The most important question anyone can ask is: What myth am I living?
I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him to do His work through me.
I look at Los Angeles and I ask myself, How can this ever be sustainable? And what are we contributing to that? Because we are all complicit. None of us is without blame. It's so difficult and it's so overwhelming and I think we have to make small choices in our own lives that can loom large collectively.
People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer.
Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?
When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one. "
You don't get somebody to like you by doing them a favor. That only tends to build resentment over the fact that they are needy and you are not. No, you ask them to do you a favor.
We are not on this planet to ask forgiveness of our deities.
There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody.
If you have to ask, you've never been in love. More than that, you've never had your feelings hurt by the one you want to trust and cherish you most of all.
Consistently ask yourself: 'Is what I'm doing right now working for me or working against me?
In regard to the colored people, there is always more that is benevolent, I perceive, than just, manifested towards us. What I ask for the negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.
If I answer questions every time you ask one, expectations would be high. And as you know, I like to keep expectations low.
What I mean is, if you look at the behavior of an animal and ask, "Well, why did it do that?" and then consider the alternatives, those alternatives probably wouldn't be as successful at getting its genes around.
People ask me why it is so hard to trust and I ask them why is it so hard to keep a promise.
What am I pondering, you ask? So help me God, immortality.
Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
The word of the Lord is this: "Just bless those that persecute you and ask for Justice, for the battle does not belong to you but God. God is able to restore your credibility with man even when things seem like that could be impossible. Speak to the storm and release peace. "
It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.