Top 100 Not Asking Quotes
#1. What the Lord wants is that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one.
Catherine Booth
#2. I'm not seeing tough questions asked on American television. I'm not seeing those correspondents that would question those in power. It's like a club. We are not asking the tough questions.
Jorge Ramos
#3. I could go on and on and on about how we use the word 'place' in so many different ways. About how somebody might ask you 'Where you at?' And they're not asking where are you sitting, where are you living, they're asking: 'How are you doing?
Justin Vernon
#4. It's a really unique job that is a little schizophrenic and you have to kind of do it with a sense of humor.The trick is figuring out what each job is asking of you and what it's not asking of you.
Ethan Hawke
#5. Here Sidney sat, with the ham sandwich and flask of tea that Mrs Maguire had prepared, and let thoughts come to him. It was a form of prayer, he decided. It was not asking or talking but waiting and listening. The
James Runcie
#6. You're not asking for input. You are asking your admirer's to prove they are paying attention.
Chris Cleave
#7. I'm not asking you to marry me, or even confessing my love for you. Those things take time, and work. This," he ran his fingers along her collarbone, "this takes chemistry.
Skye Callahan
#8. Look, I'm not asking you to like me, I'm not asking you to put yourself
in a position where I can touch your goodies, I'm just asking you to be
fair.
Homer
#9. He changed me...here" He tapped his chest. "I'm not sure I can be the same person I used to be."
"I'm not asking you for that, man. I'm not asking you to forget or even forgive. I'm telling you to find a way to get around it, not over it.
Ann Simko
#10. 20 And Isaiah says boldly: I was found by those who were not looking for Me; I revealed Myself to those who were not asking for Me.
Anonymous
#11. It is easy to get to a higher number when you are not asking anything difficult from yourself.
Barack Obama
#12. Sometimes you can get more answers by not asking any questions.
Kenneth Eade
#13. No windows give a better view than those a man brings with him in his head, not asking for tickets of admission, since at all functions, festivals, or feasts he looks out with the same nice self-composure.
Pedro Calderon De La Barca
#14. We are not asking everyone to do everything. We are simply asking all members to pray, knowing that if every member, young and old, will reach out to just "one" between now and Christmas, millions will feel the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. And what a wonderful gift to the Savior.
M. Russell Ballard
#15. I can't be forgiven so I am not asking you for forgiveness. We lost each other, and we will never find each other again.
Antonia Michaelis
#16. I'm not a saviour," he said.
She, of all people knew no one was and that she didn't deserve one.
"I'm not asking you to be.
Nicole Locke
#17. I know how you like to be asked and not told. But I'm not asking you to marry me ... I'm telling you to marry me, Lake.. because I can't live without you.
Colleen Hoover
#18. When women talk about their feelings, they're not asking for solutions.
Nick Nolte
#19. Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something
Dennis Prager
#20. We are not asking for something spectacular but rather for our sisters to find real self-fulfillment through wise self-development in the pursuit of righteous and worthy endeavors.
Spencer W. Kimball
#21. Don't be embarrassed about being loved. I'm not asking you for anything; just let me love you and play the piano again tonight, just once more, if I still have the strength to do it. In exchange I ask only one thing: If you hear anyone say that I'm dying, go straight to my ward. Let me have my wish.
Paulo Coelho
#23. No one worries about genre when they're dancing. They're not asking themselves, 'Is this song a dubstep song?'
Skrillex
#24. Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.
Charles Spurgeon
#25. I probably protect myself by not asking myself too much.
Sue Tompkins
#26. You love her that much,' she stated, not asking.
'That much,' he admitted in a whisper after a long moment of silence.
Andrzej Sapkowski
#27. It is not asking much
one person
out of all the world.
Sonya Hartnett
#28. You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.
Marcus Aurelius
#29. What is commonest, cheapest, nearest, easiest, is Me,
Me going in for my chances, spending for vast returns,
Adorning myself to bestow myself on the first that will take
me,
Not asking the sky to come down to my good will,
Scattering it freely forever.
Walt Whitman
#30. I'm the wife of a king, and the mother of kings. And I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. So fuck off, Jack.- Queen Christina (The Royal Treatment)
MaryJanice Davidson
#31. Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
Mother Teresa
#32. He's just not that into you if he's not asking you out. Because if he likes you, trust me, he will ask you out.
Greg Behrendt
#33. I'm not asking you fight. all i need is a ride. then you can crawl back under your rock and pretend the rest of the world doesn't exist all you like, but first, get your keys, little girl, we're leaving.
Dianne Sylvan
#34. Strike is always a form of direct action. With the strike, too, you are not asking government to make things easier for you by passing legislation, you are taking a direct action against the employer.
Howard Zinn
#35. The only mistake you can make is not asking for help.
Sandeep Jauhar
#36. There should be a disconnect button you can push when someone leaves: you've fucked me over; therefore I no longer love you. I'm not asking for the button to be connected to an ejector seat that removes them from the universe, just one small button that removes them from your heart.
Cath Crowley
#37. Ask God for what you want, but you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing. When you draw near to God, you cease from asking for things."Your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him." Then, why ask? That you may get to know Him.
