asked what his favorite animal was. And your answer told me everything I needed to know about him--how many men would admit that they loved ducks? "
― Annie Barrows , The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
16 " If the answer of your question is the question of your answer be Nacre "
17 " Toward the end of his book, Miller explains his need to unite science and religion: science does not explain the meaning and purpose of life. That may be, but why should we assume religion explains such things any better? Just because religion attempts to answer such questions does not mean its answers are correct. And such answers never seem to achieve any consensus. What is the meaning of life? Your answer is as good as mine--or just as bad. "
― , Debunking Darwin's God: A Case Against BioLogos and Theistic Evolution
18 " Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether or not I hurt you "
― Haruki Murakami , Norwegian Wood
19 " How did I get where I am.” If your answer is anything but dumb luck then you are sadly deluding yourself. "
― Steve Merrick
20 " Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer and practice it. "