Questioned Quotations

Growing up, I came to love Egypt and respect Islam, but I never thought to go beyond the surface. Back in Canada, many of my father's Egyptian friends questioned his decision not to raise his only child more strictly in the faith. I was not taught salat, the Muslim ritual of prayer, nor did I study Arabic.

The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of this went beyond the Brotherhood to include the Salafist tendency in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya that had questioned the democratic path.

I knew early on after the first couple episodes were fully scored and animated that we had a real quality show here. But I always questioned whether or not it would work.

'Nothin' on You' changed my life: I finally feel that I reached the point where I wanna be at. At times I questioned whether it was worth the sacrifice, but now I see it was.

This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was qualified, whether or not I could take it.

As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't considered to be 'black' choices. For example, joining the swim team when it is a known fact that 'black folk don't swim'; or choosing to become a vegetarian when blacks clearly love chicken.

A couple of years ago, right before I made 'Down to You,' there was a moment when I questioned what I was doing and if it meant anything. I felt like I wasn't accomplishing anything, that the goals I'd set were silly goals. Finally, I realized I just loved acting. It was a very clear moment, and my whole life changed then.

I had parents who were incredibly loving and nurturing and always made me feel beautiful, so I never really questioned that.

I have sometimes questioned the advice and direction I received from my parents and grandparents, but I never questioned the fact that they loved me. I learned that they were in a better position to know more about right and wrong than I did from my limited understanding and from my limited experience.

Having one's traditional role questioned is not a very comfortable experience, perhaps especially for women, who have been able to remain children, and to benefit from work they did not and could not do.

We're sorry to see it go. It took 30 years to put that name back on a Pontiac car. GTO did what it needed to do: Give us a credible performance vehicle to attract people into showrooms. Even those who quibbled about the styling never questioned the car's performance.

We have questioned three individuals who have provided us with lots of information.

The pope has long promised to lead the church in coming to terms with some of its sins on the occasion of the Jubilee. For him, it's the culmination of many years of work, as a pontiff who lost a lot of his Jewish friends during the horror of the Holocaust and questioned the complicity of his own faith as a result.

We've run into two pretty good defenses in a row, but we've still got a good offense. We just need to get back to basics and do what we do. I never questioned our effort. We had our guys giving it everything they had out there, we just need to play a complete game.

When we started this journey three years ago, many people questioned our ability to rebuild United into a company with a sustainable future, but together we have created a fundamentally better airline -- strong, confident and ready to compete with the world's best.

'Lost' fans were fantastic fans. I've said this before, but they were rabid, and they questioned everything - they were merciless, but I loved them for that.

Many people have questioned what happened. At least this will give us some support to have a different decision, to have an inquest.

She was having trouble in kindergarten and we questioned it, but not a whole lot because she wasn't having that much trouble. Then, when she went to the first grade, they kept saying 'She's immature, she's immature' and we finally got her tested in the first grade and they said she needed speech therapy, which was a big problem.

On April 16, 2010, 34 Chinese environmental organizations, including Friends of Nature, the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Green Beagle, questioned heavy metal pollution in a letter sent to CEO Steve Jobs.

She questioned the very nature of what I do - she thought dance was 'showing off'. That attracted me, because you could argue.

Most 'silent' heart attacks really aren't silent; they're just not noticed. If questioned carefully, many patients will recall some vague symptoms, such as indigestion or back pain, that they blamed on something else at the time.

Mr. Armour questioned him as to what it was. He said he wasn't sure but he felt that he could not continue the route.

Nobody ever questioned your honesty. I have never thought of you as less than an honest person.

No one questioned the investigation 10 years ago, but there are enough holes being discovered now and obvious questions that weren't posed to make me want the answers now.

I was sitting in a gym, and he started banging in threes. I saw him in the Augusta Peach Jam. A lot of people questioned why we recruited him. A lot of people told Tyler that he wouldn't be able to play here. A couple of other coaches when he committed made comments like 'Don't call us when you transfer because you won't play there.' I was confident that he was a good player.

