Enigma Quotes

103 quotes by 90 authors

True affection is a body of enigmas, mysteries and riddles, wherein two so become one that they both become two. — Thomas Browne
I am always wandering around in enigmas. There are young people who constantly come to tell me: you, too, are making Op Art. I haven't… — M.C. Escher
The child is an enigmaâ€¦ He has the highest potentialities, but we do not know what he will be. — Maria Montessori
The freedom of patient speech is necessary if the doctor is to get clues about the medical enigma before him. If the patient is inhibited,… — Jerome Groopman
A choice which confronts every one of us at every moment is this: Shall we permit our fellow men to know us as we now… — Sidney Jourard
In NÃ¡huatl, the language of the Aztec world, one key word for poet was 'tlamatine,' meaning 'the one who knows,' or 'he who knows something.'… — Edward Hirsch
Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is… — Theodore Zeldin
A stunning survey of the latest evidence for intelligent life on Mars. Mac Tonnies brings a thoughtful, balanced and highly accessible approach to one of… — Herbie Brennan
Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do. — Ellen Glasgow
If Murakami's novels are grand enigmas, his stories are bite-sized conundrums. (...) The great pleasure of the new story collection, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, is… — Unknown Author
It is not science which leads to unbelief but rather ignorance. The ignorant man thinks he understands something provided that he sees it every day.… — Jan Potocki
I'm a pop enigma. I live and breathe every element in life. I rock a bespoke suit and I go to Harold's for fried chicken.… — Kanye West
This book is unique. I know of no other which so artfully tackles two of the greatest mysteries of modern science, quantum mechanics, and consciousness.… — George Greenstein
Ah, woman. She is an enigma. An anomaly of perfection & irony. She can lure angels into her arms & give birth to a nation… — Ace Antonio Hall
If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art. — Albert Camus
He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've… — Saffron Burrows
No power of genius has ever yet had the smallest success in explaining existence. The perfect enigma remains. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to us an angelic… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a… — Winston Churchill
We are caught inside a mystery, veiled in an enigma, locked inside a riddle — Terence McKenna

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