(31 quotes found)
“My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate - that's my philosophy”
Thornton Wilder
“There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.”
Leon Trotsky
“Browning! Since Chaucer was alive and hale, / No man hath walked along our roads with step / So active, so inquiring eye, or tongue/ So varied in discourse.”
Walter Savage Landor
“You have no questions to ask of any body, no new way that you need inquire after; no oracle that you need to consult; for whilst you shut yourself up in patience, meekness, humility, and resignation to God, you are in the very arms of Christ, your heart is His dwelling-place, and He lives and works in you as certainly as He lived in and governed that body and soul which He took from the Virgin Mary.”
William Law
“`That's rather a sudden pull up, ain't it, Sammy?' inquired Mr Weller. `Not a bit on it,' said Sam; `she'll vish there wos more, and that's the great art o' letter writin'.'”
Charles Dickens
“A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation”
Henry Louis Mencken
“have always responded in a professional manner from all inquires from the council and all members of the public.”
William Griffith
“They want to know how we are ensuring the vaccine is truly the vaccine and safe. We're getting inquires from customers and the public.”
Steve Wright
“Knowing the place names for various stretches of the river comes in handy when you're inquiring about local fishing activity.”
Clint Land
“I don't think I really have the insight or the inquiring to be an astronomer, and I don't think I have the wherewithal to be an astronaut. But if I had to choose which one I'd like to be, it would be the astronaut. I think it would be a wonderful thing to try.”
Sam Neill
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