I am confident that this nominee will be thoroughly questioned but also well-received by all members of our committee.

I am still a Catholic. I still believe life begins at conception. That is consistent with my Catholic beliefs. And I believe we must protect life. Whenever abortion comes up, we get questioned about the exceptions, but no one ever questions the extreme positions on the other side: late-term abortions, no on parental notification.

Baseball in the past has taken a back seat to some of the other sports in terms of expansion. This is a huge step. You've got the players' association and the owners coming together on this. I think it's a great idea. People have questioned the timing of it, but when you think about it, when else are you going to have it?

I lost a toenail on my foot and he questioned whether it was a real injury or not.

I don't think we questioned anything. Every team has a rough spot during the season -- we just had it during most of the season. And we overcame all of it.

I don't think we played fantastic. Our transition defense was suspect. We made some bad decisions early in the second half, but then we picked it up. We questioned ourselves, but we have the answers now.

I get questioned for third-and -5, running the draw, trying to tie the game up before the half. I'm going to answer all those questions between now until the end of the season. I understand that. But the same scenario, they're on the 27-yard line, they missed a field goal. How about that?

If the action is to take place without the support of the council, its legitimacy will be questioned and the support for it will be diminished,

He went to his chain of command. He questioned some of the interrogation techniques, and he was told as a soldier he was to follow orders and that intelligence wants additional information,

He has to be questioned ... he has the right to be heard, to be listened to, so that he explains his participation or non-participation in the events.

The people in Homeland Security who questioned the city were being totally petty and totally wrong and engaging in a petty turf war,

He's a kid who has worked hard all year. He questioned at times why he wasn't playing enough, but he stuck with it. I told him that he was going to get his shot, and tonight he really answered the bell.

His temperament is always there to be questioned because he plays on the edge. He wouldn't be the same player if you took it away. I know that's a clich?, but it's true.

His temperament is always there to be questioned because he plays on the edge, ... He wouldn't be the same player if you took it away. I know that's a clich?, but it's true.

He was questioned by Port Authority Police at 8 a.m. and several times since then. His story checks out,

This was our O.J. Simpson case. Everybody questioned - was he a forger or not? Was he a murderer or not? In the plea, he had to come out and say he was guilty of the forgeries and the murders.

I think we've all been waiting for Joe to come out and show what he can do. In the past, sometimes me and Joe have questioned what we're supposed to be doing on the court, but you can see him getting more comfortable.

I think a lot of people questioned what position I would play in this league. With some reason, they should have. But considering the way I played in the combine and how much I showed those guys, I was comfortable and relaxed at the perimeter position. I think that gave them some confidence to give me the opportunity to get picked in the first round.

I think anybody who has ever questioned our killer instinct, finally I think we're understanding what's that about.

I think so. Me, personally, I did, because you never want to be questioned by your owner. You never want your attitude questioned, your heart questioned, so I did. I took it a little personally, and I just wanted to play tough all night and get to the basket.

Koizumi was not rooted in Japan's rightwing nationalist tradition: he was a pragmatist and a populist. Abe, in contrast, is a rightwing nationalist. Unlike Koizumi, for example, he has questioned the validity of the postwar Tokyo trials of Japan's wartime leaders, which found many of them guilty of war crimes.

I saw it and I questioned it, and (the male employee) said that's what everybody calls it.

Our staff not only received the reports from these agencies, they examined them. They questioned them.

Robbie Loomis is a great guy, and sometimes I have questioned whether he's too accommodating,

People more familiar with state government have questioned how we can guarantee that our state appropriations will be adequate to guarantee tuition.

People have questioned whether we can win on the road. We've got to prove that we can.

People have questioned Rudy and I have said simply that Rudy is emerging every day. You are watching something wonderful before you.

I think people questioned why I played the rookies on the first day. I thought if they were the players I thought they were, they'd be OK after one or two holes, and they did great.

