Strange Quotes - Page 11

Tis very strange men should be so fond of being wickeder than they are.

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.

Heaven must be populated with some rather strange creatures if all they lived for was to go to a place where they can strum harps for eternity.

The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.

There is no safety this side of the grave

When we are unduly impatient with an omniscient God's timing, we really are suggesting that we know what's best. Strange isn't it-we who wear wrist watches seek to counsel Him who oversees cosmic clocks and calendars.

I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief.

I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.

My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them.

I don't really care if you think I'm strange--I ain't gonna change!

People are strange when you're a stranger.

Isn't it strange -- when you're single, all you see is couples, and when you're part of a couple, all you see are hookers.

Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?

It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.

Nothing human is finally calculable; even to ourselves we are strange.

In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.

I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.

Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

We live in strange times. We also live in strange places: each in a universe of our own. The people with whom we populate our universes are the shadows of whole other universes intersecting with our own. Being able to glance out into this bewildering complexity of infinite recursion and say things like, 'Oh, hi, Ed! Nice tan. How's Carol?' involves a great deal of filtering skill for which all conscious entities have eventually to develop a capacity in order to protect themselves from the contemplation of the chaos through which they seethe and tumble.

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.

I have this very strange relationship with my work, which is that it's like a conversation between me and it.

My sense of divine brings with it a strange sound of music with its glories, a marvellous melody sounding like a multitude of flutes.

My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them.

It's vital to keep a sense of humour when the world seems to have suddenly become a very strange place.