Untwisting Quotes & Sayings

My soul is an entangled knot,
Upon a liquid vortex wrought
By Intellect in the Unseen residing,
And thine doth like a convict sit,
With marline-spike untwisting it,
Only to find its knottiness abiding;
Since all the tools for its untying
In four-dimensional space are lying,
Wherein they fancy intersperses
Long avenues of universes,
While Klein and Clifford fill the void
With one finite, unbounded homoloid,
And think the Infinite is now at last destroyed. — James Clerk Maxwell

I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective. — John Wooden

As long as every question is answered by the word "God," scientific inquiry is simply impossible. — Robert Green Ingersoll

That's when she discovered that Todd had improvised on the menu she had made up. — Robin Jones Gunn

The creator, if he should love his creature, would be loving only a part of himself; but the creature, praising the creator, praises an infinity beyond himself. — Olaf Stapledon

You do know him, so that's a lame excuse."
It was a lame excuse, but it was the best I had. "How do you really ever truly know someone?"
Brit smacked her hands to her cheeks and she shook her head. "He's not a serial killer."
"Speaking of serial killers, everyone thought Ted Bundy was a really charming, handsome man. And look how he turned out. Psycho."
Jacob stared at me. "He's not Ted Bundy. — J. Lynn

The birds and I share a natural history. It is a matter of rootedness, of living inside a place for so long that the mind and imagination fuse. — Terry Tempest Williams

Are we for ever to be twisting and untwisting the same rope?
For ever in the same track - for ever at the same pace? — Peter Ackroyd

I'm a good businessman. I pay my bills. Growing up in a situation where everything counted helps. — Kim Cattrall

UNESCO provides protection for the great cultural institutions. There is something called the intangible cultural heritage list. And the Italians want to put Neapolitan pizza on it. But in order to do that, you have to show that whatever it is that you're trying to protect is under threat. And pizza is totally under threat from Pizza Hut and Domino's. — Peter Sagal

In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like. — Tom Stoppard

Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. — John Milton

But then, a grateful heart beats in a world of miracles. If I could only speak one prayer for you, my children, it would be that your hearts would not only beat but grow ever greater in gratitude, that your lives, however long they prove to be and no matter how they end, continue to bring you miracles in abundance. — Kate Braestrup

Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!" he said aloud. "Why don't they come and lend a hand?" Lo — J.R.R. Tolkien

It is through love that the door to Heaven is opened on earth. — Molly Friedenfeld

As a result of my hike, I am much more inclined to "do" things. I will have fewer "should have done"s even if it means incurring some "wish I hadn't"s. — David Miller