Riddles Quote by Arthur C. Clarke Download Open image ““You are rather too fond of talking in riddles,’ complained Jeserac.”” — Arthur C. Clarke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Complained Jeserac Fond Talking Riddles Riddles Complained Talking Riddles
“The things about which we most often jest are generally, on the contrary, the things that worry us but that we do not wish… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Infinite Jest is an endurance contest. You manage to get through it and you have no choice but to say you like it.” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Humor depends on the teller and hearer of the jest standing in the same place.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“An increasing cackle of complaints, orders, and jests, and what to a European would have been bad language, came from behind the curtains. Here… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“The pun is the dung of the mind which soars. The jest falls, no matter where; and the mind after producing a piece of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has its little hour, seriousness should have all… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“Some [jests] are becoming to a gentleman, others are not; see that you choose such as become you . Irony better befits a gentleman… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Ironically, some of the most foolish, prejudiced comments made were the ones by wits and grumps trying to impress others with their brains.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware,… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“The universe is full of energy, but much of it is at equilibrium. At equilibrium no energy can flow, and therefore it cannot be… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Here the trees surrounded them with an invisible, anechoic blanket, so that every word seemed sucked into silence the moment it was uttered.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“It's just that I take riddling seriously. I was taught that the ability to solve them indicates a sane and rational mind.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
What counts the days of the night, strikes people, fades away cities, but can be torn down like paper?What is it?(A calender) — Babloo Copy Share Image
I love to dance and twist and prance, I shake my tail, as away I sail, wingless I fly into the sky. What am… — Babloo Copy Share Image
It is shaped like an L. At the right angle it has 345 or 6 legs to hold it stable, has arms that hold… — Babloo Copy Share Image
You can only see it in the eyes of reflection. You can only touch it in the hands of your own. You can only… — Babloo Copy Share Image
“There is an Anglo-Saxon form of riddling that plays with the polarities of words like bright and dark, cold and warm, throwing them against… — Gerald Hausman Copy Share Image
And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think when I started to write 'The Mysterious Benedict Society' that I had that kind of thing in mind - the notion of… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
It captures you. It moves you. Then its gone. It tingles in the back of your head, tempting you to chase it. What is… — Babloo Copy Share Image
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