I think people questioned whether we were even interested in trying to win this, you know, maybe focusing too much on the World Cup.

We've talked to lots of people who were at the hotel and nobody was questioned -- either there or at the airport or when they got back to Thunder Bay.

The appropriateness of the design has been questioned by many people because of the crescent's prominent use as a symbol in Islam - and the fact that the hijackers were radical Islamists,

The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I've always been questioned about my historical veracity, and 'Downton' just flies past, when it's completely made up.

That was the biggest shot of the game. That was a big momentum stopper there. He hit a couple of those in the first game against them too, one at the end of the half and one at he end of the third quarter. He took a couple of long ones that I questioned him about last game. Maybe he knows more than I know. He does a lot of things for us.

That was something we questioned the guys about ourselves. It seemed like we were going through the motions rather than playing ball like we're capable of. Certainly we showed a lot more life in the second game.

Me, personally, I was (motivated). You never want to be questioned by the owner. You never want your attitude questioned, your heart questioned. I know I took it personally. I came out and wanted to play tough all night.

Mike had been looking for a new contract and really had endured a lot of unfair criticism for holding out in Green Bay and a lot of people questioned his decision. He got the last laugh. In effect, he got traded and he got the new contact that he wanted. For those people that were knocking and ridiculing him for holding out and questioning his logic, he landed with the team that he was real excited about playing for and he landed a contract that he felt comfortable with and pays him like the elite corners in the league.

Whoever wins, it's going to be a prestigious city. I'm often questioned who might be the winner and I'm always inclined to say the winner is the IOC.

We were having so much trouble getting the cars feeling the same, I started questioning the work the guys were doing if they were cutting corners or setting them up right. I questioned what was going on with the weight, and we got to looking in the books and saw it got away from us.

True. But I wasn't talking about the movie. I mean we're 'stir crazy,' as in bored as heck. We miss life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind. If a miracle should happen and Pittsburgh wins this game, then the notion of clinching home-field advantage early will be questioned forever.

When we questioned him about his whereabouts he was unable to give any satisfactory answer.

The rap on him coming out, talking with some of the other tight end coaches in the league, they questioned his hands and I was glad they did. I had my eyes on him from the beginning and he was the one I wanted. I was just fortunate and blessed, I'd say, to be able to get him in the third round.

When a defendant makes a request for a lawyer, all questioning must stop until a lawyer is on the scene. The fact that Shaw made two requests for a lawyer and was questioned for twenty minutes indicates a violation of his rights, assuming that is what really happened. My understanding is that Miranda does not legitimize a confession obtained by questioning a defendant who has repeatedly asked for a lawyer.

We had 20 guys that, at one point, didn't know where their families were or questioned whether they had a home.

This was a heart-and-soul type of game. I've questioned the toughness of our players a couple times. When you lose four in a row and you do what we had to do to win, that's a tremendous tribute to the toughness of these kids.

When she went to the kindergarten to pick up the child, the teachers questioned her and asked her if she was a family member. When she said she wasn't, the teachers wouldn't let the child go as they thought it could be dangerous.

The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives,

Yes. Well, I know who they are alleged to be ... And I have asked questions just this week as to why these people whose names are, rightly or wrongly, in common currency, why they aren't being questioned and why they aren't being charged.

The public has rightfully questioned the logic of building new roads when the forest service is inadequately funded to maintain its existing road system.

This turns the flame up under the kettle and keeps the water boiling. It means he's going to continue to be peppered with questions about this stock sale, and no politician wants to be questioned about things like that.

We've questioned everyone we could, ran down every lead, and we still have no answers. What can we do? There are pieces of these puzzles missing, and we just don't have them yet.

There have been a number of officers who have been questioned by our internal affairs investigators during the past few days. Obviously, we have concerns about not only an officer failing to do his job properly, but we also want to determine if any staff member aided and abetted who was responsible for this incident.

