Riddle Quotes

184 Riddle quotes by 146 unique authors

This is one of man's oldest riddles. How can the independence of human volition be harmonized with the fact that we are integral parts of… — Max Planck
Beyond the ten thousand states of mind is the still point. It exists within them all, yet beyond them. It is not affected by them.… — Frederick Lenz
If then, your world be such a baffling riddle, it is because you are that baffling riddle. And if your speech be such a woeful… — Mikhail Naimy
Communism... is the genuine resolution of the antagonism between man and nature and between man and man; it is the true resolution of the conflict… — Karl Marx
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. — Karl Kraus
You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies. — Steve Martin
It's like the riddle of the Sphinx... why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unmarried men? — Sarah Jessica Parker
A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. — J.R.R. Tolkien
All records are riddles, and whatever you may want people to think it's about, it may just be throwing them off. And you don't want… — Tom Waits
Communism is the riddle of history solved, and it knows itself to be this solution. — Karl Marx
In one thing you have not changed, dear friend," said Aragorn: "you still speak in riddles." "What? In riddles?" said Gandalf. "No! For I was… — J.R.R. Tolkien
There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world-… — Anne Rice
17. The self ended and the world began. They were of equal size, commensurate, one mirrored the other. 18. The riddle was: why couldn't we… — Louise GluÌˆck
There is a riddle about a man who is locked in a room with nothing but a bed and a calendar, and the question is:… — Kurt Vonnegut
Mad Hatter: â€œWhy is a raven like a writing-desk?â€ â€œHave you guessed the riddle yet?â€ the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. â€œNo, I give… — Lewis Carroll
I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. — Washington Irving
So many things were testing his faith. There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure… — Joseph Heller
Did you knowâ€” then?â€ asked Harry. â€œDid I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time? No. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
For myself, I am interested in science and in philosophy only because I want to learn something about the riddle of the world in which… — Karl Popper

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