Who knows why that man planted those fields? Perhaps he knew we’d need the flowers for a cure. Maybe he just thought they were beautiful, like my mother did. But we do find answers in beauty, more often than not. ↗
Albert grunted. "Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?"
Mort thought for a moment.
"No," he said eventually, "what?"
There was silence.
Then Albert straightened up and said, "Damned if I know. Probably they get answers, and serve 'em right. ↗
I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope. ↗
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery. ↗
That's where I began to ask questions that maybe don't have one specific answer. And the more people you get answers from, the richer the environment becomes. ↗
Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye and the tone of voice with which she, breathless, answers your little questions about horseflesh and music about affairs masculine and feminine, then take the leap in the dark. ↗
Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as they age grow ever broader, the answers are seen to be more limited. ↗
