A Quotes
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“Asked what role he believes art plays in society, Baselitz replied, 'The same role as a good shoe, nothing more.”
“Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world."”
“Asked whether donor nations may be becoming fatigued ... The fatigue may be there, but I don't think we can justify it in the face of such misery. We may need to wake up our conscience and our conscience must force us to act.”
“Asked who attacked America on 9/11, [Sarah Palin] suggested several times that it was Saddam Hussein.”
“Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as some men and boys do.”
“Asker kasaturayı defalarca Yusuf’un göğsüne, karnına vurup çıkarıyordu. (…) Yusuf sesini çıkarmıyordu. Sadece akrabalarından, Keko’dan su istedi. Keko cesaret edemedi. Hiçbirimiz cesaret edemedik, kimse Yusuf’a su veremedi ve Yusuf son kez konuştu: “Ah Keko, bunların yaptığı değil, sizin bu haliniz bana daha çok acı veriyor.” Yusuf’tan duyduğumuz son sözler bunlardı. Yusuf ölmüştü. Ölüsünü alıp gömmemiz lazımdı; lakin cesaret edemiyorduk. Ertesi sabah cesedin iplerini çözdüler. Kaskatı kesilmişti. Ayakta duruyor gibiydi. Taşıyıp uçurumdan aşağı attılar.”
Source: Dersim... Dersim...
“Askerler babamı almak için geldiklerinde annemin Burda dergilerinin model paftalarını gizli planlarmış gibi dikkatle incelemişler, ne olduğunu anlamadıkları için de oracıkta paramparça etmişlerdi. Askerler çok az şey biliyorlardı, bilmedikleri şeyden korkuyor, yok etmek istiyorlardı. Biz askerlerden daha çok şey biliyorduk ve biz de bildiğimiz dünyanın bir an önce yıkılıp gitmesini istiyorduk.”
Source: Sinek Isırıklarının Müellifi
“Askin what happened to the feelin that her and me had,
I pray so much about it, need some knee pads.”
“Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.”
Source: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
“Asking a girl if she's alright is like jaywalking across a black ice-covered 4 lane street: you think you can make it safely to the other side, but you're more likely to slip and fall to a most certain death.”
“Asking a hard-core introvert to get excited about working the room is like hiring a performing artist to get excited about accounting: it's just not in their nature.”
Source: The Introvert's Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone
“Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.”
Source: Hart's Hope
“Asking a question is about clearing your doubts. Questioning a person is raising doubts about his credibility or abilities. Both have absolutely different effects on relationships. While the first can build bridges, the second can ruin relationships.”
Source: Quantraz
“Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.”
“Asking a sociologist to solve a problem is like prescribing an enema for diarrhea.”
“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs."
[Time Magazine, October 31, 1977]”
“Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.”
“Asking about a time before the beginning of our spherical spacetime is like asking what lies north of the North Pole. There is no such thing.”
Source: The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science
“Asking about acting to me is like asking about junior high.”
“Asking AI to help you create, is not creativity.”
Source: The Divine Refugee
“Asking An Angel To Blow Kisses You Way, Hoping To Lighten & Brighten Your Day.”
“Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones”
“Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.”
“Asking and not assuming is the beginning of "WISDOM." You can learn anything just by asking any question. Wisdom begins with constant "QUESTIONING" not assuming what we don't know. We only come to know what we know, when we ask.”
“Asking antiracists to change their perspective on racism can be as destabilizing as asking racists to change their perspective on the races. Antiracists can be as doctrinaire in their view of racism as racists can be in their view of not-racism. How can antiracists ask racists to open their minds and change when we are closed-minded and unwilling to change?”
Source: How to Be an Antiracist
“Asking anyone what she or he is reading is a necessary part of conversation, exchanging news. So I take recommendations from friends - and I always pass along a book I've loved.”
“Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.”
“Asking doesn't mean you lack wisdom - it's evidence of wisdom.”
Source: The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his life insurance.”
Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929
“Asking for a better salary is not a crime.”
“Asking for advice about what you should write is a little like asking for help getting dressed. I can you tell you what I think looks good, but you have to wear it. And as every fashion victim knows, very few people look good in everything.”
Source: The Forest for the Trees: An editor's advice to writers
“Asking for advice is an act of humility.... The act alone says, "I need you." The decision maker and the adviser are pushed into a closer relationship.”
Source: Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job
“Asking for blessings,receiving blessings, becoming a blessing,becoming a source of blessings”
“Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut.”
“Asking for forgiveness from others in a scriptural manner involves acknowledging that you have sinned against them and that you desire mercy and pardon (not to be given what you deserve). Asking for forgiveness is vital for reconciliation and may lead to the difference in the relationship.”
“Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.”
“Asking for help in the military is changing. Before, it used to be seen as weak or shameful. It was synonymous with you could no longer handle your load. Fortunately now, it is not normally seen that way. When your household, career, religious beliefs, Dojo, friends, family, or associates view asking for help as being weak, then shame will prevent you from asking for help. We hold in high regard the people and things closest to us. Those inside our circle, especially our circle that we choose. There is no shame in doing a thing of which everyone you love already approves. In other words, you have to feel like it's not acceptable to feel shame. Sometimes this shame and the negative environment is created unintentionally; when the people you surround yourself with never admit mistakes, never have problems, and never forgive mistakes. These create a negative environment. A better description of it is a misleading environment.”
Source: Consistent, Not Different: Why We Stray from the Path and Reasons to Return
“Asking for help needs courage too.”
“Asking for help was anathema to me. I'd told Maria that. 'And how's that been working out for you so far?' she'd said. I didn't appreciate her somewhat pointed tone, but she was quite right. That didn't, however, mean that it was easy.”
Source: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
“Asking for help with shame says:
You have the power over me.
Asking with condescension says:
I have the power over you.
But asking for help with gratitude says:
We have the power to help each other.”
“Asking for knowledge is often wiser than having it.”
Source: Swagger: Unleash Everything You Are and Become Everything You Want
“Asking for money is better over coffee than over a computer.”
“Asking for other's guidance helps you see what you may not be able to see. It's always important to check your ego and ask for help.”
“Asking forgiveness is not ALWAYS an admission of cowardice and of sin, It is to show that having inner peace is far more important than pride especially if they think that you have wronged them in any way.”
“Asking forgiveness is not an admission of cowardice and of sin, It is to show that having inner peace is far more important than pride especially if they think that you have wronged them in any way.”
“Asking God for a specific thing will amount to limiting God to a specific answer.”
“Asking good questions is half of learning.”
“Asking good "What IF?" questions allows you your mind to focus on what's possible, rather than the obstacles that lie in your way.”
Source: The What IF? Diet Plan: Transform your body and mind through intermittent fasting
“Asking her had been the sort of almost-impulsive decision that had characterized a lot of Varney's more terrible life choices -- he'd said it and then been flooded by a vast horrible wave of terror that had tightened his fingers on the wheel and lifted all the little hairs on the back of his neck -- and the moment when she had not said no, where she had -- smiled at Varney, the way she smiled sometimes that made him feel as if all the insides of his bones were glowing warm -- she'd smiled and she'd said yes and that meant, didn't it, that meant that oh God, could this actually happen? To him?”
Source: Grave Importance
“Asking her to squeeze on the lime would be too adventurous i think.”
Source: "Darling, it's not only about sex"