Author Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Lewis Carroll Quote: 'But I was thinking of a ...'

Related Quotes

mountain troodos landscape village
Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.


Albert Camus
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
John Tukey
Tags: Always Than Which
It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.
Jeremy Paxman
Tags: People Me Way
I always start a book thinking that it can be something other than first-person present, and I always come back to first-person present. It's just the easiest way.
Ned Vizzini
Tags: Just Always Than
Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others.
Laurell K. Hamilton
Tags: Who Them Every
I think, a lot of times, players get in trouble when they're asked questions and they think they have to find a way to answer it. If you ask me a question and I say, 'I don't know,' there's really no follow-up.
Derek Jeter
Tags: You Me Think
I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.
Alan Lewis
Tags: Get Up Them
civetta pelmo dolomites alpine
Never answer a question from a farmer.


Hubert H. Humphrey
I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.
Kiefer Sutherland
Tags: People Me Like
boat beach sea water nature ship
As players, we always have a way to get back at you.


Lawrence Taylor
Tags: You Get Always
If not for music, I would probably be a very frustrated scientist. It's one way to answer the question, 'What is the meaning of life?' I feel music answers it better.
Paula Cole
Tags: Music Life Very
sunset parachute sky nature
God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.


Lou Holtz
Tags: God Always Your
lago coldai dolomites mountains
Life is a question without a standard answer.


Li Shufu
My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.
Sarah Zettel
Tags: Morning Out Every
dolomites mountains italy
That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.


Anthony Eden
Tags: Good You Me
My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.
Richard Branson
Tags: Attitude You Get
storehouse warehouse old interior
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?


Lily Tomlin
Tags: You Love Could
I really wanted to give people that tool, that thing, that answer, 'Well, what are you going to do after Katrina? How does New Orleans come back?' And I'm thinking to myself, New Orleans is back. We're the definition of 'back.' We're the definition of 'rebirth,' of 'renaissance.'
Irvin Mayfield
Tags: You People Really
cir dolomites alm nature rock
Try to guess my answer to that question, however temptingly you pose it.


Mario Monti
Tags: You Try Guess
What helps with aging is serious cognition - thinking and understanding. You have to truly grasp that everybody ages. Everybody dies. There is no turning back the clock. So the question in life becomes: What are you going to do while you're here?
Goldie Hawn
Tags: You Life Going