Oswald Chambers
#38. I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.
Michael Gove
#39. Jesus is not asking you to sell the gospel; Jesus is asking you to preach the gospel. Mark 16:15
Felix Wantang
#40. Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let her receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of all her powers, so that she may enter profitably into the active business of life.
Lucretia Mott
#41. Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.
Kathleen Norris
#42. Not asking questions: Giving up on your dreams: Settling for less than you deserve causes you pain, a pain owned by the majority.
Be among the few who are inquisitive, forge plans to chase their dreams and take intentional action to live the life aligned with their potential.
Tony Curl
#43. It was not a big smile, not particularly bold or polite or ironic or glib, not asking for anything or offering anything, not stringy or careless, not, in short, like any smile I had ever experienced before. But such a smile! You could burn a hole in the world with that smile.
Meg Rosoff
#44. I love you, Tippy. I don't mean it to sound corny or kidlike, and I'm not asking you to love me. I just want you to know it, that's all.
Janet Lambert
#45. I've signed dicks, asses, parole cards, a colostomy bag while it was still pumping. A couple of years ago, I signed a bloody Tampax. That's one you don't forget. I'm not asking for someone to top that!
John Waters
#46. We ask for happiness but what we get is unhappiness. We all put our efforts into trying to be happy but we make a fundamental mistake: happiness is not related to the effort, happiness is related to not asking for it ...
Rajneesh
#47. I don't want to mar the moment with questions. By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything.
Aimee Friedman
#48. I'm not asking you to do your best. I'm asking you to do your job. -Dagny Taggart
Ayn Rand
#49. I am not asking you to understand, Papa. I'm asking for you to accept."
"Accept what?"
Me. Accept me, Papa. "My decision to live my own life as I see fit."
It is so quiet that I suddenly wish I could take it back. Sorry, it was only a terrible joke. I should like a new dress, please.
Libba Bray
#50. Ciara, there are certain things a man does not ask of a lady."
"You are not asking."
"Aye.
Shelly Thacker
#51. As an American citizen, I'm not asking for any special treatment - the only thing I ask and want is to be treated just like an Illegal Alien.
Howie Carr
#52. I'm not asking either of you," my husband answered sharply. "I expect you to mount her. I expect you to fuck her. I expect you to make her come. And I expect her to let you.
Sierra Simone
#53. CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
Adora Svitak
#54. There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much.
May Sarton
#55. I'm a Mormon, but I share your faith in the atonement of the savior, Jesus Christ. In my faith, we have a guy who gave his life for what he believed in. You don't have to believe it; I'm not asking you to. I'm asking you, "What is it that you believe? Are you willing to give your life?"
Glenn Beck
#56. Fashion has always been a little slow in accommodating large women ... We're not asking for philanthropy here. Wake up, we're fat, we like nice clothes, and we've got cash.
Camryn Manheim
#57. Here's to adrenaline.
Here's to dramatic abandon of protocol.
Here's to treasured pain and purple rain.
Here's to chasing our souls,
burning across to sky.
Here's to drinking the ash as it falls,
and not asking why.
Virginia Petrucci
#58. You are not asking me. I am asking you. Our lives are in God's hands now. Perhaps he has plans, a mission for us to fulfill. Instead of a soldier of Rome, you might now be a messenger of God. But if not, then I still choose to be your wife, for whatever time he allows us to have.
Janette Oke
#59. I'm not asking that people accept homosexuality. I'm not asking that they believe like I do that it's inborn. I'm not asking that. All I'm saying is don't let these children suffer without a family because of your bias.
Rosie O'Donnell
#60. Oh no. Hell no. I'm not asking Ma for one of her bras. That's just ... wrong." ... "Your woman. You do it." ... " You go. We'll pay for your therapy later.
Maya Banks
#61. You're not asking me for advice, you're asking me for permission.
Steve Maraboli
#62. Unfortunately, being low maintenance also meant not asking for what you needed and never inconveniencing anyone.
Brene Brown
#63. You curate information that you want to receive. It's a lot different because I'm not asking you if it's okay, I'm just saying I'm following your updates. That's why I don't think of Twitter as a social network.
Biz Stone
#64. We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.
Arlen Specter
#65. I am not asking you as a white person to see yourself as an enslaver. I'm asking you as an American to see all of the freedoms that you enjoy and see how they are rooted in things that the country you belong to condoned or actively participated in the past.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
#66. One way to ease liquidity for banks is that the government can buy all highly rated securities held by the banks. Every single bank in the U.A.E. has some sovereign debts in their portfolios. I am not asking them to buy any junk bonds, rather the high quality U.A.E. government debt.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
#67. I'm not asking you to love me. I'm asking you to let me love you. I'm fine if you never say it. I just want you, Madison.
R.L. Mathewson
#69. I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business. But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love.
Michelle Obama
#70. The Spirit is the one that is love. Can you understand total love ? Can you understand something that just gives and enjoys giving and not asking for anything ? Loving for loves sake, that's what is your Spirit. It is watching you with that love, that total love.
