#quest

When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#between #bring #campaign #egypt #elected

The question I should have asked is not what is the rule, but what is the principle. ↗

— Andrew Fastow

#i #principle #question #rule #should

In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#beginning #being #commercial #commercial films #deciding

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#direct #going #good #i #question

I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation. ↗

— David Cameron

#alone #britain #contribution #could #first-hand

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#mind #only #own #questions #rarely

If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#based #disney #feature #had #hawaii

At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#asked #audience #books #boston #furniture

At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we call Western civilization, could in its extremity still cast up a man whose faith in it was so great that he would voluntarily abandon those things which men hold good, including life, to defend it. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#call #case #cast #civilization #could

What is true of Mr. Mill's influence on the women's-suffrage question is true also of the other political movements in which he took an active interest. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#also #influence #interest #mill #movements