A Quotes
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“Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.”
“Answer all the questions. Question all the answers.”
“Answer all the questions that I'm too afraid to ask”
Source: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
“Answer e-mails from junior people before more senior ones. Junior people have further to go and tend to remember who slighted them.”
“Answer her name, and you’re a fool. Answer his, and you’re a liar.”
Source: Destroyer of Light
“Answer hopelessness with a defiant smile and a raised middle finger.”
“Answer July-
Where is the Bee-
Where is the Blush-
Where is the Hay?
Ah, said July-
Where is the Seed-
Where is the Bud-
Where is the May-
Answer Thee-Me-”
Source: Emily Dickinson
“Answer me one thing,” her twin said.
“What.”
“Do you love the bas—him. Do you love him?”
Payne looked back through the glass at the human on the bed. “Yes. I am in love with him. And if you try to dissuade me by the fact that I have not lived yet enough to judge, I say unto you . . . fuck off."
-Vishous & Payne”
Source: Lover Unleashed
“Answer me, Penelope. Why are you here?"
She met his gaze, her blue eyes firm. "I told you. I'm here to play billiards."
"With Cross."
"Well, to be fair, I thought it might be with you."
"Why would you think that?" He would never have invited her to his gaming hell.
"The invitation was delivered by Mrs. Worth. I thought you sent it."
"Why would I send you an invitation?"
"I don't know. Perhaps you'd realized you were wrong and did not want to admit it aloud?”
Source: A Rogue by Any Other Name
“Answer me this, if your TV wasn’t broken in the first place then why do you need a
new one? If your clothes still fit and aren’t rags falling off you, why do you need
more clothes? If your phone still does what it does, why do you need the newest
brand out there? I could go on with these examples, but you get the gist. If it isn’t
broken then why fix it? I just had to throw one more in there for ya.”
Source: Health & Not Screwing It Up
“Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have given me relief when I was in distress.Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!”
“Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?”
“Answer must be molded compatible with context, contextless answer creates only more problems.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Answer my question. Send to my will. Why have you come, sweet one?”
Source: Mountains Made of Glass
“Answer my question, Bacchus. I’m not one of your dickless Greeks to be kept waiting for an answer. (Camulus) You better take a more civil tone with me, Cam. I’m not one of your flaccid Celts to shake in terror of your wrath. You want to fight, boy, bring it on. (Dionysus) Whoa, hang on a second. Let’s save the fighting for when you two take over the world, okay? (Styxx)”
Source: Night Pleasures/Night Embrace
“Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.”
“Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.”
“Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it.”
“Answer the big question of eternity, and the little questions of life fall into perspective.”
Source: The Applause of Heaven: Discover the Secret to a Truly Satisfying Life
“Answer the question “ what am I living for?” and become a master in this field, serve others with your gift, because you were created exactly with this goal”
“Answer the urgent call. Help when tragedy strikes. And do it for free.”
“Answer them critics with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .”
“Answer this question very carefully, kid. Are you a virgin?"
The silence was so long I thought I was going to have to ask him again.
"What the hell?" He sounded honestly perplexed.
"Yes or no? Are you a virgin?" I lost control halfway through. My voice spiraled up into a scream... "Sonofabitch answer me!"
"Yes!" he screamed back. "Yes, I'm a fucking virgin, don't shoot me goddammit fucking please!”
Source: Strange Angels
“Answer this to yourselves, & expel from among you those who pretend to despise the labours of Art & Science, which alone are the labours of the Gospel: Is not this plain & manifest to the thought? Can you think at all, & not pronounce heartily! That to Labour in Knowledge. is to Build up Jerusalem: and to Despise Knowledge, is to Despise Jerusalem & her Builders. And remember: He who despises & mocks a Mental Gift in another; calling it pride & selfishness & sin; mocks Jesus the giver of every Mental Gift. which always appear to the ignorance-loving Hypocrite, as Sins. but that which is a Sin in the sight of cruel Man. is not so in the sight of our kind God.”
Source: Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion
“Answer to 'What art means to you?'
Art is life. it is a vessel that allows me to express my perception of the world, my sense of beauty and my social concerns–which, i believe, are shared by many other persons around the world.
(Interview in Artophilia)”
“Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow.”
“Answer, yeah I know it... We were for little period of time texting nothing else... no friendship is available as a feature but you are talking about relationship and marriage are you right with your mind?”
“Answer your phone. Get call forwarding. Or an answering service. Hire staff if you need to. But make sure that someone is picking up the phone when someone calls your business.”
“Answered prayer is the interchange of love between the Father and His child.”
Source: With Christ in the School of Prayer: Thoughts on Our Training for the Ministry of Intercession
“Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the cautionary phrase Watch out for what you pray for; you might just get it?”
Source: The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
“Answered prayers come in many different forms, most of which we don’t recognize. This one, though, came exactly how I’d hoped.”
Source: Love and the Silver Lining
“Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies.”
“Answering a letter from a church asking what else they should try after having failed to raise enough money on bake sales, bazaars, suppers, etc. Why not try religion?”
“Answering a student's question, 'Will the heathen who have not heard the Gospel be saved?' thus, 'It is more a question with me whether we, who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not, can be saved.”
“Answering ads rarely works for career changers because you have no experience in the job for which you're applying.”
“Answering heat leapt into her eyes. Raven laughed softly. “You have it all, don’t you? Charm, you’re so sexy you should be locked up, and you have a smile men would kill for. Or women, however you want to look at it.”
He bent to kiss her, one hand closing over her breast possessively. “You need to mention what a great lover I am. Men need to hear these things.”
“Really?” She arched an eyebrow at him. “I don’t dare. You’re already as arrogant as I can stand.”
“You are crazy about me. I know. I read minds.” He suddenly grinned mischievously, like a little boy.”
Source: Dark Prince
“Answering light was my only calling in life.”
Source: The Eyes on the Backs of Moths
“Answering our calling is our greatest journey, the one that leads us back home to the truth of who we are.”
Source: Worthy: The POWER of Wholeness
“Answering questions is a major part of sex education. Two rules cover the ground. First, always give a truthful answer to a question; secondly, regard sex knowledge as exactly like any other knowledge.”
Source: On Education
“Answerless questions can destroy you. Move on.”
Source: Every Day
“Answers are a perilous grip on the universe. They can appear sensible yet explain nothing.”
Source: Chapterhouse: Dune
“Answers are bitter things, and once you get them, they’re yours and you can’t give them back. Did I want to know badly enough that I was willing to live with whatever answer she gave me?
-- Toby”
Source: An Artificial Night
“Answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.”
“Answers are just food for mind. Like an animal may someday cross the boundaries of jungle in search of food, you might cross the boundaries of mind in search of answers. The supreme truth is not an answer but you may find Him in search of answers.”
“Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.”
“Answers are shooting stars in a nebulous firmament. Every burst of outspoken enlightenment fails to betray the vast timeless riddles of their infinite Sphinx-like shimmering. They are older than us, older than the earth and will never willingly yield up their secrets.”
“Answers aren't always painful, young man, but correct answers should never come cheap”
Source: You Like It Darker
“Answers based in truth are the foundation of wisdom.”
“Answers can suit the relative mind. In the dream we can be thirsty. But upon awaking from the dream, there's no thirst.”
“Answers come and go, I've found. But the questions? Those remain forever.”
Source: The Dragon of Avalon