A Quote by Walter Darby Bannard

Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades. — © Walter Darby Bannard
Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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.
Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.
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.
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.
I have tried raising money by asking for it, and by not asking for it. I always got more by asking for it.
Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the lowest level of intelligence and taste.
We need to be asking for the vote in the most powerful way possible, which is to have people asking for the vote who are comfortable and look like and sound like the people that we're asking for the vote from.
Zinedine Zidane could be a champion sumo wrestler. He can run like a crab or a gazelle.
Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.
Asking who's the 'man' and who's the 'woman' in a same-sex relationship is like asking which chopstick is the fork.
Asking politicians to give up a source of money is like asking Dracula to forsake blood.
Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural.
I remember asking my mom, 'Can you be the quarterback and the drum major at halftime?' I mean it's like, what in the world? I wanted to go play quarterback, and I wanted to lead the band. I don't know how old I was but I vaguely remember asking them that.
I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.
The best things in life can never be kept; They must be given away. A Smile, a Kiss, and Love If you are asking if I'd hurt you, the answer is never. If you are asking if i love u,the answer is forever. If you are asking if i want u,the answer is i do. If you are asking what i value most, the answer is YOU Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his life insurance.
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