Perplexing Quotes

44 quotes by 42 authors

Why had we come to the moon? The thing presented itself to me as a perplexing problem. What is this spirit in man that urges… — H.G. Wells
I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things; and a most perplexing problem it is. Many men who… — Charles Darwin
It is perplexing to see the flexibility of the so-called 'exact sciences' which by cast-iron laws of logic and by the infallible help of mathematics… — Vasco Ronchi
It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as… — Edward Dahlberg
Every day we make our way through a moral forest, along pathways ever branching. Often we get lost. When the array of paths before us… — Dean Koontz
We have been given the gift of life in this perplexing world to become who we ultimately are: creatures of boundless love, caring compassion, and… — Wayne Teasdale
Every one of us is a mystic. We may or may not realize it, we may not even like it. But whether we know it… — Wayne Teasdale
Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign raises a series of fascinating questions, the most perplexing of all being why an international star of his stature would ever… — Michael Medved
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling… — Charles Caleb Colton
The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable. — John Vanbrugh
Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all, it addresses urgent… — Robert D. Putnam
There is nothing more perplexing in life than to know at what point you should surrender your intellect to your faith. — Margot Asquith
A vile beastly rottenheaded foolbegotten brazenthroated pernicous piggish screaming, tearing, roaring, perplexing, splitmecrackle crashmecriggle insane ass of a woman is practising howling below-stairs with a… — Edward Lear
In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done through automation. I don't have an… — John Sculley
There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed upon. It will always be so while we live in… — John Owen
It is my PRIDE, my damned, native, unconquerable Pride, that plunges me into Distraction. You must know that 19 - 20th of my Composition is… — Thomas Chatterton
To some degree we all find life difficult, perplexing, and oppressive. Even when it goes well, as it may for a time, we worry that… — Joko Beck
We are caught in the contradiction of finding life a rather perplexing puzzle which causes us a lot of misery, and at the same time… — Joko Beck
Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea… — George Crumb
It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for,they do not feel like fighting. — Eric Hoffer

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