Top 100 Always Ask Quotes
#1. Everyone's really sweet, really nice. The 'Buffy' fans always ask me to do Kendra's lines in Kendra's accent.
Bianca Lawson
#3. People always ask about the transition from TV show to a movie, but it felt like just going to a different school. You don't really notice the transition, when you're in the moment.
Shailene Woodley
#4. Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems.
Peter Bichsel
#5. So if we approach church membership from the perspective of entitlement, we have it upside down. You always ask first what you can do for your church.
Thom S. Rainer
#6. People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'
Rita Ora
#7. Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.
Sam Altman
#8. Always ask yourself the question Is this going to help get me to my goal or not?
Bob Proctor
#9. People always ask me, how do you teach core values? The answer is, you don't. The goal is not to get people to share your core values. It's to get people who already share your core values.
Robert Spector
#10. You must question everything. You have to always ask why, and if you do not understand the answer, you ask again.
Gemma Malley
#11. It is tough, every time. The ensemble is great. I would always ask Andrew, "Is this how Hollywood is? Is this how every TV show and movie is?" And he was like, "No, dude. This is not. Do not get used to this. Be thankful that this is how your first gig is."
Steven Yeun
#12. I'm not like paparazzi. I never force myself on anyone. I always ask, and some places offer money. And so I try and get these photos to give you, the viewer, a real look at what I was seeing.
Henry Rollins
#13. People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.
Ellen DeGeneres
#14. One moment people should learn that they must find their answers not to ask but to find. In real life you can't always ask, if you are ask you show how much stupid are you really!
Deyth Banger
#15. A character, sir, may always ask a man who he is. Because a character has really a life of his own, marked with his special characteristics; for which reason he is always "somebody." But a man - I'm not speaking of you now - may very well be 'nobody'.
Luigi Pirandello
#16. Adults always ask kids how they are doing at school. The one subject kids absolutely hate talking about. You don't even want to talk about school when you are at school.
David Walliams
#17. The first things people always ask are,
why?
And how?
But not with me.
I don't want to do anything.
I don't want to be anything.
I want to disappear elegantly.
I want people to look for my goodbye note
and find nothing but smoke.
Lora Mathis
#18. Friends always ask me what the best Indian restaurant in L.A. is. I'm like, 'I don't know, dude. I have an app on my iPhone for that.'
Noureen DeWulf
#19. People always ask me if I'm nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn't seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.
Magda Apanowicz
#20. I avoid falling into a trap of doing work solely to impress people. I always ask myself, "What don't I ever see?"
Dev Hynes
#21. People always ask me about career choices, though it rarely ever seems like any kind of choice. It's just like, I really want to do something, this is what I can do, and that's it. I'm lucky to be doing this at all.
Emile Hirsch
#22. Whenever I meet someone new, I always ask the same question ... 'So, what do you do?
Daniel H. Pink
#23. I'm not in the movie business anymore, and hardly any 70 year olds are. I always ask the producers: 'Are there no 70-year old vampires?' Apparently there are not - or even zombies for that matter. I guess they all get eaten.
Brian Dennehy
#24. You don't really think that things will ever get better, but they do. People always ask me, "What would you say to gay teen youth that are suicidal, or someone who is addicted right now?," and it's hard to say with words that things will change, but they do.
Patty Schemel
#25. People always ask my mom what I did as a kid. My mom says, "He wasn't a bad kid. He was never an unruly kid, always listened and obeyed."
Larry The Cable Guy
#26. The fans always ask me, 'Is Si that crazy in real life?' and I said, 'No, hey, he tones it down for television.'
Si Robertson
#27. Success comes from continually expanding your frontiers in every direction-creatively, financially, spiritually, and physically. Always ask yourself, what can I improve? Who else can I talk to? Where else can I look?
James Altucher
#28. People always ask 'Why is Bubba different?' They're just trying to figure it out.
Bubba Watson
#29. We always ask where the time went. We never ask where it's coming from.
James Lileks
#30. My dad, coming from a very traditional family, always wanted me to be a doctor. So he would always ask me, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' And I'd have to say 'Dr. Chen.'
