Albert Einstein
Physicist
"Don't listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions."
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Ronald Reagan
Politician, Actor
"If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question."
Omar Khayyam
Poet, Mathematician, Astronomer
"I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And answer'd: 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell"
Ramana Maharshi
Spiritual Teacher
"The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner."
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"All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer."
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"You can't teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them."
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"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."
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"We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we on His side?"
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"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'"
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"The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived."
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"I used to pray that God would feed the hungry, or do this or that, but now I pray that he will guide me to do whatever I'm supposed to do, what I can do. I used to pray for answers, but now I'm praying for strength. I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things."
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"Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity."
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"Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would."
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"Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer."
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"The right question is usually more important than the right answer."
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"It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God."
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"An interviewer asked me what book I thought best represented the modern American woman. All I could think of to answer was: Madame Bovary."
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"Understanding a question is half an answer."
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"I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going."
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"The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything."
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"[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important."
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"There is but one answer to terrorism and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle."
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"He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions."
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"Do I look like someone who has something to do here on earth?' —That's what I'd like to answer the busybodies who inquire into my activities."
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