“And while we may never be able to wrap our minds around the thing itself, it is by the power of a… — Casey Fisher Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“I'm a kindhearted but highly competitive pragmatist. When I seek to win something, I always make certain it's never at the expense… — Jonathan Kieran Copy Share Image
Much of the conventional analysis of India's stature in the world relies on the all-too-familiar economic assumptions. But we are famously a… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I collect axioms, paradoxes, maxims, teaching stories, proverbs, and aphorisms of all sorts, because I love to see complex ideas distilled into… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Force is often used to enforce peace and an A bomb did bring world war 2 to a shuddering halt. The funniest… — Nidhie Sharma Copy Share Image
Of all the logical impasses, unknowings, paradoxes, and terrors that provoke laughter, death by its finality and unsolvable mystery is paramount. — Andrew Hudgins Copy Share Image
“It is a gray and a lonely place in which we live, all of us, swinging between desperation and emptiness, and all… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Many people say I believe aliens built the pyramids. I don't. In fact I'm not a supporter of the 'ancient alien' hypothesis… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
“The paradox of illuminating complexity is that it is inherently difficult to do so without erasing all of the nuance.” — David Shenk Copy Share Image
“This is the paradox of public space: even if everyone knows an unpleasant fact, saying it in public changes everything. One of… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“Well, the way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test reality we must see it on the tight rope. When… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Love is such a tissue of paradoxes, and exists in such endless variety of forms and shades that you may say almost… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This is the paradox of public space: even if everyone knows an unpleasant fact, saying it in public changes everything. One of… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“The world’s so upside down, I’m starting to think gravity is just peer pressure. What’s called normal feels like a costume party… — Julieanne O'Connor Copy Share Image
The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
“Mike did not seem to grasp the idea of Creation itself. Well, Jubal wasn't sure that he did, either--he had long ago… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Hypocritical paradoxes arise within an individual in proportion to their growing status or fame.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Paradoxes are less paradoxical in their reference to truth than most of the most plausible axioms. — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
“It would distort markets. Besides, if I bought a load of gold when I thought the price was going up, then it… — Mark Speed Copy Share Image
“It seems that the Parisian Oulipo group has recently constructed a matrix of all possible murder-story situations and has found that there… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“No, I'm serious," Frankie insisted, fed up with being silenced. "Why didn't you just make me a normie?" Viktor sighed. "Because that's… — Lisi Harrison Copy Share Image
