1.
Don't listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.
Albert Einstein
"Hear the one who poses the queries rather than those with solutions."
2.
If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...
Nas
If you are too timid to take risks, you will never have the solutions...
3.
If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.
Ronald Reagan
If increased state intervention is the solution, then the inquiry was ill-conceived.
4.
I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me,
And answer'd: 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell
Omar Khayyam
I dispatched my Spirit into the Unknown,
In search of a sign from beyond:
And with time my Spirit returned to me,
Declaring: 'I am both Heaven and Hell'
5.
The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.
Ramana Maharshi
'Pondering the query 'Who am I?' will not yield a response, but rather dissolve the inquirer.'
6.
If you find it complicated to answer someone’s question, do not answer it, for his container is already full and does not have room for the answer
Ibn Arabi
If you find it difficult to reply to someone's query, do not try to provide a response, for they have already been provided with enough information and will be unable to accept anything extra.
7.
All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.
Isaac Newton
My breakthroughs have been in response to supplication.
8.
One thing that I am sure of, and which I can answer truthfully, is that whatever the contingencies that may arise here, wherever I am there will be no communism.
Francisco Franco
I can confidently guarantee that no matter the circumstances, I will never embrace communism in any way.
9.
The answer to 1984 is 1776.
Alex Jones
'The solution to 1984 is 1776.'
10.
We must act as if we answer to, and only answer to, our Ancestors, our children, and the unborn.
Amilcar Cabral
We must behave as though we are accountable only to our Ancestors, descendants, and the generations yet to come.
11.
You can't teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
Galileo Galilei
'You can't impart knowledge to anybody, only aid them in discovering the answers within themselves.'
12.
By the time you get close to the answers, it's nearly all over.
Merle Haggard
When you are near the resolution, it is almost concluded.
13.
If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
If you want to measure the depth of your devotion to Allah, examine how deeply your heart connects with the Quran, and you shall discover the response.
14.
If tomorrow doesn't happen, would you still do what you're about to do today? If that answer is no, you're alive, but you're not living.
Greg Plitt
'If the future is uncertain, would you still be content with your present actions? If not, it means you're existing rather than flourishing.'
15.
I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Richard P. Feynman
'I prefer unanswered queries to unquestionable responses.'
16.
We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we on His side?
Ronald Reagan
17.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'
Theodore Roosevelt
When they take attendance in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to respond 'Present' or 'Innocent.'
18.
The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.
Marilyn Monroe
The more I ponder, the clearer it becomes that solutions are far and few between. Existence is meant to be experienced.
19.
I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.
Mother Teresa
20.
Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.
Otto von Bismarck
'Battling the Russians is an exercise in futility; for each ploy you make, they respond with unpredictable foolishness.'
21.
Faith looks beyond the walls of the obstacle and on to the answer.
Benny Hinn
Belief peers beyond the impediment and towards the resolution.
22.
How can we help a child change from undependable to dependable, from a mediocre student to a capable student, from someone who won't amount to very much to someone who will count for something. The answer is at once both simple and complicated: We treat a child as if he already is what we would like him to become.
Haim Ginott
23.
When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity ? And why turbulence ? I really believe he will have an answer for the first.
Werner Heisenberg
When I encounter God, I am going to pose two queries: Why relativity ? And why turbulence ? I have faith he will be able to answer the first.
24.
Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would.
Prince
Achievement can also bring suffering. The key is not to be shocked when you find out it doesn't give you all the joy and solutions you expected it would.
25.
Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.
Timothy Keller
'Jesus didn't come to give us responses to the queries of life, he arrived to be the solution.'
26.
The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
Plato
27.
It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.
Stephen Hawking
It is reasonable to inquire into the source of the universe, but if the response is God, then the inquiry has merely been shifted to that of who brought into being God.
28.
Never give up praying until the answer comes.
George Muller
Continue to petition until the response arrives.
29.
An interviewer asked me what book I thought best represented the modern American woman. All I could think of to answer was: Madame Bovary.
Joseph McCarthy
An interrogator probed me concerning which book I considered most emblematic of the contemporary American female. My only reply was: Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary'.
30.
If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you sleep.
Mas Oyama
If someone inquired as to what a human being should prioritize in life, I would reply: instruction. Invest more energy in preparation than you do slumbering.
31.
What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.
Eugene V. Debs
Labor can amass, it can coalesce; it can aggregate its powers. When accomplished, it can require and dominate.
32.
Be patient. Let God answer your question on His schedule, not yours.
T. B. Joshua
Wait patiently and allow the Lord to address your inquiry in His own time.
33.
Understanding a question is half an answer.
Socrates
Comprehending a query is half of a response.
34.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
Joan Robinson
The goal of studying economics is not to gain a stockpile of pre-existing solutions to economic issues, but to learn how to sidestep being mislead by economists.
35.
The first thing you need to make clear to a client is that you aren't there to answer his wants but to answer his needs.
Massimo Vignelli
Illustrate to a client that you are there to address their necessities rather than their whims.
36.
If it were to be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would be, An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws - the first growing out of the last . . . . A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.
Alexander Hamilton
37.
I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.
Jacques Derrida
I am deliberating on my own path, so I must reply that initially, I am attempting to get to a point where I no longer comprehend my direction.
38.
An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.
John Tukey
'A rough solution to the correct issue is worth much more than a precise response to an inexact concern.'
39.
Will God ever ask you to do something you are not able to do? The answer is yes--all the time! It must be that way, for God's glory and kingdom. If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory. He wants to reveal Himself to a watching world.
Henry Blackaby
40.
The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get killed. If you don't resist you almost certainly will get killed. It is a tough choice, but there is only one right answer.
Jeff Cooper
41.
In reference to right answers - Knowing is a process, not a product.
Jerome Bruner
42.
Often people ask what I'm photographing, which is a hard question to answer. And the best what I've come up with is I just say: Life today.
William Eggleston
43.
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
Milan Kundera
44.
[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that.
It could be someone important.
Queen Elizabeth II
47.
There is no promise God cannot keep, no prayer God will not answer, and no problem too hard for Him to solve.
Adrian Rogers
48.
My roommate says, "I'm going to take a shower and shave. Does anyone need to use the bathroom?" It's like some weird quiz where he reveals the answer first.
Mitch Hedberg
49.
True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.
Marina Abramovic
50.
When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?
Karl Barth