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"The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through."
"After some while Bilbo became impatient. "Well, what is it?" he said. "The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making."
"I wasn't the cutest or the most talented, but I could get through the question-and-answer period."
"Ask the right questions, and the answers will always reveal themselves."
"I am convinced Socialism is the only answer."
"I would like to ask Him if He was indeed virgin born, because the answer to that question would define history."
"But this was a moral question, and the answer to it may not have been legally relevant."
"Should you ask me if I'm happy, I'll answer that I'm not."
"If God really wanted to punish, he'd answer all our prayers."
"You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn't Ernest."
"modern science was largely conceived of as an answer to the servant problem and ... it is generally practiced by those who lack a flair for conversation."
"You know, it's weird being interviewed! Because the weird thing about being interviewed is you get asked these questions that you've never thought about, and you find out what you think as you answer."
"If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be a good scientist."
"The history of science shows that great mysteries get solved. It may be that there's an answer that humans are too stupid to understand. I'm intrigued by that possibility."
"No one has the answers, but one thing is true. You got to turn on evil, when its coming after you."
"This is pretty much the answer to every problem you encounter in suburbia: plant a tree, and hope you don't see anyone's privates."
"I still wanted to know why. As though somebody was going to answer that for me, as though any answer would be satisfying."
"Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions."
"He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question when a man should marry? 'A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.'"
"There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers."
