Best 119 quotes in «clue quotes» category

We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.

When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why.

Who was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue.

Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue.

When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.

When we were young, we knew things. We knew basic history, even as it related to fashion. Now, when something reappears, an 18 year old has no clue that it's a revival. Despite the fact that they're almost always online they don't get references. I think that's part of why visual things are becoming so derivative.

You know what, we don't know diddley squat about brains and no one has a clue how these things work, so don't believe what anyone tells you.

You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen walking this earth. You have no clue of how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.

A mystery reader, confronted with a large mass of sudden detail, is going to go—subconsciously, at least—”Aha! somewhere in all of this the writer has planted a Clue!”, and look for that; a reader trained exclusively in mainstream literary fiction is likely to say, “Aha! all this emphasis must point to something of Thematic Importance!”, but an experienced reader of science fiction is going to assume that he or she is meant to take all of those details and out of them construct a world. Which is why the writer of a science-fiction mystery with literary ambitions is trying to do a quadruple somersault off the trapeze without a net.

circle back, you're nearly through. The next one, then just one more clue. Summer's coming, dark and drear, Soon those tourists will appear. In the word hoard you will find Books with numbers on the spines. A 2 a 9 a 2 again- Not too easy for Athena's friend.

You wouldn't know a clue if it danced in front of you with a T-Shirt that read 'I'm a clue

Being caught up in a game without having a clue about the rules, may be extremely maddening and frustrating. Liberty may be so frightening and grueling, that many don’t conceal their passion for rules and regulations, since these can give a relieving feeling of security and protection. ("When forgetting the rules of the game" )

Garage door openers mysteriously not working are a clue to electromagnetic interference (EMI) issues.

You cannot make an omelet without breaking some balls

Everything you do gives a clue about yourself! The clothes you wear, the books you read, the cars you drive, the songs you listen, the streets you love, everything you do is you!

I choose not to let others define me because while they may know my name, they might not have a clue of who I truly am.

My visage high above your city, Shines like gold, but half as pretty. Arms I've none, but hands I've two: Mondo, mini, black not blue. Climb my stairs and have no fears, All that threatens are my gears. Tucked beneath the mightly wheel, An envelpe shall truth reveal.

People's curses will become your clue to win. The trash they think you have will become the treasure for greatness they will plead to enjoy! You will understand this better by and by!

It gets darker and darker, and then Jesus is born.” That line came back to me, from out of nowhere, and I decided to practice radical hope, hope in the face of not having a clue.

To date, treasure-hunters have followed up clue after clue, including a dagger-marked tree, to no avail. If there is a fortune buried in Handcart Gulch, it is still safely hidden

Some people only know how to criticize and blame but haven't a clue on how to forgive.

All the same, Thomas now had a plan. As bad as it was, he had a plan. They needed more clues about the code. They needed MEMORIES. So he was going to get stung by a Griever. Go through the Changing. On purpose.

What is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.

Always a good clue when you see a quarterback's arm go forward and forward and the hand empty, it's an incomplete pass.

About writing I learned that always, always, always it's necessary to haunt your settings. I'm a big researcher. All my fiction is based on tons of digging. But the vital importance of actually traveling to the settings of a novel really hit me. And it's not just the setting details, not just the visuals and other sensory data, that will pop. You'll find surprising clues that swerve your story in whole new, deeper, surprising, more organic ways.

A lot of the appeal of internal medicine is Sherlockian—solving the case from the clues. We are detectives; we revel in the process of figuring it all out. It’s what doctors most love to do.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

Are there Martians out there? I haven't got a clue. Is there life out there? I have no idea.

Cat tongues are awesome." --Nellie Gomez, The 39 Clues, Beyond The Grave

And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.

At 19, you know everything; by the time you're 40, you haven't got a clue.

And one perfect day can give clues for a more perfect life.

Christ is the clue to all that is.

Art provides us with clues about how to live our own lives more fully... art becomes our entree to the sublime.

Darkness had fallen upon everything for him; but just because of this darkness he felt that the one guiding clue in the darkness was his work, and he clutched it and clung to it with all his strength.

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person's nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions.

Forensics I've always found absolutely fascinating. Anything to do with clues. And checking things out and solving.

God had a heartbeat for 18-25 years old...the vast majority of whom don't have a clue why they are on this planet.

Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor has no earthly clue who you are.

First and foremost, note that Plato always wrote dialogues, and never attempted to produce a theoretical or scientific treatise. This is a big clue for me. From beginning to end, Plato was aware of the limits of theoretical and technical reasoning, and his dialogues are a massive exploration.

He realized something was going on between Logan and me. I wish he'd clue me in on exactly what it was, because I had no idea.

He didn't have a single clue what was going on with these two strangers, but every instinct told him Master George equaled good, Mistress Jane equaled bald- he blinked-uh, bad.

He has no clue that I have the patience of a saint. At least that's what Carlos says, although that isn't saying much, considering his fuse is about as short as an eyelash.

I always interpret coincidences as little clues to our destiny

How can you get very far, If you don't know who you are? How can you do what you ought, If you don't know what you've got? And if you don't know which to do Of all the things in front of you, Then what you'll have when you are through Is just a mess without a clue Of all the best that can come true If you know What and Which and Who.

I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice.

I didn’t have a clue what love was about until I met Sharon.

I didn't have any clue as to what true marriage meant. I was so used to committing to one thing - music - and then I had to totally commit to a second thing, marriage. I didn't know how to commit to both of them. It was a scary moment for me.

Here we are in this wholly fantastic universe with scarcely a clue as to whether our existence has any real significance.