“It only put me in Griffindor. said Harry in a defeated voice, because I asked not to go in Slytherin... EXACTLY, said… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know for a fact that this idea of the Jews causing the war and the Jews being so all important is… — Joachim von Ribbentrop Copy Share Image
We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Truth has to be given in riddles. People can't take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
“The twins hobbled forward. "Freaks and dames and boys and things, drinks and bones and shiny rings," said the twin on the… — J.A. Redmerski Copy Share Image
to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our organization, which often makes a man's course… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist. If a question can… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“For God's sake, Gwen," he said gently. "What matter that I love you. That's not the bit that's always been missing." Her… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. Under pressure from the… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
There's a rule for what makes good fantasy work, and it's as strange as any riddle ever posed in a fairy tale:… — Teresa Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance, with deep sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak… — Diodorus Siculus Copy Share Image
People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives,… — Andrzej Sapkowski Copy Share Image
“Hmmm!” directed to Fai. “Is there such thing as an answer, Fai?” he asked, though by his tone, Wolfdon could tell he… — Mary-Jean Harris Copy Share Image
For myself, I am interested in science and in philosophy only because I want to learn something about the riddle of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What a wonderful faculty is memory! -- the most mysterious and inexplicable in the great riddle of life; that plastic tablet on… — Susanna Moodie Copy Share Image
“Give me one more night to taste the dark When wolves imitate a lone dog's bark Let those secrets remain unspoken Fallen… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I could say I believe in every drop of rain that . . . Well, I believe life is a Zen koan,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Silver hidden in the gold, Young man hidden in the old, Laughing lord with weeping eyes, Bring king and ring before sunrise!… — Margaret Lovett Copy Share Image
'The Hobbit' was one of the first biggish books I ever read. I remember vividly the 'riddles in the dark' passage, and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Every great literature has always been allegorical - allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The 'Iliad' is only great because… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“His massive head tilted. He regarded her with a gaze made tranquil by the bright sun and the limitless sky. She said… — Thea Harrison Copy Share Image
But mark, madam, we live amongst riddles and mysteries--the most obvious things, which come in our way, have dark sides, which thequickest… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“I’d once heard a spiritual “riddle” that went like this: “What’s the only thing in heaven that’s the same as it was… — Todd Burpo Copy Share Image
Well, you split your soul, you see, and hide part of it in an object outside the body. Then, even if one’s… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What have I got in my pocket?" he said aloud. He was talking to himself, but Gollum thought it was a riddle,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of… — Unkown Copy Share Image
“Human existence, or one's manifestation of it, is the greatest riddle of all. Many people will pursue this curiosity through insurmountable tragedies… — Barbara Boyer Copy Share Image
Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail… — Max Delbruck Copy Share Image
The blood of Heaven binds you," said the Queen. "Blood calls to blood, under the skin. But love and blood are not… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“The first question is: what is a sound that makes no sound?' And by the time Captain Lambestyo has thought of an… — Matt Suddain Copy Share Image
Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” “Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
The world now has a new kind of hero, one who listens more than speaks, who preaches in riddles not in certainties,… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
This whole universe, with all its vastness, grandeur and beauty, is nothing but sheer imagination. In spite of so many discoveries, researches… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
The stories we sit up late to hear are love stories. It seems that we cannot know enough about this riddle of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Truly, nothing in the world has so occupied my thoughts as this I, this riddle, the fact I am alive, that I… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
