Best 947 quotes in «strange quotes» category

Amory thought how it was only the past that seemed strange and unbelievable.

And it’d be very hard to make up something as strange as the Dutch tulipmania in the seventeenth century, for example. Or the mysterious case of Thomas Clapper. Or the entire civic history of Seattle, Washington.

And it is strange that absence can feel like presence.

And it's as you get older that you realize that the things that make you strange are the things that make you who you are. And that's a lovely place to get to.

And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die.

An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage.

Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Any view of things that is not strange, is false.

A series of accidents creates a positively light-hearted state, out of consideration for this strange power.

A ssure you, the more I travel through time, the more I witness, the more I realize that there are things that are both strange and wonderful, far beyond human comprehension.

As by some might be saide of me: that here I have but gathered a nosegay of strange floures, and have put nothing of mine unto it, but the thred to binde them. Certes, I have given unto publike opinion, that these borrowed ornaments accompany me; but I meane not they should cover or hide me.

As long as we insist on relating to it strictly on our own terms-as strange to us or subject to us-the wilderness is alien, threatening, fearful.

As my friend George Oppen once said to me about getting old: what a strange thing to happen to a little boy.

A stranger may easily detect what is strange to the oldest inhabitant, for the strange is his province.

A strange thing happens to me that I'm sure happens to a lot of actors when the camera starts rolling. I'm not 'me' any more.

A strange thing has happened, do you know? I am in darkness. There is a person who, departing, took away the sun.

...A strange art – music – the most poetic and precise of all the arts, vague as a dream and precise as algebra.

A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman's heart in particular.

As you love yourself, so shall you love others. Strange but true, with no exceptions.

Atheism was natural enough, but heresy seemed strange. For, surely, if one could believe anything, one could believe everything.

Awakening the mystical kundalini prematurely is dangerous, because unless you have refined your being, you'll get all screwed up, entities, weird powers ... strange things. That is why I don't teach anyone how to open up the chakras.

Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice.

At this point, I don't care much where I live. I don't feel as attached to Russia's native woods as I was once. I used to dearly love Moscow, even though I wasn't born there; but now, it's changed so much that it's a strange city for me. I had a bond with my friends, but most of them are gone; I haven't made new ones, and the ones that I do have are mostly in Germany and in America.

A writer is a strange instrument of our species, a harp of sorts, fine-tuned to the dark contradictions of life.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

Be different, be altruistic. Be strange, work for others in response to their harm. Raise eyebrows, be generous without agenda.

Being like stranded without a label in the middle of tour was very strange. On the other hand it made us move instantly. I mean, I didn't wallow. I was like, "Alright, who can we email? Let's just start putting stuff out." I felt like we were playing really well and it was at least worth a shot.

Being in love is a very strange thing.

Being someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he's materialistic.

Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.

Being strange is not necessarily bad ... Sometimes it's a person's only redeeming quality.

Believe then, if you please, that I can do strange things. [Act 5, Scene 2]

Bro, it's dark. You can't go to a strange building with a mysterious address in the dark. Haven't you ever seen a horror movie?

Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can.

Brief is this existence, as a visit in a strange house. The path to be pursued is poorly lit by a flickering consciousness.

But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day

But nothing is so strange when one is in love (and what was this except being in love?) as the complete indifference of other people.

But love was strange. It distorted your perspective and played havoc with your logic.

Changmin teases me so much...it's to the point that it feels strange when he doesn't.

Censorship is a strange situation. There was times when people would burn books because they didn't like what people were doing.

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

Character is a strange blending of flinty strength and pliable warmth.

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.

Cherie, did the table do something I did not see or were you just attempting to teach it a lesson?” “I was imagining it was Evor.” “Strange, they do not greatly resemble each other.” “I have a good imagination.” “In that case, I do not suppose you are imagining I'm Brad Pitt?

Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without such a counterpoise, this dignity would make him horribly vain, or this humiliation would make him terribly abject.

Children know how to be cruel, and the cruelty of their elders is the surest residue of the malaise the young feel toward things strange, things other, things that reveal our own ignorance or insufficiency

Classics which at home are drowsily read have a strange charm in a country inn, or in the transom of a merchant brig.

Clinching the [County] Championship is a strange sensation... There's more atmosphere in a doctor's waiting room

Dark energy is incredibly strange, but actually it makes sense to me that it went unnoticed, because dark energy has no effect on daily life, or even inside our solar system.