Odd Quotes
891 quotes by 739 authors
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Looking back over sixty-odd years, life is like a piece of string with knots in it, the knots being those moments that live in the…
— George MacDonald Fraser
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Basically the message is: Steal It! Art, music, culture, the odd book and the slab of cheese... the new will be built upon the ruins…
— Buenaventura Durruti
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When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: ‘It happened.’ Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem…
— Simon Conway Morris
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Like Godard, Tati is also remarkably appreciative of the odd beauty that can be revealed in the shapes, patterns and colors created by the technology…
— Vincent Canby
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Elegance? It may seem odd to non-scientists, but there is an aesthetic in software as there is in every other area of intellectual endeavour. Truly…
— John Naughton
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I'm totally grateful for the fans my family has and I have; they gave me a lot of support when I was in treatment. But…
— Jack Osbourne
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I am accustomed, as a professional mathematician, to living in a sort of vacuum, surrounded by people who declare with an odd sort of pride…
— David Mumford
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I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.
— Lord Mountbatten
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And if we seem nutty to you and if we seem like an odd ball to you, just remember one thing. The mighty oak tree…
— Glenn Turner
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Out of the new arrivals in our lives--the odd word stumbled upon in a difficult text, the handsome black stranger who bursts in one night…
— Nancy Mairs
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Very odd, old age. Always knew it would happen, if I was lucky. I just didn't expect it so soon.
— Josephine Hart
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That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home…
— Robyn Davidson
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If we had the consciousness of a cat or a dog, we would have it in us to become perfect Zen masters. We could gnaw…
— Eric Maisel
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My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions.
— Renata Adler
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All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like…
— Derek Jarman
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You know, when it was done originally, they always had to fight to keep it going at the end of each season. Now, The Odd…
— Brett Somers
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Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy. ... I'm like that guy on the Odd Couple, and…
— Rick Majerus
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From the state of the Uncarved Block comes the ability to enjoy the simple and the quiet, the natural and the plain. Along with that…
— Benjamin Hoff
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In Joel's view, that reformation begins with people going o the trouble and expense of buying directly from farmers they know - "relationship marketing," as…
— Michael Pollan
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It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as "passion" as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the…
— James C. Collins
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