Asking Quotes - Page 6

Another way of verbally masking elite preemption of other people's decisions is to use the word 'ask'-as in 'We are just asking everyone to pay their fair share.' But of course governments do not ask, they: tell. The Internal Revenue Service does not 'ask' for contributions. It takes.

Thomas Sowell

Government, People, Decision

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Those who would send out thousands of questionnaires asking the unconverted what they would desire most in a worship service should realize that ten thousand unanimous opinions of carnal men do not carry the authority of one jot or tittle of God's Word.

Paul Washer

Men, Desire, Worship Service

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In spite of his flaws, Oscar had a big heart and was always ready to help whoever was in need. He was affable, kind, extremely generous and charitable, but at the same time, not mature at all. He constantly lied and deceived me, and later returned feeling sorry, like a boy caught in mischief, asking to be forgiven one more time - and then we would start all over again.

Emilie Schindler

Sorry, Heart, Boys

"Where Light and Shadow Meet : A Memoir". Book by Erika Rosenberg, 1997.

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Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and you saw with indubitable certainty that despite everything — your sin, your smallness, your stupidity — you could have free for the asking your whole crazy heart’s deepest desire: heaven, eternal joy. Would you not return fearless and singing? What can earth do to you, if you are guaranteed heaven? To fear the worst earthly loss would be like a millionaire fearing the loss of a penny — less, a scratch on a penny.

Peter Kreeft

Crazy, Heart, Loss

Peter Kreeft (1989). “Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing”, p.82, Ignatius Press

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Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered.

Victor J. Stenger

Life Is, Selling, Unbeatable

Victor J. Stenger (1990). “Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses”

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Mastering the art of asking questions is essential to creativity and innovation. A More Beautiful Question should be standard reading for all aspiring design thinkers as well an inspiration to those searching for a life of curiosity and meaning.

Tim Brown

Beautiful, Art, Inspiration

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If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.

Randy Moss

Heart, Love Is, Bills

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Unable to maintain their government-granted monopoly, the powerful railroad
interests turned to government to do the regulating and price-fixing which they
were unable to do themselves. In fact, the pressure that induced Congress to
enact the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 did not come from reformers bemoaning
abuses by the powerful railroad interests; it came from the railroad interests
themselves, asking Congress to shield them against the harsh winds of
competition.

Dan Smoot

Powerful, Government, Wind

Dan Smoot (1973). “The BUSINESS END of Government”

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We started by asking what’s wrong with the world, and we ended up discovering what’s right with it.

Tom Shadyac

World, Discovering

"Super Soul Sunday: Becoming More Self-Aware ", www.huffingtonpost.com. December 29, 2011.

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No can be an anointed word. We cannot be saviors to all. We are servants, daughters, sons, and brides, but not saviors. There is only one Savior. We cannot have His job. We are called and allowed to rest. God is able to keep His world going, and in the meantime it is very important we do not do more than He is asking.

Heidi Baker

Daughter, Jobs, Son

Heidi Baker (2014). “Birthing the Miraculous: The Power of Personal Encounters with God to Change Your Life and the World”, p.143, Charisma Media

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It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night.

Jonathan Dimbleby

Night, Thinking, Looks

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I have all these opinions about the dancers but they should be kept to myself. No one consults me. I keep asking to be invited to the dance tryouts but no one ever allows me there. I'll just say this: My general philosophy is that you can teach them to dance.

Daryl Morey

Philosophy, Dancer, Opinion

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There is no wrong answer. Even so, it is easy to receive wrong results, simply by asking the wrong question.

Brunonia Barry

Wrong Answers, Easy, Results

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And now I would like to give the blessing, but first - first I ask a favor of you: before the Bishop blesses his people, I ask you to pray to the Lord that he will bless me: the prayer of the people asking the blessing for their Bishop.

Pope Francis

Prayer, Blessing, People

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It takes asking many questions from many perspectives to truly understand something.

John Paul Caponigro

Perspective, Photographer

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The question to ask is what will satisfy you? What will bring you peace? And perhaps the answer to those is in asking yourself when you were last happy.

Eleanor Brown

Answers, Lasts, Asks

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I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.

Alan Alda

Good Enough, Enough, Found

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So for us, the condition and preparation on and by which we are sheltered by that great hand, is the faith that asks, and the asking of faith. We must forsake the earthly props, but we must also believingly desire to be upheld by the heavenly arms. We make God responsible for our safety when we abandon other defense, and commit ourselves to Him.

Alexander MacLaren

Hands, Safety, Preparation

Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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To demand that others should provide you textbook prognoses is like asking a strange woman to give birth to your baby. There are insights that can be born only of your own pain, and they are the most precious.

Janusz Korczak

Baby, Pain, Giving

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You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel you know, like the font and the essence and the source of all divine, creative, unknowable, eternal mystery is just a smidge too much responsibility to put on one fragile, human psyche. It's like asking somebody to swallow the sun.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Believe, Responsibility, Thinking

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If somebody's not prepared to answer the question, you can keep asking

Martin Bashir

Answers, Prepared, Ifs

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Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things... people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.

Bethany Hamilton

Media, People, Rude

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In London, almost all Jewish shops in the Whitechapel district were displaying placards denying entry to German salesmen and affirming their anti-Nazi boycott. Teenagers patrolled the streets distributing handbills asking shoppers to boycott German goods.

Edwin Black

Teenager, London, Nazi

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When we ask we are owning our needs. Asking for love, comfort or understanding is a transaction between two people. You are saying: I have a need. It's not your problem. It's not your responsibility. You don't have to respond, but I'd like something from you.
This frees the other person to connect with you freely and without obligation. When we own that our needs are our responsibility we allow others to love us because we have something to offer. Asking is a far cry from demanding. When we demand love, we destroy it.

Henry Cloud

Responsibility, Two, People

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