Quotes About Puzzle

The only time I can get the thoughts to stop is when I get lost in something very creative and puzzle-like—and then I only get lost briefly. This way of life is exhausting

Life is like a puzzle, sometimes you have to take a step back, look at it and see if you are missing any pieces.

Mrs. Pellington found muddy footprints leading up her front porch and only muddy handprints leading away from it.

Ne diyebilirim ki sana, varl???n s?rlar? sakl? senden, benden; bir düÄŸüm ki ne sen çözebilirsin, ne ben. Bizimki perde arkas?nda dedikodu; bir indi mi perde, ne sen kal?rs?n, ne ben?

He had the feeling that he must make a decision, and though he was used to making many decisions every day, this time he was beset with uncertainty; in fact he had no idea what was being asked of him

The other day I was playing Scrabble. I saw that I could close the space in D-E- -Y. I had an N and an F. Which do you think I chose? What was the word I made?

It is at the movies that the only absolutely modern mystery is celebrated.

Matryoshkas are built like the human heart: Mysteries within mysteries.

So another thing I learn is that Sherlock Holmes always finds the right clue, and I don't.

had explicitly been concerned to treat mathematics as if it were a chess game, without asking for a connection with the world. That question was, as it were, always left for someone else to tackle.

Deja vu is one of the weirdest things that happens to me. It boggles my mind.

I welcome the powers of the unknown.

Unraveling the threads of a good game story is like solving a well-crafted puzzle. After a lengthy, sometimes difficult journey, the pieces click into place, and you're rewarded with the satisfying payoff of a job well done.

I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing.

Maybe the universe is a giant practical joke and we don't know the punchline.

I am really not a speedcuber. My best time when I was practicing was about a minute. Usually people say if you can create a piano, you must be a good piano player, but it is not true. They are different type of human activities and need different capabilities.

The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.

I'd be an absolutely appalling detective... Appalling.

Delving into history is not an escape for me. I'm like a detective, sniffing for clues with a terrier-like excitement.

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

As late as 2007, Facebook was still trying to figure out what it wanted to be when it grew up. An advertising space seemed to be the obvious answer, but how that would tap into the massive value of the personal data uploaded to the company every day remained a puzzle.

I'm calling the Cube, it's a piece of art. At the same time, it's an intellectual task as well.

A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'

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