#quest

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#back #because #becomes #choice #everything

If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#because #capacity #consciously #convinced #difficulty

I appreciated and respected kids who asked questions. They didn't do it to get attention, but because they were interested. Kids who didn't want to look dumb seemed like scared little rabbits. ↗

— Henry Cole

#asked #attention #because #dumb #get

Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#encouragement #fact #few #in fact #maybe

This is largely the methodology I've used throughout my career - that is, starting with a question as to what might be the properties of a set of compounds that could be invented which were unusual and unpredictable. Many times I've felt a bit like Columbus setting sail. ↗

— Donald Cram

#career #columbus #compounds #could #felt

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#complexion #conquest #different #earth #flatter

The questions I'm asking myself are, 'What makes me happy? Where do I want to be? What will make me happy at 50, 60 and 70?' ↗

— Courteney Cox

#happy #i #make #makes #me

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done? ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#albany #angry #bad #better #change

It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like. ↗

— Charles Dance

#ears #eyes #game #how #keeping

The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control. ↗

— Jean Paul Gaultier

#always #america #american #american women #choose