Unpredictable Quotes
337 quotes by 292 authors
-
A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation. For while the movements of people are unpredictable, the movement of time is…
— Alan Lightman
-
The unpredictable and the predetermined unfold together to make everything the way it is.
— Tom Stoppard
-
Afterward, I curl around her. We lie in silence until darkness falls, and then, haltingly, she begins to talk...She speaks without need or even room…
— Sara Gruen
-
A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul.
— Thomas Moore
-
I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)
— Sherman Alexie
-
For the writer, the serial killer is, abstractly, an analogue of the imagination's caprices and amorality; the sense that, no matter the dictates and even…
— Joyce Carol Oates
-
He sighed deeply: to fall in love at first sight with this malodorous sleeping girl, with, as far as he could see, no pretensions to…
— Betty Neels
-
Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing…
— Robert A. Heinlein
-
In case you guys didn't catch last week's episode, I'm out of the flock," I informed them. "Angel has no allegiance to me. She's wanted…
— James Patterson
-
Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in…
— Philip Yancey
-
Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to leave…
— Richelle Mead
-
Life and death were so unpredictable. So close to each other. We existed moment to moment, never knowing who would be the next to leave…
— Richelle Mead
-
It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come…
— Freeman Dyson
-
An impractical man--which he not only seems to be, but really is--will always be unreliable and unpredictable in his dealings with others. He will engage…
— Robert Musil
-
Human beings, in their natural state, are unpredictable, erratic, and unhappy. It is only once their animal instincts are controlled that they can be responsible,…
— Lauren Oliver
-
I figured something out," he said aloud. "The future is unpredictable." Hassan said, "Sometimes the kafir likes to say massively obvious things in a really…
— John Green
-
My father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer, the sense of some unpredictable force…
— John Burnside
-
I'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you." He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a…
— Maya Banks
-
Our lives hang in the balance of unpredictable situations. One minute you're driving down the road whistling a tune, the next moment the car right…
— Ted Dekker
-
Boys are unpredictable. This maybe not be news, but I'm starting to think it's one of the best things about them.
— Kate Brian
Who Wrote These Unpredictable Quotes
292 authors contributed a total of 337 Unpredictable Quotes, led by these top contributors: