Baffles Quotes

21 quotes by 19 authors

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
When things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always, like, really baffles you, and… — Dean Koontz
If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start… — Aristophanes
I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when some kid's just hanging off… — Joe Strummer
The magician depends for the success of his art upon the credulity of the people. Whatever mystifies, excites curiosity; whatever in turn baffles this curiosity,… — Alexander Herrmann
New York does nothing for those of us who are inclined to love her except implant in our hearts a homesickness that baffles us until… — Maeve Brennan
Our God is Jehovah of hosts, who can summon unexpected reinforcements at any moment to aid His people. Believe that He is there between you… — F B Meyer
One piece of advice can be universally handed out, and it applies equally to speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. If in the course of any… — Mario Pei
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity than straigthforward and simple integrity in another. A knave would rather quarrel with… — Charles Caleb Colton
People say Dolphins are intelligent and that but theyâ€™ve never done anything that have blown me away. They say Iâ€™m a div and Dolphins are… — Karl Pilkington
Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus… — Henri Bergson
For three years, between 16 and 19, I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot… — Vanilla Ice
Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well… — Robert Genn
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another. — Charles Caleb Colton
But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem: they might point to the catkins hanging from the empty hazel trees, or… — Rainer Maria Rilke
What baffles me is the comfort people find in the idea that somebody dealt this mess. Blind and meaningless chance seems to me so much… — Peter De Vries
It baffles me that people think that obliterating the past will save them from its consequences, as if throwing away the empty cake plate would… — Timothy B. Tyson
Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter and stammer about… — Brennan Manning
Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another. — Charles Caleb Colton
The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me. — Andrew O'Hagan

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