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Riddle Quotes

My grandmother told me that her father used to ask her a riddle: What must you break apart in order to bring a family close together? Bread, of course Picture Quote #1

One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. Under pressure from the computer, the question of mind in relation to machine is becoming a central cultural preoccupation. It is becoming for us what sex was to the Victorians--threat and obsession, taboo and fascination Picture Quote #1

Everything about woman is a riddle, and everything about woman has a single solution: that is, pregnancy Picture Quote #1

Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don’t understand you? It’s because you are the answer to Samson’s riddle. You are the honey in the lion Picture Quote #1

Here’s a riddle: When is a croquet mallet like a billy club? I’ll tell you: Whenever you want it to be! Picture Quote #1

For myself, I am interested in science and in philosophy only because I want to learn something about the riddle of the world in which we live, and the riddle of man’s knowledge of that world. And I believe that only a revival of interest in these riddles can save the sciences and philosophy from an obscurantist faith in the expert’s special skill and in his personal knowledge and authority Picture Quote #1

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It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist Picture Quote #1

A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms Picture Quote #1

An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child’s riddle? Picture Quote #1

Created half to rise, and half to fall; great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; the glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Picture Quote #1

It’s like the riddle of the Sphinx... why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unmarried men? Picture Quote #1

Nature ne’er meant her secrets to be found, and man’s a riddle which man can’t expound Picture Quote #1

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The mystery of death, the riddle of how you could speak to someone and see them every day and then never again, was so impossible to fathom that of course we kept trying to figure it out, even when we were unconscious Picture Quote #1

We can’t save the past or solve the riddle of love. But to me, it’s worth trying Picture Quote #1

Animals! the object of insatiable interest, examples of the riddle of life, created, as it were, to reveal the human being to man himself, displaying his richness and complexity in a thousand kaleidoscopic possibilities, each of them brought to some curious end, to some characteristic exuberance Picture Quote #1

And this is the strangest of all paradoxes of the human adventure; we live inside all experience, but we are permitted to bear witness only to the outside. Such is the riddle of life and the story of the passing of our days Picture Quote #1

Truth has to be given in riddles. People can’t take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it Picture Quote #1

Children are the proof we’ve been here... they’re where we go to when we die. They’re the best thing and the most impossible thing, but there’s nothing else... Life is a riddle and they are the answer. If there’s any answer, it has to be them Picture Quote #1

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Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That’s why people discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves, that’s why they write symphonies Picture Quote #1

For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist Picture Quote #1

We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It’s just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn’t have expected Picture Quote #1

Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, assuming you do not go utterly mad in the attempt. If you already happen to know the awful secret behind the universe, feel free to skip ahead Picture Quote #1

There’s a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle Picture Quote #1

It is man's destiny to ponder on the riddle of existence and, as a byproduct of his wonderment, to create a new life on this earth Picture Quote #1

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Not only is there no guarantee of the temporal immortality of the human soul, that is to say of it's eternal survival after death; but, in any case, this assumption completely fails to accomplish the purpose for which it has always been intended. Or is some riddle solved by my surviving forever? Is not this eternal life itself as much of a riddle as our present life? Picture Quote #1

Try now to answer my third riddle. By what rule to you tell a copy from an original? Picture Quote #1

Unwind my riddle. Cruel as hawks the hours fly; Wounded men seldom come home to die; the hard waves see an arm flung high; Scorn hits strong because of a lie; Yet there exists a mystic tie. Unwind my riddle Picture Quote #1

The apparently irreconcilable dissimilarity between our wishes and our means, between our hearts and this world, remains a riddle Picture Quote #1

I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration Picture Quote #1

There is a riddle about a man who is locked in a room with nothing but a bed and a calendar, and the question is: How does he survive? The answer is: He eats dates from the calendar and drinks from the springs of the bed Picture Quote #1

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My grandmother told me that her father used to ask her a riddle: What must you break apart in order to bring a family close together? Bread, of course (Riddle Quotes) One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. Under pressure from the computer, the question of mind in relation to machine is becoming a central cultural preoccupation. It is becoming for us what sex was to the Victorians--threat and obsession, taboo and fascination (Riddle Quotes) Everything about woman is a riddle, and everything about woman has a single solution: that is, pregnancy (Riddle Quotes) Did you ever think, Clarice, why the Philistines don’t understand you? It’s because you are the answer to Samson’s riddle. You are the honey in the lion (Riddle Quotes) Here’s a riddle: When is a croquet mallet like a billy club? I’ll tell you: Whenever you want it to be! (Riddle Quotes) For myself, I am interested in science and in philosophy only because I want to learn something about the riddle of the world in which we live, and the riddle of man’s knowledge of that world. And I believe that only a revival of interest in these riddles can save the sciences and philosophy from an obscurantist faith in the expert’s special skill and in his personal knowledge and authority (Riddle Quotes) It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist (Riddle Quotes) A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms (Riddle Quotes) An admiral without ships, a hand without fingers, in service of a king without a throne. Is this a knight who comes before us, or the answer to a child’s riddle? (Riddle Quotes) Created half to rise, and half to fall; great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; the glory, jest, and riddle of the world! (Riddle Quotes) It’s like the riddle of the Sphinx... why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unmarried men? (Riddle Quotes) Nature ne’er meant her secrets to be found, and man’s a riddle which man can’t expound (Riddle Quotes) The mystery of death, the riddle of how you could speak to someone and see them every day and then never again, was so impossible to fathom that of course we kept trying to figure it out, even when we were unconscious (Riddle Quotes) We can’t save the past or solve the riddle of love. But to me, it’s worth trying (Riddle Quotes) Animals! the object of insatiable interest, examples of the riddle of life, created, as it were, to reveal the human being to man himself, displaying his richness and complexity in a thousand kaleidoscopic possibilities, each of them brought to some curious end, to some characteristic exuberance (Riddle Quotes) And this is the strangest of all paradoxes of the human adventure; we live inside all experience, but we are permitted to bear witness only to the outside. Such is the riddle of life and the story of the passing of our days (Riddle Quotes) Truth has to be given in riddles. People can’t take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it (Riddle Quotes) Children are the proof we’ve been here... they’re where we go to when we die. They’re the best thing and the most impossible thing, but there’s nothing else... Life is a riddle and they are the answer. If there’s any answer, it has to be them (Riddle Quotes) Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That’s why people discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves, that’s why they write symphonies (Riddle Quotes) For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist (Riddle Quotes) We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It’s just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn’t have expected (Riddle Quotes) Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, assuming you do not go utterly mad in the attempt. If you already happen to know the awful secret behind the universe, feel free to skip ahead (Riddle Quotes) There’s a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle (Riddle Quotes) It is man's destiny to ponder on the riddle of existence and, as a byproduct of his wonderment, to create a new life on this earth (Riddle Quotes) Not only is there no guarantee of the temporal immortality of the human soul, that is to say of it's eternal survival after death; but, in any case, this assumption completely fails to accomplish the purpose for which it has always been intended. Or is some riddle solved by my surviving forever? Is not this eternal life itself as much of a riddle as our present life? (Riddle Quotes) Try now to answer my third riddle. By what rule to you tell a copy from an original? (Riddle Quotes) Unwind my riddle. Cruel as hawks the hours fly; Wounded men seldom come home to die; the hard waves see an arm flung high; Scorn hits strong because of a lie; Yet there exists a mystic tie. Unwind my riddle (Riddle Quotes) The apparently irreconcilable dissimilarity between our wishes and our means, between our hearts and this world, remains a riddle (Riddle Quotes) I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration (Riddle Quotes) There is a riddle about a man who is locked in a room with nothing but a bed and a calendar, and the question is: How does he survive? The answer is: He eats dates from the calendar and drinks from the springs of the bed (Riddle Quotes)

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