#question

What is whiter than snow?' he said. 'The truth,' said Grania. 'What is the best colour?' said Finn. 'The colour of childhood,' said she. 'What is hotter than fire?' 'The face of a hospitable man when he sees a stranger coming in, and the house empty.' 'What has a taste more bitter than poison?' 'The reproach of an enemy.' 'What is best for a champion?' 'His doings to be high, and his pride to be low.' 'What is the best of jewels?' 'A knife.' 'What is sharper than a sword?' 'The wit of a woman between two men.' 'What is quicker than the wind?' said Finn then. 'A woman’s mind,' said Grania. And indeed she was telling no lie when she said that. ↗

— Augusta Gregory

#questions-and-answers #wit #men

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity. ↗

— Mercedes Ruehl

#concept #difficult #difficult time #especially #foreign

I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#course #depicting #get #ground #i

And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels. ↗

— Mark Rylance

#completely #different #different levels #enjoy #levels

The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#alone #belief #causing #extent #global

So I was shampooing at 14. But I've always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There's no question about it. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#always #architect #been #education #had

Never answer a question from a farmer. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#farmer #never #question

Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers. ↗

— Joan Baez

#get #hypothetical #questions

As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee. ↗

— Bernard Barton

#give #i #me #myself #put

I'm interested in people who have lived, who are searching and questioning. ↗

— Maria Bello

#interested #lived #people #questioning #searching