Question Avoidance Quotes

Who am I, why am I here? Forget the question, someone give me another beer.

Every politician higher up than assistant water commissioner knows how to avoid tough questions [from reporters]: Don't answer them.

That's sort of a trick question, and I don't have a trick answer. Next question, please.

Each of the participants [in a Presidential Debate] has a major objective and a minor one, in addition, of course, to appearing presidential. The major one is to get his messages across even if the questions don’t ask for them. The minor one is to avoid seeming unresponsive. That is why you will see the debaters answer some of the questions quickly, leaving time for what the candidate wants to talk about.

It's an old Washington tradition to dodge and weave when you're under interrogation.

Every question does not deserve an answer.

I've never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.

The Trump White House has employed several different strategies for sidestepping uncomfortable questions. There has been a rightward tilt at press conferences and briefings. At Q&A sessions with foreign heads of state, Trump has bypassed the country's biggest newsrooms and called on reporters from conservative outlets instead.

My head aches every time Donald Trump successfully dodges a question with this reoccurring tactic. What's his worst offense? I don't know. How long is this article?

I'm really not up for answering any questions that start with how, when, where, why or what.