It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.
I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the law of nature and of nations.
The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility.
There is a growing recognition about China as a power in the ascent, and there is a question out there about what China will do with their new ascension.
Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.
How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry.
A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion.
Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.
I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way.
I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.
I want a man who isn't questioning who he is. I want a man to be able to stand next to me and not disappear and not be emasculated by my success.
The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.
If you are giving a graduate course you don't try to impress the students with oratory, you try to challenge them, get them to question you.
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask the question.
I think that people will always want music; I think that the form that they will get it in, or distributed to them from, and the price they pay for it is what's up in question.
I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
I'm a career actor. And I question this constant reliance on TV fame and celebrity.
I want people to start thinking about what it means to be HIV-positive and to ask questions about that.
