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Quotes About Puzzle

spy with my little eye something made of gold: So follow the clues both night and day; leave no stone unturned, the game's in play. "'Leave no stone unturned?
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
I'm glad we solved the mystery. I couldn't bear it much longer.
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
MYSTERY OF THE TRAVELING
~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.
~ Gertrude Stein
'The Da Vinci Code' and films of that nature are the ones that I really enjoy because you are learning and working out riddles as you go along.
~ Perdita Weeks
Writing songs and lyrics is not that different from doing the 'Times' crossword every morning. They both give you a good mental workout.
~ Leslie Bricusse
Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.
~ Lewis Carroll
The Cube is, at the same time, a symbol of simplicity and complexity.
~ Erno Rubik
The simplest way out of the puzzle of time travel is to say that it can't be done. That's very likely the right answer. However, we don't know for sure.
~ Sean M. Carroll
I like titles that are a little difficult, because it's kind of counterintuitive.
~ Charlie Kaufman
The puzzle of 'To the Moon' is both elegant and memorable. Take a few hours and try to solve it. The pieces fit together oh so nicely.
~ Jason Schreier
Some things demand that you search for them, even though you will not find them.
~ Sarah Monette
Every maze has a monster at its heart.
~ Sarah Monette
You are to imagine a Realworld room with three light bulbs in it. Outside the room are three electric switches. You may only enter the room once, and you may only have one switch on when you enter the room. How can you work out which switch operates which light?
~ Scarlett Thomas
I have a rule of thumb—if you have a puzzle and the answers are elegant and simple, it means someone is trying to fuck you over.
~ Scott Lynch
According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
~ Scott Matthews
Q: Did you hear about the constipated Wheel of Fortune player? A: He wanted to buy a bowel.
~ Scott McNeely
I went to school with a kid who was so smart, the only time he got an answer wrong, they had to go back and change the question.
~ Gene Perret
Frankly, the reason I joined MENSA is because I was dating a guy at the time who spoke five languages and could solve a Rubik's Cube literally with his eyes closed because it's just an algorithm.
~ Ashley Rickards
Most mysteries are soluble in time.
~ Austin O'Malley
Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.
~ Stephanie Zimbalist
O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie.
~ William Shakespeare
What's the name of the first point above New Orleans?' I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.
~ Mark Twain
He had what he called just a small ration of tools: A painted book. A handful of pencils. A mindful of thoughts. Like a simple puzzle, he put them together.
~ mark zusak