"I could well imagine that I might have lived in former centuries and there encountered questions I was not yet able to answer; that I had been born again because I had not fulfilled the task given to me."
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"Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers. Be open to wonder and at the same time subject all claims to knowledge, without exception, to intense skeptical scrutiny. Be aware of human fallibility. Cherish your species and your planet."
"If i thought i was replying to someone who would every return to the world, this flame would cease it's flickering. But since no one has returned from these depths alive, if what I've heard is true, I will answer you without fear of infamy."
"The value of the security analyst to the investor depends largely on the investor's own attitude. If the investor asks the analyst the right questions, he is likely to get the right or at least valuable answers."
"From my perspective, it appears that a great thrust of research on health and longevity is pointing towards improving our immune system - that within an empowered immune system are the health solutions and longevity answers we're looking for."
"How can I create a better world? The more you reflect, the more your life will move into the answer."
"Everyone wants answers and wants to know what the timeline is. Unfortunately, it's a complex situation, and we don't have the final answers yet."
"Harmless as a setting dove," he agreed. "I'm too hungry to be a threat to anything but breakfast. Let a stray bannock come within reach, though, and I'll no answer for the consequences."
"Help must come from the outside, and it has come and comes daily and answers in the Word of Jesus Christ."
"The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!"
"It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last."
"Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing"
"Be to the world a sign that while we as Christians do not have all the answers, we do know and care about the questions."
"If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself."
"The answer is blowin' in the wind."
"For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil."
"You are a potential genius; there is no problem you cannot solve, and no answer you cannot find somewhere."
"I scarcely know the meaning of your question; much less can I answer it."
"What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion."
"I love you so much that nothing can matter to me - not even you...Only my love- not your answer. Not even your indifference"