“Journalists often ask me: "Aren't you sorry that after all the work you've done, you're best known as Magneto and Gandalf?" But that's what I've always wanted - not to be known as myself. I want to draw attention to the characters.” WantDoneCharacterWantedAsksAttentionKnownDrawsSorryJournalistAsk MeMagneto Author:Ian Mckellen
“I can scarcely fancy myself to ask a superior to publish a volume of my verse and I own that humanly there is very little likelihood of that ever coming to pass. And to be sure if I chose to look at things on one side and not the other I could of course regret this bitterly. But there is more peace and it isthe holier lot to be unknown than to be known.” IfsLooksLittlesI CanCoursesAsksSidesKnownRegretSuperiorsFancyVersesVolumePublishLikelihood Author:Gerard Manley Hopkins
“There is a park that is known 4 the face it attracts colorful people whose hair On 1 side is swept back The smile on their faces It speaks of profound inner peace Ask where they're going They'll tell U nowhere They've taken a lifetime lease On Paisley Park.” PeopleFacesAsksSpeakSidesKnownTakenHairLifetimeProfoundInner PeaceParksColorfulLeasePaisley Author:Prince
“It used to be the boast of free men that, so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law, there was no need to ask anybody's permission or to obey anybody's orders. It is doubtful whether any of us can make this claim today.” MenNeedsLongTodayLawUsedOrderAsksResponsibilityKnownClaimsIndependenceBoundsUsed To BeIndividualismPermissionBoastFree ManDoubtful Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“..why is it that in problematic situations almost everyone resorts to axioms and societal remedies that in actuality almost nobody believes in?...ask yourself, have you ever known anyone whose marriage was saved by a marriage counselor, whose drinking was cured by a psychiatrist, whose son was kept out of reform school by a social worker?” BelieveSchoolAsksSocialSituationKnownSonDrinkingWorkersSavedReformRemedyResortsPsychiatristAxiomsSocial WorkerActualityCounselor Author:James Lee Burke
“People must ask themselves why this earthquake occurred in this area and not in others. These areas were notorious because of this type of modern tourism, which has become known as "sex tourism". Don't they deserve punishment from Allah?!” PeopleAsksSexKnownModernTypeDeserveAreasPunishmentEarthquakesTourismNotorious Author:Yusuf al-Qaradawi
“My praying friend, continue to make known your desires to God in all things. ... Let Him decide whether you are to receive what you ask for or not.” DesireAsksKnownPrayingAll Things Book:Prayer Source: Prayer
“Everyone asks about gold. This is the irony: just as Jim Grant tells us (correctly) that we all have faith-based paper currencies backed by nothing, it is equally fair to say that gold is a faith-based metal. It pays no dividend, cannot be eaten, and is mostly used for nothing more useful than jewelry. I would say that anything of which 75% sits idly and expensively in bank vaults is, as a measure of value, only one step up from the Polynesian islands that attached value to certain well-known large rocks that were traded.” WellsUsedCertainValuesAsksPayKnownStepsRocksPaperFairsGoldIronyIslandsGrantsHave FaithMetalsCurrencyWell KnownJewelryStep UpDividendsVaultsFaith BasedPolynesians Author:Jeremy Grantham