“There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.”
George Jones (1931–2013) American musician, singer and songwriter
Source: I Lived to Tell It All (1996, ebook 2014), Page 148.
Source: The Long Walk
“There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.”
George Jones (1931–2013) American musician, singer and songwriter
Source: I Lived to Tell It All (1996, ebook 2014), Page 148.
Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer
Source: A Thousand Mornings
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
1800s, First Inaugural Address (1801)
“God does not answer our desperate questionings; he simply gives us himself.”
Francois Mauriac (1885–1970) French author
V.S. Pritchett (1900–1997) British writer and critic
"Rider Haggard: Still Riding", p. 25
The Tale Bearers: English and American Writers (1980)
“That question is too good to spoil with an answer.”
Harry Mulisch book The Discovery of Heaven
Source: The Discovery of Heaven
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
1800s, First Inaugural Address (1801)
Context: Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
“some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.”
Jeff VanderMeer book Annihilation
Source: Annihilation