"The answer is simple—learn to touch.”

—Gary Chapman, Happily Ever After (2011)

"The answer is simple: because we are inherently social creatures.”

—Miklos Sarvary, Gurus and Oracles (2011)

"The answer is simple: people like other people who evoke a pleasant emotional response in them; they like to be around people who make them feel good, safe and comfortable.”

—Elize Hattin, The Naked Truth About You (2011)

"The answer is simple: They just are. Their brain[s are] hardwired to be that way.”

—The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising a Gifted Child (2012)

"The answer is simple: we don't have the time to make people guess what we want to tell them.”

—Nancy Graham Holm

"The answer is simple. Vermouth is not evil.”

—The Mixellany Guide to Vermouth & Other Aperitifs (2012)

"The answer is simple. Perhaps the answer is much simpler that you would believe. You must practice.”

—Alex Nekritin, Naked Forex (2012)

"The answer is simple: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

—Nicholas Rescher, On the Nature of Philosophy

Doctor Dolittle notwithstanding:

"So perhaps the answer is simply to collect all the facts, and then make a judgement. But is it possible to collect all the facts? You cannot, after all, talk to the chickens." —For Business Ethics (2005)

"The answer is simple: word of mouth.”

—The Nordstrom Way to Customer Service Excellence (2012)

"The answer is simply, all of the above.”

—Reading John With St. Thomas Aquinas (2005)

"The truest answer is simply: 'If you go, then I'll miss you . . . terribly.'”

—Julia Hoban, Willow (2010)

"The answer is simply: 'To have fun.'”

—The Laughing Jesus (2005)

"The answer is simple but takes much work. Are you ready for the answer? Can you handle the truth? Sit down relax and let me give it to you straight. You must learn that it is not about you.”

—Lynette Edwards, Take Off the Mask (2012)

"Often the answer is simply: It is not for you to know. This is a hard answer, but sometimes it is the only answer.”

—Tony Woodlief, Somewhere More Holy (2010)

"The answer is simple: you can't.”

—Jonah Lehrer, Imagine: How Creativity Works (2012)

"The answer is simply 'That's the way the game is played.'”

—The Reality of Linguistic Rules (1994)

"The answer is simple: anything.  Whatever is dreamed or desired is real.  It really is that simple.”

—Brad Hennagir

"The answer is simply irrelevant, as Bosanquet shows.”

—David Wight Prall, A Study in the Theory of Value

"The correct answer is simply a restatement of the first sentence.”

—Master The Firefighter Exam (2009)