#answers

Answers I kept my answers small and kept them near; Big questions bruised my mind but still I let Small answers be a bullwark to my fear. The huge abstractions I kept from the light; Small things I handled and caressed and loved. I let the stars assume the whole of night. But the big answers clamoured to be moved Into my life. Their great audacity Shouted to be acknowledged and believed. Even when all small answers build up to Protection of my spirit, still I hear Big answers striving for their overthrow. And all the great conclusions coming near ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#poem #life

a heck of a lot of things are bound to go wrong in a world as big as this one. And if there's an answer to why it's that way - and there ain't always - why, it's probably not just one answer by itself, but thousands of answers. ↗

— Jim Thompson

#life #problems #life

The man who has many answers is often found in the theaters of information where he offers, graciously, his deep findings. While the man who has only questions, to comfort himself, makes music. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#comfort #music #questions #music

When I’ve lost my way or when I am confused about a path to take, I remember that most answers I need I already possess – deep inside. I am naturally creative, resourceful and whole. If I consult my invisible compass, I’ll know what to do. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#creativity #found #guidance #inner-guidance #inner-voice

Questions are great, but only if you know the answers. If you ask questions and the answers surprise you, you look silly. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#questions #anita-blake

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens. ↗

— Andre Agassi

#answers #because #day #every #every day

When today's generation reads Jack's books or they listen to the music created by some of us, I believe that they see there is a different way of approaching today's life and today's sometimes seeming hopelessness that can provide answers. ↗

— David Amram

#approaching #believe #books #created #different

The American public's a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I'm going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I'm going to do it. ↗

— Joe Biden

#answers #complicated #credit #give #going

My mother answers all my fan mail. ↗

— Patti Smith

#fan #fan mail #mail #mother

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard. ↗

— Edgar R. Fiedler

#answers #ask #different #economists #five