Nirmala Srivastava
#71. The Universe does not judge; it conspires in favor of what we want. That is why the Warrior has the courage to look into the dark places of his soul in order to ensure that he is not asking for the wrong things. And he is always very careful about what he thinks.
Paulo Coelho
#72. I am not a noble, I do not have the blood of knights in me." Elissa squeezed his hands. "I am not asking for your blood, but your heart.
Brad Clark
#73. I have an Easter challenge for Christians. My challenge is simply this: tell me what happened on Easter. I am not asking for proof. My straightforward request is merely that Christians tell me exactly what happened on the day that their most important doctrine was born.
Dan Barker
#74. By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything..like..a starry night in the mountains, or even the existence of fate.
Aimee Friedman
#75. He's not asking me to make a choice. He's telling me to take a stand. I'm either with him or against him. All or nothing. I'm disgusted with the whole business. I don't want smicha if the price I have to pay for it is to stop thinking.
Chaim Potok
#77. You don't have to be better, or healed, or over your husband. You just have to be here. That's all I'm asking for. I'm not asking for forever. I'm just asking you to be here, now, with me.
Anne Calhoun
#78. I'm not asking you to stay. I'm asking you to come back.
Jamie McGuire
#79. If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?
Jack Canfield
#80. I thought one way to try to hold on to the power was to write the script myself. That way, I could say to filmmakers, "I'm not asking you to hire me unseen. I'm just saying, 'Here's my script. Can we work together?'" So that worked out well.
Emma Donoghue
#81. Cassius shook his head and sighed "I want to have just one conversation with you that doesn't required GPS to navigate. I'm not asking for the world-just one normal conversation. We used to talk. Remember that?
Gabrielle Evans
#82. Come, come, come? I'm not asking for hundreds of pounds, just a little to start with. Will someone say ten shillings?'
'I can say it, Father' said Milligan, 'but I haven't got it.'
'I've got it,' thought Dr Goldstein, 'but I'm not going to say it.
Spike Milligan
#83. Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation's seniors. We're not asking for special treatment for rural America, just a fair deal.
Bennie Thompson
#84. I was not asking, sir." Jameson. Looked. Shocked. "Where on earth did you go for lunch, Sanders?" he asked, almost laughing.
Stylo Fantome
#85. I'm not asking for sympathy, but it would be nice if you could give me a bit more in the way of a response. Other than those cold interjections of yours - ohs and ums. How about a conjunction? A conjunction would be nice. A yet or a but.
Haruki Murakami
#86. a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime
Haruki Murakami
#87. Being a male capable of grunting, sweating, and not asking for directions, but not yet having conqured a women ... in our culture, that wasn't manhood, that was dorksville!
Eric Ludy
#88. My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being.
Chuck D
#89. Yes, well, I'm not asking you to hide anything. Hiding won't help you. You can't very well hide from a pit, can you? You just need to avoid falling into it. - Brohan Madhrarigal
Gregory S. Close
#90. We have pledged to be the greenest government ever. We must lead by example ... We are not asking others to do things we will not do ourselves.
Charles Hendry
#91. The armored men counted to three, then burst inside the flat, shouting impressive things like "clear!" or "go go go!" as they did. Oda said, "Gum?"
"You chew gum?"
"No. but I always carry it, to use as barter when visiting prisons."
"Do you see how I'm not asking you?"
"Smart.
Kate Griffin
#92. True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Prayer is the utilization of the love wherewith He loves us.
Mary Baker Eddy
#93. The most creative and most periods of my life that were, had the most growth, were the ones where I was perceived to be failing. Perceived success is a, is really hard 'cause it doesn't really, it's not asking you to grow, see failure is asking you to grow.
Ethan Hawke
#94. Self-Enquiry is not asking you to believe or to trust - it is putting a mirror in front of you and asking you to look. Enquiry is suited to many people in the West, because we are more mental. And it is very direct. So unsparing is its look that nothing can escape.
Mooji
#95. Oh."
"And by this," said Liru, "I hope that you mean, 'Sorry for making stupid assumptions and not asking your help for a mutual friend."
"Well, isn't that what 'Oh' translates to in Fenn?
Jonathan Renshaw
#96. People have to change their concepts of aging and I am not asking them to do so based on some fanciful notion, but on scientific fact.
Deepak Chopra
#97. I'm not asking much,' he said. 'Only a miracle. Can you do this?'
Wong looked down at the briefing papers in front of him for a moment. Then he looked at Tambi in the eye. 'Miracles we have fifteen per cent extra surcharge. Is it okay?
Nury Vittachi
#98. When we engage people in conversations about great work, we're not asking them to solve a problem for us. We're not selling something, nor are we asking for some kind of handout. What we're really doing is inviting them to participate with us in the shared enjoyment of making a difference.
David Sturt
#99. Jay's large body covered her. Oh God, the welcome weight of him. His mouth descended on hers, not asking, not seeking, but demanding she meet his need. She wrapped her arms around his neck and arched up into him as her tongue darted into his mouth, met his, and mated in a hot, heady tangle.
Kate Kelly
#100. Ethan: "I'm not asking you to continue that night."
Karis: "Then what are you asking?"
Ethan: "For a whole new night.
Monique DeVere
