I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would have an answer. That's the magic when you read or hear something wonderful - there's no one that has all the answers.
Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.
For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist.
The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.
One of the great flaws that we all share is that we think everyone else is cooler, everyone else is sexier; everyone else has all the answers. That was me too.
At some moment I did answer "Yes" to someone or something. And from that hour on I was certain that existence is meaningful.
There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in—that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies. I scarcely ever do.
Since God is, He is to be found in the questions as well as the answers.
All knowledge, the totality of all questions and all answers, is contained in the dog. If one could but realize this knowledge, if one could but bring it into the light of day, if we dogs would but own that we know infinitely more than we admit to ourselves!
I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the best possible work I can before I exit.
If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: for a statement to be true is for things to be as they are stated to be.
The curse of a journalist is that he always has more questions than answers.
Don't take no for an answer. Don't let yourself get pushed around, and don't be afraid to be the bad guy. Find a producer who will be there to back you up when things get difficult. Make sure you work with key crew that you trust.
Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.
There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one.
Ultimately, 'how's it going?' is the most futile and the most profound of questions. To answer it precisely, one would have to make a scrupulous inventory of one's psyche, considering each aspect in detail. No matter: we have to say 'fine' out of politeness and civility and change the subject, or else ruminate the question during our whole lives and reserve our reply for afterward.
The answer to the nature of our existence is somewhere in the middle, and that, of course, is what we're looking for: how to see ourselves in a new picture of ourselves and understand the questions that humans have asked forever, "Who are we, how did we get here, where are we going, and what's the nature of this reality that we're in?"
Classical theology defines sin as 'rebellion against God. ' The answer is not incorrect as much as it is shallow and insulting to the human being. Every person deserves to be treated with dignity even if he or she is a 'rebellious sinner'.
I never buy anything unless I can fill out on a piece of paper my reasons. I may be wrong, but I would know the answer to that. . . I'm paying $32 billion today for the Coca Cola Company because. . . If you can't answer that question, you shouldn't buy it. If you can answer that question, and you do it a few times, you'll make a lot of money.
If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth.