Pendulum Quotes

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Dan Brown is a character from 'Foucault's Pendulum!' I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations - the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits.… — Umberto Eco
The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. — Carl Jung
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a… — Jon Stewart
I simply state that I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation-with every reason to throw my mind and pen in with… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ah, art! Ah, life! The pendulum swinging back and forth, from complex to simple, again to complex. From romantic to realistic, back to romantic. — Ray Bradbury
It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons… — Graham Greene
The pendulum swings between Light and Darkness — Brandon Mull
No! I donâ€™t want to Ouija, or do the pendulum thing, and I swear if I see one tarot card or rune stone Iâ€™ll yack… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Maybe children just want whatever it is they don't get. And then they grow up and give their children what they wanted, be it silence… — Laura Moriarty
Acceptance, when it comes, arrives in waves: Listen with your chest. You will feel a pendulum swing within you, favoring one direction or another. And… — Augusten Burroughs
All right, the pendulum isnâ€™t working. Sometimes you need an accelerant to help it.â€ â€“ Death â€œLike gasoline?â€ â€“ Nick â€œYes, Nick. Weâ€™re going to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It's strange how the human mind swings back and forth, from one extreme to another. Does truth lie at some point of the pendulum's swing,… — Graham Greene
The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other. — Yann Martel
It had a very long pendulum, and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge, because it was the the… — Terry Pratchett
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Listen, are we helpless? Are we doomed to do it again and again and again? Have we no choice but to play the Phoenix in… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with… — Ruta Sepetys
What is it that strikes a spark of humor from a man? It is the effort to throw off, to fight back the burden of… — Mark Twain
Since I was a kid, I always wanted to figure out how to make a bass line that was a pendulum - like, gravity would… — Bjork

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