Strange Quotes
3174 Strange quotes by 2032 unique authors
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A photographer's main instrument is his eyes. Strange as it may seem, many photographers choose to use the eyes of another photographer, past or present,…
— Manuel Alvarez Bravo
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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.
— Alexander Pope
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All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one up to now…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break…
— Joanna Newsom
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The edge of the conflict swayed to and fro, with wild whirlpools and eddies. At times I saw around me more of the enemy than…
— Joshua Chamberlain
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Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.
— Loren Eiseley
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Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and see those mysteries which the books of the learned never…
— Thomas Traherne
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So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their…
— John B. S. Haldane
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Strange as it may sound, it is more difficult to maintain a faith walk when we begin to see our dreams come true. When hopes…
— Andy Stanley
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The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems…
— John Berger
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I got a pair of red, synthetic satin women's pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange.…
— Jarvis Cocker
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Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any…
— Herman Melville
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was…
— Nana Mouskouri
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You know, I have guys that are almost stalkers... it is very strange. I had this one guy that e-mailed me off my site, and…
— Caprice Bourret
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Reminiscences, even extensive ones, do not always amount to an autobiography. For autobiography has to do with time, with sequence and what makes up the…
— Walter Benjamin
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To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.
— Edward Mills Purcell
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....This world needs Utopias as it needs fairy stories. It does not matter so much where we are going, as long as we are making…
— Hendrik Willem van Loon
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In New York State they have a strange law that says you can't get a divorce unless you can prove adultery - and it's weird,…
— Woody Allen
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Strange medical news from Pakistan: A man had a successful organ transplant with a dog. They gave the man a dog's organ. In a related…
— Craig Kilborn
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It is strange how little sharpsightedness women possess; they only notice whether they please, then whether they arouse pity, and finally, whether you look for…
— Franz Kafka
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Some get stoned, some get strange, but sooner or later it all gets real.
— Neil Young
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One of the most amazing things ever said on this earth is Jesus's statement: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant." Nobody…
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Those who wait for God are pilgrim souls that have no tie that will hold them when the definite command is issued; no prejudices that…
— G. Campbell Morgan
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Many things they sawe with us as mathematicall instruments, sea compasses... spring clocks that seemed to goe of themselves - and many other things we…
— Unknown Author
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I find myself in a new and strange position here: President, cabinet, Gen. Scott, and all deferring to me. By some strange operation of magic…
— George B. McClellan
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