#questions

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases? ↗

— Jose Saramago

#ask #bases #countries #does #how

I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?' There were so many questions in life. You couldn't ever have all the answers. But I knew this one. It's so she can fly,' I said. Then I started to run. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#life #questions #running #life

I just think the word interview, although it is the view between two people exchanged, became a sort of cliche. You ask questions and the other one answers. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

#answers #ask #became #between #cliche

The ancients were afraid that if they went to the end of the earth they would fall off and be consumed by dragons. But once we understand that Christianity is true to what is there, true to the ultimate environment - the infinite, personal God who is really there - then our minds are freed. We can pursue any question and can be sure that we will not fall off the end of the earth. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#doubt #god #questions #spirituality #art

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. ↗

— Antony Jay

#creative #creative mind #mind #questions #spot

With faith, there are no questions; without faith, there are no answers. ↗

— Yisroel Meir Ha-Cohen

#faith #questions #faith

On every page, confidence fights with self-doubt. Every sentence is an act of faith. Why would anybody want to do it? ↗

— David Morrell

#novelist #purpose #questions #writer #writing

This country must be governed, and can be governed, simply on questions of policy and administration and the French Canadians who have had any part in this movement have never had any other intention but to organise upon those party distinctions and upon no other. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#any #canadians #country #distinctions #french

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions. ↗

— Edward Norton

#best #documentary #films #kind #narrative

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#peace #puts #questions #stupidly #war