Explanation Quotes - Page 5
The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation.
Marilynne Robinson (2015). “Housekeeping”, p.142, Faber & Faber
"My Lady Nicotine". Book by James Matthew Barrie. Chapter 16, 1890.
Gore Vidal (1982). “Pink triangle and yellow star, and other essays (1976-1982)”
Euripides (2002). “Bacchai”, Oberon Books
Song: I Forgot To Remember To Forget
Pooh! Grown-ups are always thinking of uninteresting explanations.
C. S. Lewis (2013). “The Chronicles of Narnia Complete 7-Book Collection with Bonus Book: Boxen”, p.19, Harper Collins
Take away our play stations and we are a third world nation.
Song: Self Evident
Explanation changes whatever is explained into something explainable.
Wendell Berry (2001). “Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition”, Counterpoint Press
Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.13, Beacon Press
Stephen King (2016). “11/22/63: A Novel”, p.367, Simon and Schuster
There are some things that defy explanation- kind of like. . . you know, you.
Sherrilyn Kenyon (2012). “Infamous: Chronicles of Nick”, p.224, Macmillan
You can't always explain everything you do to everybody, you know.
"All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten". Book by Robert Fulghum, 1986.
Man makes machines to man the machines that make the machines.
Song: Man And Machines, 2006
Patricia Briggs (2007). “Blood Bound”, p.3, Penguin
There's no present, there's no future, I don't even know about the past.
Song: Centre Of Eternity, Album: Bark At The Moon