Knotty Puzzle Quotes & Sayings

A knotty puzzle may hold a scientist up for a century, when it may be that a colleague has the solution already and is not even aware of the puzzle that it might solve. — Isaac Asimov

The play is a marvelous form, but it demands less than a novel. — Howard Fast

Thank God for what you have, and trust God for what you need — Shearon D. Hurst

I think every actor should be always grateful when they work. — Robert Knepper

Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I allowed two? — G.K. Chesterton

I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root:
It is what you fear.
I do not fear it: I have been there.
From the poem "Elm", written 19 April 1962 — Sylvia Plath

The Elf and the Dormouse UNDER a toadstool crept a wee Elf, Out of the rain to shelter himself. Under the toadstool, sound asleep, Sat a big Dormouse all in a heap. Trembled the wee Elf, frightened and yet Fearing to fly away lest he get wet. To the next shelter-maybe a mile! Sudden the wee Elf smiled a wee smile. Tugged till the toadstool toppled in two. Holding it over him, gaily he flew. Soon he was safe home, dry as could be. Soon woke the Dormouse-"Good gracious me!" "Where is my toadstool?" loud he lamented. -And that's how umbrellas first were invented. — Oliver Herford

I didn't find it difficult to live in the 'Inherent Vice' world or play those scenes, because they just seemed so real. — Katherine Waterston

The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher of warm spit. That's because TV will not come and treat it respectfully. Television is really something. — Kurt Vonnegut

In fact, many musicians are the happiest when the artist and audience re-interpret or re-imagine the content of the songs. — John Dyer Baizley

Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer. — Genevieve Gorder

The discipline of practice every day is essential. When I skip a day, I notice a difference in my playing. After two days, the critics notice, and after three days, so does the audience. — Jascha Heifetz