We are always looking for signs. We are always asking for God to 'speak' to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always 'speaking'. The question is whether we are listening.
The secret of our lost mode of prayer is to shift our perspective of life by feeling that the miracle has already happened and our prayers have been answered. Now we have the opportunity to bring this wisdom into our lives as prayers of gratitude for what already exists, rather than asking for our prayers to be answered.
If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?
People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens.
One of the things that got me transitioning from physical science to brain science was asking, Why do we understand so much about the universe?
The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?
Glenn Beck retired or got fired. . . and a lot of people are asking who will now speak for the raving lunatics who startle you outside of a parking garage?
So, are we equals? Until he answer is yes, we must never stop asking.
I'M ASKING YOU TO BELIEVE. . . not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington. . . I'm asking you to believe in yours.
Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.
Preacher is a great frustration because I thought it was done, and then it got put in the press notes for the [Frankenweenie] junket and everyone started asking about it again. Preacher could be filmed, at any point. It's sort of ready to go, but it's lacking a green light. At some point, that green light might come, but it may never come. So, I have to allow for the fact that I've done everything I can, and whatever happens with it, happens with it.
Motherhood was the beginning of my own journey asking the question, 'Why am I here?' I had to stop and think: What am I doing to teach my daughter? What do I believe in?
I get all these loser preps coming up to me asking for autographs and all this crap, and I really want to tell them, 'My music is not for people like you!
Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.
When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.
We decided that it was no good asking what is the meaning of life, because life isn't an answer, life is the question, and you, yourself, are the answer.
You should be constantly asking yourself: What do I want to say next? What do I believe in? Who am I? What is my image? To be a successful photographer, you have to have a unique point of view otherwise you'll get lost in the mix.
there is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking.
Modern neuroimaging is like asking an astronaut in the space shuttle to look out the window and judge how America is doing.
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'