To mystify, in the active sense, is to befuddle, cloud, obscure, mask whatever is going on, whether this be experience, action, or… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
So death obscures your gentle form, So memory strives to make the darkness bright; And, in that heap of rocks, your body… — John Masefield Copy Share Image
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve; we may give somewhat of novelty to that which was old, condensation to… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I was very into New Order, Joy Division, all of that when I was younger. I had a lot of bootlegs that… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
Crises have a way of thrusting into the limelight hitherto obscure persons, and giving them, for a long or short period, a… — Susan Ertz Copy Share Image
The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
On a nationwide basis, I would guess that the various churches would have to pay annually an amount at least equal to… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Am I a liar in your eyes?" he asked passionately. "Little skeptic, you shall be convinced. What love have I for Miss… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
We take from the art of the past what we need. The variable posthumous reputations of even the greatest artists and the… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
I understand there are some men who are only half here. Let's not say men. Let's say people. People who are more… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
There is a culture among academics to be obscure. If you're too clear, you can't be saying anything interesting. The issue isn't… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
We inhabit an obscure planet, in an obscure galaxy, around an obscure sun, but on the other hand, modern human society represents… — David Christian Copy Share Image
Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived… — Adam Ferguson Copy Share Image
Every important social movement reconfigures the world in the imagination. What was obscure comes forward, lies are revealed, memory shaken, new delineations… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
I know someone who works in a record shop where I live and I'll go in there and he'll play me "Have… — Ian Curtis Copy Share Image
It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
Riskier mortgage lending practices, imposed by government, were what set the stage for many mortgage payments to stop and thus for the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Death confronts us not unlike the historical battle scene that hangs on the wall of the classroom. It is our task to… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
He who does the most good is the greatest man. Power, authority, dignity, honors, wealth and station--these are so far valuable as… — John Jortin Copy Share Image
At the outset, it is only liking, not understanding, that matters. Gaps in understanding ... are not only important, they are perhaps… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
My fashion is about the urban woman in the year 3000. I think about obscure, weird things and try to create a… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