As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and it's really important that the status quo can be questioned and that there are people doing that.

As the special election has dragged on, one of the side effects have been greater voter cynicism about the reasons the governor called the election, ... The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives.

Cuban baseball, Olympic and world champion, was always questioned because it didn't face professionals. And look, they reached the Classic final.

Erika made a commitment to succeed academically. A lot of coaches questioned if she would do that. Kids who struggle academically have more choices to make, like if they are going to go to tutoring and make a commitment in the classroom. She isn't one of those kids who could have just concentrated on basketball and made it.

These are all steps in the right direction. Clearly the sale of the aircraft unit is a positive. I have questioned for a long time why they've had it. Good riddance.

It was a borderline pitch. I thought it could go either way. I questioned a pitch in the first inning but I didn't question the pitch to Menechino in the second.

The staff has been encouraged to recognize that this is a transitional period in which old routines probably should be questioned because what has been perfectly acceptable may become dramatically less so.

The thing that put the question mark in a lot of people's minds was the swing change. I, like a lot of other people, questioned it just for the fact that if you think back to all the great players from Hogan to Snead to Nicklaus, Palmer, Watson and Trevino . . . none of those guys ever changed their swing to get better.

I've always questioned the way dancers, myself included, must do the same role year in and year out. It's important for me to be able to say to myself, 'O.K., I don't want to be a prince anymore. I want to put on a leather jockstrap and pose.'

Public perception. That's really the only downside .... the public was used to having the president live on campus for so long that people questioned it.

Quite honestly, I didn't think the deal was going to make, because I wanted part of the creative control. I was impressed that they were making an offer to a non-athlete young black male to be a spokesperson for two and a half years. To their credit, they said, absolutely yes, they never questioned anything I wanted to do.

People questioned me for starting Regina as a freshman. There's no questions about her now.

People have always doubted us and questioned our intensity. We've gotten used to it. They didn't think we had a chance last year when he had to play Duke and Kentucky (in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight).

After my 10-match ban in 2013 for biting Branislav Ivanovic, I had questioned the double standards and how the fact that no one actually gets hurt is never taken into consideration.

Actually Malik (Hairston) called the meeting. It started as a conversation, then it got kind of heated, so they called everybody over. We just questioned everybody's heart.

November rolled around and our checks came up smaller then normal. DC Studios was finally deducting Federal Taxes, another step we looked forward to during this acquisition. This happened twice in November, yet no new contracts had been drawn which justified any Dallas member as an actual employee of DC Studios. We questioned this matter, and in December, our first check came in and it was back to the old figures, where no taxes were being taken out. So where did our Federal Tax money go, not to mention the withholdings for Health Insurance, which we found out was canceled due to non-payment?

During the first debate (the vice president) was asked whether he questioned the governor's experience, and he said 'no.' But apparently now he's trying to hide behind surrogates, which again is not the hallmark of a real leader.

You never know when it's off?balance. I had a pretty good look at it. The only thing I really questioned was I thought it might hit front rim and bounce back because it was pretty flat.

This is the first prescription i've picked up and they said it was forty three dollars. I questioned it, and it ended up being five dollars, which isn't bad.

Although (the officers who were released) are technically required to remain available to the justice system, it would be easy for them to hide in Haiti or flee abroad. It is unusual in Haiti to grant pre-trial release to defendants held on such serious charges, especially where, as here, the judge has not even questioned all of the witnesses.

A lot of people questioned playing so many young players at once ... there was a lot to be happy about there particularly for those three guys that debuted.

They are being questioned to determine if they are involved. They appeared to be in good health. If they were passengers in the white Expedition, we don't expect them to have any injuries.

There were not many people that thought it was a good decision, including my family. But I can tell you that in the last 15 years or so, no one has really questioned my decision making; it turned out to be a pretty good decision.

This man questioned a maneuver commander in the field. It is a slap in the face to all of us. He should know the uproar is just-caused.