To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the questioner.
Anne Rice

Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.
Ivan Pavlov

It is not every question that deserves an answer.
Publilius Syrus

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
William Tecumseh Sherman

He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that.
Monica Lewinsky

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
Ivan Turgenev

Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow.
Evita Peron

If you are Iraqi, you know who I am... and you know that I do not tire. I am the president of Iraq and I refuse to answer these questions because this court is illegitimate.
Saddam Hussein

I am not going to answer to this so-called court, out of respect for the truth and the will of the Iraqi people. I've said what I've said, and I'm not guilty.
Saddam Hussein

I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there.
Robert Smith

To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.
Leonhard Euler

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.
Sheryl Crow

I prefer the smaller budget versus the bigger budget because the mentality that goes along with big budget filmmaking doesn't really suit me; the mind-set that money is the answer.
Keenen Ivory Wayans

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.
Keenen Ivory Wayans

But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just to live. But you're doing that anyway. However you intellectualise it, you still just live.
Damien Hirst

But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.
Damien Hirst

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.
Mel Gibson

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.
Tim Robbins

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Eugene Ionesco

Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions.
Pete Seeger