Jane Chen
#31. You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
Florence Welch
#32. I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing.
Uzo Aduba
#33. I'm the problem of anxiety we must, therefore, always ask the question of what vital value is being threatened
Rollo May
#34. Do you always ask me the same questions you ask him?"
"It depends on whether or not I get an answer.
Anne Bishop
#35. A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
Magic Johnson
#36. I always ask my dad, 'Why wasn't I a lefty?' Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.
Serena Williams
#37. People always ask me if I believe diamonds are a girl's best friend. Frankly, I don't.
Marilyn Monroe
#38. Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you - and give it to you.
James A. Owen
#39. People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.
Victoria Justice
#40. One has to always ask the question: Where can one be most effective in helping shape policies? It is always difficult when you're inside because you're very constrained.
Joseph Stiglitz
#41. You always ask if I'm okay
But it's not the same as being happy
Frank Turner
#42. When I go to buy a book, I always ask if it is right for me at this time, something I need right now. I think a lot of people go out and buy books because they love to read. They read it really fast and then move on to the next book. I don't do that.
Echo Bodine
#43. I always ask my brides, 'Who are you, and what do you want to tell everybody?'
Reem Acra
#44. I look at my grandparents and what they dealt with in the Japanese internment in Arizona. That sense of perseverance, of making the best out of an incredibly bad situation, has always been something I drew inspiration from. I always ask myself, 'What in the world do I have to complain about?'
Scott Fujita
#45. Thank you for giving me the courage to always ask the questions, even when I don't want the answers.
Colleen Hoover
#46. Always ask for the truth. Just make sure the time is right.
Jessica Sorensen
#47. Throughout my years in business, I discovered something. I would always ask why you do things. The answers that I would invariably get are: 'Oh, that's just the way things are done around here.' Nobody knows why they do what they do. Nobody thinks very deeply about things in business.
Steve Jobs
#49. If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.
Gautama Buddha
#50. Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
Chanakya
#51. If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.
Henry Ward Beecher
#52. Always ask yourself what will make you happy over the long term.
Steven Redhead
#54. People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory.
Pele
#55. People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.
Lech Walesa
#56. How much of what we do, from the ridiculous to the sublime, would not be done if we did not die? In tha blank face of mortality we always ask , "What's next?
Thomas Lynch
#57. People always ask me what I'm doing on the subway, but I love it! Sometimes I like to ride in the front car and look out the window at the rats.
John Waters
#58. I'd always ask my grandma, who was so, so smart, why she didn't work, and she would explain that her parents didn't approve of her working after she had children. She didn't feel like she had choices.
Reese Witherspoon
#59. Nothing is truly free. Every gift has a price, paid for by someone in coin, favors, expectations or goods.
Things get a little sticky when Life shows up wanting to collect on something you thought was free.
Always ask the price.
Jaime Buckley
#60. Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
Nate Ruess
#61. Good that you ask
you should always ask, always have doubts.
Hermann Hesse
#62. All of us have a 'voice' inside where all inspired thoughts come from. When I talk to children and aspiring writers, I always ask them to turn off the TV and listen to that voice inside them.
Patricia Polacco
#63. Whenever I hear someone make a highly improbable assumption, I always ask, "What's your second choice?
Tom Haikin
#64. My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. It sucked. As a little girl I had blond hair and they'd look at me, look at him, and be disgusted.
Mariah Carey
#65. Even when I was little, people would always ask me if I wanted to be a movie star, and I would always say, 'No, I just want to be an actor.'
Wil Wheaton
#66. People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'
Serj Tankian
#67. The great thing about meditation is that I don't ask for anything. Whereas when I pray I always ask for things!
Rick Springfield
#68. I've always been attracted to unusual eyewear. I thought glasses were an interesting accessory, depending on the shape of your face. People would always ask me, "Why are your frames so large?" And I would say, "The bigger to see you!" And that shut them up.
Iris Apfel
#69. Always ask the questions you want to, life is too short to know if you'll get a second chance to ask , and afterlife is probably too long to wonder what the answer may be.
