“Your explanation is good, but your herring doesn't fry, as we say in Ramaldah," he exploded.” — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
“But if my father could stand up to schoolmasters and if he inherited some of his own father's gifts as a teacher,… — Christopher Milne Copy Share Image
“Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language. [ ] Not just to explain to others but to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in life, you make a mistake and there’s no buts and no explanations … There’s no peace in ‘I’m sorry, but.’… — John Feinstein Copy Share Image
Every change of scene requires new expositions, descriptions, explanations. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
We should keep in mind that it is easy to concoct stories explaining the past or to become confident about dubious scenarios… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
“Did he really believe God wrote stories that were open to one explanation only? A story that knew but one explanation could… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
It is not history, theology or mythology that interest me. It is the fact that history, theology or mythology could have alternative… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
This life journey has led me to love mystery and not feel the need to change it or make it un-mysterious. This… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Billy took off his tri-focals and his coat and his necktie and his shoes, and he closed the venetian blinds and then… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Everybody agrees that the brain is a remarkable machine. It's capable of generating an enormous number of phenomena, some of them very… — Henry Markram Copy Share Image
And let me take one of the explanations most commonly given: Analysts were pressured to reach conclusions that would fit the political… — David Kay Copy Share Image
“Toward the end of his book, Miller explains his need to unite science and religion: science does not explain the meaning and… — G.M. Jackson Copy Share Image
Writing reminds you of how much there is in your life that stands outside your explanations. In that way, it's almost a… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“We should not delude ourselves into thinking that our historical narratives, as commonly constructed, are anything more than retrofits.” — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
