Quote by Samuel Butler
For every why he had a wherefore. - Samuel Butler

For every why he had a wherefore. – Samuel Butler

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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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Always eat grapes downward — that is eat the best grapes first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot. – Samuel Butler

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Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: Whats good about this? Whats not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fun doing it? – Charles Connolly

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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 – Bible

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You dont want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colours from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them. – Richard Bach

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You dont always get what you ask for, but you never get what you dont ask for… unless its contagious! – Franklyn Broude

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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. – Thomas Carlyle

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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? – John Adams

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