The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.

Quote by Arthur Miller

Topics: Absence Quotes, Questioning Quotes

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match.

I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match.

I understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of...

I understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of...

If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures...

If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures...

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and...

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and...

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was...

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was...

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of...

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of...

I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have...

I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play...

Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play...

I'm moody like Squidward. Sometimes selfish, like Mr. Krabs. A bit dumb, like Patrick. But...

I'm moody like Squidward. Sometimes selfish, like Mr. Krabs. A bit dumb, like Patrick. But...