“All that you ask for, you shall have.”
Halldór Laxness book The Atom Station
Bui Arland
Atómstöðin (The Atom Station) (1948)
Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (2002)
“All that you ask for, you shall have.”
Halldór Laxness book The Atom Station
Bui Arland
Atómstöðin (The Atom Station) (1948)
“If you still have to ask, shame on you”
Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
Armstrong's response to the question what jazz is, cited by Max Jones et. al.: "Salute to Satchmo", I.P.C. Specialist & Professional Press Ltd 1970, page 25
Often misquoted as "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (third edition)
“If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.”
J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector
About purchasing a yacht; quoted in "Business Education World" (Gregg Publishing Company, 1961)
Attributed
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) American feminist, poet, author, and activist
Life Without and Life Within (1859), The One In All
“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
“As the aphorism says, If you have to ask, you can't afford it.”
Daniel Handler (1970) American novelist, children's writer, creator of Lemony Snicket
Veritable French Diner
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002)
“If you ask for guidance, you shall have it; and if you pursue something, you shall find it.”
Muhammad al-Mahdi (869–941) 12th and last Imam in Twelver Shia Islam
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.51 p. 339
General Quotes
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Sé que tienes nada. Por ello te pido todo. Para que tengas todo.
Voces (1943)
“You could have anything else in the world. and you asked for me.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Glass
Source: City of Glass