Kaitlin Hollon
#70. People always ask me, how do you do everything you do?
Susan Lucci
#72. Slow down and self-edit and ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything: "Does this need to be said?" "Does this need to be said by me?" "Does this need to be said by me now?"
Craig Ferguson
#73. People always ask me for my secret. There isn't one. You've just got to keep a level head and stay away from greed, which is the worst thing that can happen to a successful person.
Dennis Washington
#74. For some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.
Markus Zusak
#75. I seem to spend a minimum of eight hours a day in transit of some sort or another ... that's eight hours of your life gone. People always ask if I suffer from jet lag, but it's kinda become really normal for me ... Although the jet lag does become a factor and you're pretty much always tired.
Skrillex
#76. For something to be forbidden, Leila, someone must make it forbidden. Ask why. Always ask yourself why.
Alex Stargazer
#77. People always ask me when they see me working out, "What are you training for?" The answer is I'm training for life.
Laird Hamilton
#78. Americans always ask how much I love my accent, and I don't get that - I think I sound like a school teacher.
Freddie Stroma
#79. Be ... suspicious ... of all those who employ the term 'we' or 'us' without your permission. This is [a] form of surreptitious conscription ... Always ask who this 'we' is; as often as not it's an attempt to smuggle tribalism through the customs.
Christopher Hitchens
#80. We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic.
Lance Burton
#81. That's when I remember if you have a choice, always ask friends to leave in a very nice voice.
Lorraine Loria
#82. As a boy in school, I already had the drive to be No. 1. If I achieve my goals, OK, but if not, I always ask why and try to rectify myself.
John Gokongwei
#83. I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
Natalie Portman
#84. A second even more obvious sign is that the person will stop talking. If we are uncertain as to whether we have stayed long enough in the process, we can always ask, "Is there more that you wanted to say"?
Marshall B. Rosenberg
#85. I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they'd want me to be in them.
Bill Hader
#86. One of our urgent opportunities is to respond to a child when he earnestly asks, remembering that they don't always ask.
Richard L. Evans
#87. People always ask what a book is about, as if it has to be about something. I don't want to write books that lend themselves to that sort of description. My books are more a kind of breaking-down.
Jonathan Safran Foer
#88. The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego.
James Altucher
#89. In any important relationship, we must always ask should we stay or leave. Perchance the correct answer exits in the reason for hanging on and the reason for finally moving on. Perchance self-sacrifice is required. Conversely, perhaps selfishness is called for as an act of self-preservation.
Kilroy J. Oldster
#90. You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!
Giorgio Armani
#91. I just want to tell a good story, so I always ask myself, 'Are these people real to me?'
Ruth Rendell
#92. Commitment is a word that cannot stand alone. We must always ask, "Committed to what?" ... let us be committed to ... using Jesus Christ as our master teacher.
Marvin J. Ashton
#93. The question I always ask is: 'Where are all the women directors in America?' You know, where's the female Martin Scorsese, the female David Lynch?
Gillian Armstrong
#94. Funny," [Antryg] said, "if you're a mage, they always ask you to read the future, as if knowing it will help. I think three-fourths of all prayers prayed are for two and two not to equal four.
Barbara Hambly
#95. When asked "If you could meet any famous person living or dead," I always ask whether the dead person would be alive again when I meet them.
Ashish Chauhan
#96. People always ask me, 'What is it that you regret?' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices.
Katy Perry
#97. Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm that God's blessings are being given, and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.
Norman Vincent Peale
#98. People always ask me, 'Why did your wife take that extra job?' What they don't know is that four out of five days a week she's going to be home having dinner with us by five o'clock.
Mark Consuelos
#99. I tend to have a lot of jokes about ex-girlfriends. They always ask me if they will be the subject of a joke, and I always tell them they won't. Unless they do something crazy. They all tend to, so you know where that goes. There are no closed doors. The 'art' will suffer.
Adam DeVine
#100. People always ask, "What's the worst thing heroin drove you to do?". I always answer, "showing up on Maury.
Jerry Stahl
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