Unusually Quotes

78 Unusually quotes by 70 unique authors

The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly and at great length. If not… — William Gibson
There is an unusually high and consistent correlation between the stupidity of a given person and that person’s propensity to be impressed by the measurement… — Christopher Hitchens
Words began to appear in English and to make some kind of equivalent. For what satisfaction it is hard to say, except that something seems… — Robert Fitzgerald
Study the unusually successful people you know, and you will find them imbued with enthusiasm for their work which is contagious. Not only are they… — Sam Altman
My sister is a chiropractor and she says I have an unusually flexible lower back, but I don't do yoga, and I don't feel like… — Jennifer Carpenter
I am interested only in the relations of a people to the rearing of the individual man, and among the Greeks the conditions were unusually… — Friedrich Nietzsche
People start to act very unusually when they find out that they're dying, that they don't have that many years left. — Oliver Platt
Every year it seems to me I hear complaints about spring. It is either "late" or "unusually cold," "abnormally dry" or "fantastically wet," for no… — Thalassa Cruso
Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries Ebola had lurked… — Laurie Garrett
Somehow, everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of a very fine-looking peach. — E. W. Howe
One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood. — Alison Gopnik
Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. — William James
When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. — Lyndon B. Johnson
I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion of great moment. — Susan Orlean
I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please… — Michael Palin
I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was… — Jane Pauley
Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously. — Bertrand Russell
And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming.… — Nicholas Sparks
Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid… — Douglas Adams
On a cold, fretful afternoon in early October, 1872, a hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping Agents, in the… — Philip Pullman
She had always maintained a cynical facade, using it as a defence against embarrassment, fear, loneliness… but at the moment she felt unusually vulnerable. — Lisa Kleypas
Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly. — William James
He's a man [George W. Bush] who is lucky to be governor of Texas. He is a man who is unusually incurious, abnormally unintelligent, amazingly… — Christopher Hitchens
Sometimes, when you're really depressed, all you want to do is nothing. All you want to do is lean your head on your arm, and… — Charles M. Schulz
It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things. — Ian C. Esslemont

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