Uncanny Quotes

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Anxiety is not fear, being afraid of this or that definite object, but the uncanny feeling of being afraid of nothing at all. It is… — William Barrett
When one speaks of humanity, the idea is fundamental that this is something which separates and distinguishes man from nature. In reality, however, there is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral. — Max Beerbohm
He has that uncanny ability to be dangerous and pull the public in [on Michael Barrymore — Les Dennis
The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants has a huge plan that stems from the earlier issues of Uncanny X-Force. Archangel's fall was really the smaller consequence… — Rick Remender
The seeds for the Descendants were planted in Uncanny X-Force, but I always conceived them as being bigger than just that book. — Rick Remender
Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to… — Ron Fournier
Urs Fischer specializes in making jaws drop. Cutting giant holes in gallery walls, digging a crater in Gavin Brown's gallery floor in 2007, creating amazing… — Jerry Saltz
Sometimes, life seems to have a higher meaning. Events unfold in uncanny sequences. Long-forgotten acquaintances turn up with news that changes lives. A stranger appears… — Dean Koontz
There are friends with whom we share neither interests nor any particular experiences, friends with whom we never correspond, whom we seldom meet and then… — Stanislaw Lem
People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick. — Scott Westerfeld
Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have… — Barbara Mertz
As we passed under a streetlamp I noticed, beside my own bobbing shadow, another great, leaping grotesquerie that had an uncanny suggestion of the frog… — Loren Eiseley
I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time ago to what… — Amy Tan
My mind, I know, I can prove, hovers on hummingbird wings. It hovers and it churns. And when it's operating at full thrust, the churning… — Dave Eggers
Nightly you retrace your steps again to return to the scene of the crime. It's uncanny how you hover in the air of the wreckage… — Aimee Mann
But worse things were about to be found in the bedroom: on the jewellerâ€™s wifeâ€™s ottoman, in a casual pose, sprawled a third party- namely,… — Mikhail Bulgakov
The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose.… — Kate Morton
As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemiesâ€”but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The two of you, there's something uncanny about the way you two are with each other. I mean everything--the way you look at each other,… — Nicholas Sparks

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