Answer Quotes

Yes, ‘n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they’re forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind, The answer is blowin’ in the wind. (Robert Zimmerman)

Almost all important questions are important precisely because they are not susceptible to quantitative answer.

Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don’t have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind. The answer is twelve? (“Peanuts”)

Answers are a perilous grip in the universe. They can appear sensible yet explain nothing.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

I will not take “but” for an answer.

The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions.

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.

“What is the answer?” she asked, and when no answer came she laughed and said: “Then, what is the question?”