Strange Quotes - page 12

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases. (Plato)
One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another. View quote
René Descartes
There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit. View quote
Larry Wall
It used to be that, when something strange happened, we'd hear on the news "Police believe this is the act of an isolated nut." On the internet there are no isolated nuts; whatever kind of nut you are, you can find fifty nuts in the world exactly like you. View quote
Bruce Perens
How strange to have failed as a social creature-even criminals do not fail that way-they are the law's "Loyal Opposition," so to speak. But the insane are always mere guests on earth, eternal strangers carrying around broken decalogues that they cannot read. View quote
F. Scott Fitzgerald
We witness a strange inversion: on the one hand, the endeavor to turn the social contract into a less calculating and more feeling connection among its members; on the other hand, the endeavor to turn the erotic relationship into a contractual one. View quote
Allan Bloom
And who (in time) knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours? View quote
Samuel Daniel
It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted. View quote
John Betjeman
Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying, 'His color is not mine,' or 'His beliefs are strange and different,' in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation. View quote
Lyndon B. Johnson
She was full of some strange energy that morning. Her every movement had purpose and life and she seemed to find satisfaction in every little thing. View quote
Anna Godbersen
Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old. (Mario Puzo)
There was also a rumor that later in the day, she walked fully clothed into the Amper River and said something very strange. Something about a kiss. Something about a Saumensch. How many times did she have to say goodbye? View quote
Markus Zusak
And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. View quote
Melina Marchetta
How do I start writing a book? I sit there, I come up with an opening line, and then I go little by little. I'll wonder, Well, what's coming? And that goes right through to the very end. For over a dozen years now, I've had a recurring dream where I'm reading a book and the pages are blank, but as I read, the words come to exist as fast as my eyes can move. Strange, strange thing. View quote
Nick Tosches
My New Year's Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle - may they never give me peace. View quote
Patricia Highsmith
It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years. View quote
Placido Domingo
Freak is easily spooked. Flesh-eating monsters tend to scare him away. So do fireworks, clowns, and the smell of Sadie's weird British Ribena drink. (Can't blame him on that last one. Sadie grew up in London and developed some pretty strange tastes. View quote
Rick Riordan
Almost everything strange washes up near Miami. View quote
Rick Riordan
Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish. View quote
Rick Riordan
Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate. View quote
Rick Riordan
We were alone in a strange mansion with a baboon, a crocodile, and a weird cat. And apparently, the entire world was in danger. I looked at Sadie. "What do we do now? (Rick Riordan)
Is Tyson okay?' I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. 'He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though 'peanut butter' is a strange battle cry. View quote
Rick Riordan
I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of: a) The dark b) Cold shivers up your spine c) Strange noises d) Going so fast you feel like your face is peeling off In other words, I thought it was awesome. View quote
Rick Riordan
But how did you know where we were?" Annabeth asked. Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami. View quote
Rick Riordan
There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you. View quote
Richard Adams