Riddles Of The Sphinx Quotes & Sayings

In the Spanish people there is a mixture of Gothic, Frankish and Moorish blood. One can speak of the Spaniard as one would speak of a brave anarchist. The Arabian epoch-the Arabs look down on the Turks as they do on dogs-was the most cultured, the most intellectual and in every way best and happiest epoch in Spanish history. It was followed by the period of the persecutions with its unceasing atrocities. — Adolf Hitler

At thirty-two she had less dating experience than the average high school student. — Lacey Alexander

The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you, it radiates from within you, — Marianne Williamson

Don't get trapped into thinking people are halves instead of wholes. — David Levithan

It's just a bunch of dumb, random facts," Annabeth insisted. "Riddles are supposed to make you think." "Think?" The Sphinx frowned. "How am I supposed to test whether you can think? That's ridiculous! Now, how much force is required - — Rick Riordan

As he walked past shops and teahouses he could still — Greg Egan

Well hello, honey, I've been out boozing and whoring. I know, my priorities are pretty off. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

What is the little one thinking about?
Very wonderful things, no doubt;
Unwritten history!
Unfathomed mystery!
Yet he laughs and cries, and eats and drinks,
And chuckles and crows, and nods and winks,
As if his head were as full of kinks
And curious riddles as any sphinx! — J.G. Holland

Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of power. — Robert Greene

In 1961, when Maris broke Babe Ruth's record, he wasn't intentionally walked once. Mickey batted after Roger, and nobody was going to put a man on base with Mantle coming up to the plate. — Mel Allen

We cut these numerous windings in our destinies daily with our own hands, while we imagine that we are pursuing a track on the royal high road of respectability and duty, and then complain of those ways being so intricate and so dark. We stand bewildered before the mystery of our own making, and the riddles of life that we will not solve, and then accuse the great Sphinx of devouring us. — H. P. Blavatsky

And she always wants to read the same book. And it's, like, the crappiest board book. The Monster at the End of This Book? — Gabrielle Zevin

I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. I think on some level, you'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless. — Curtis Jackson

The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic. — Christopher Lee

She dried her tears, and they did smile
To see her cheeks' returning glow;
Nor did discern how all the while
That full heart throbbed to overflow.
With that sweet look and lively tone,
And bright eye shining all the day,
They could not guess, at midnight lone
How she would weep the time away. — Emily Bronte

For a hundred that can bear adversity, there is hardly one that can bear prosperity. — Thomas Carlyle