Uncanny Quotes

63 quotes by 59 authors

Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is… — Daniel J. Boorstin
I am ever more intrigued by the correspondence between mathematics and physical facts. The adaptability of mathematics to the description of physical phenomena is uncanny. — Nicolaas Bloembergen
In pregnancy, there are two bodies, one inside the other. Two people live under one skin. When so much of life is dedicated to maintaining… — Joan Raphael-Leff
In his essay on the uncanny, Das Unheimliche, Freud said that the uncanny is the only feeling which is more powerfully experienced in art than… — Stanley Kubrick
The generation of atmosphere, the aura of the uncanny, is one of the most important secrets of magic. It contributes to the willing suspension of… — Doreen Valiente
The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us;… — Phil Cousineau
It is this ability to bear what is unbearable and to go on living, to go on doing what one is used to doingâ€”it is… — Christa Wolf
I have always been an outstanding football player, I have always had uncanny abilities, great arm strength, an immense ability to play the game from… — Michael Vick
I think there's something extraordinarily nice about seeing the dawn up before one goes to bed, [] there's something uncanny about it. — Nick Drake
... I have developed, over the years, some sense of the difference between real horseshit that you can step in and Ideal Platonic Horseshit that… — Robert Anton Wilson
There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God. — Itzhak Perlman
All that you see was and is for your sake. The numerous books, uncanny markings, and beautiful thoughts are the ghosts of souls who preceded… — Khalil
All that you see was and is for your sake. The numerous books, uncanny markings, and beautiful thoughts are the ghosts of souls who preceded… — Khalil
I have a deep-seated respect for parrots. As gifted as I am with all other wildlife, parrots have this uncanny desire to kill me. I'm… — Steve Irwin
Children have an uncanny memory for what parents say, but don't do. — Wes Fesler
I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. According to my conviction this is,… — Albert Einstein
Factual information alone isn't sufficient to guide you through life's labyrinthine tests. You need and deserve regular deliveries of uncanny revelation. One of your inalienable… — Rob Brezsny
Sleep is uncanny, I have always found it so, a nightly dress-rehearsal for being dead. — John Banville
At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny power… — M.F.K. Fisher
As he demonstrated with 'Juno' and 'Up in the Air,' Reitman has an uncanny knack among contemporary directors for tapping into the zeitgeist in dramatically… — Lou Lumenick

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