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Quotes About Enigma

Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.
~ Tim Cahill
I've always been attracted to darkness.
~ Martin Freeman
All the things that I find beautiful have a darkness about them.
~ Paloma Faith
I'm talking about science on the leading edge, where it's not clear which way things are going be cause we don't know, and I'm dealing with areas which we don't know about.
~ Rupert Sheldrake
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
~ Natsuo Kirino
I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret.
~ Colin Hanks
Finn whispered, "What has a head, thorax, and abdomen, but stands six feet tall?" "A snowman?
~ Ridley Pearson Shell Game
All things pass, all things, that is, but mystery.
~ Rikki Ducornet
If you can't be free, be a mystery.
~ Rita Dove
If you can't be free, be a mystery.
~ Rita Dove
If you cannot be free, be a mystery.
~ Rita Dove
Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
~ Roald Dahl
Hand could never really grasp it.
~ Robert Aickman
Haven't you noticed by this time that everyone's lives are full of things you can't understand? The exceptional thing is the thing you can understand.
~ Robert Aickman
At heart, women are creatures of darkness all the time.
~ Robert Aickman
Mystery is the unknown in which we live. It is our nature. Mystification is the exploitation of mystery.
~ Robert Aitken
A human being is a problem in search of a solution.
~ Robert Ardrey
Metaphor for the night sky: A trillion asterisks and no explanations.
~ Robert Brault
Plus vous vous laissez aller à parler, plus vous avez l'air banal et peu maître de vous-même. Même anodines, vos paroles sembleront originales si elles restent vagues et énigmatiques. Les personnages puissants impressionnent et intimident parce qu'ils sont peu loquaces. Plus vous en dites et plus vous risquez de dire des bêtises.
~ Robert Greene
Una mezcla de cualidades sugiere profundidad, lo que fascina tanto como confunde.
~ Robert Greene
Sus repliegues las vuelven misteriosas, y las engrandecemos en nuestra imaginación.
~ Robert Greene
that we are far more mysterious, complex, and interesting than we had imagined.
~ Robert Greene
Esto no debe anunciarse en tus palabras, sino en tu actitud. No te preocupes si esta cualidad oculta es negativa, como peligro, crueldad o amoralidad; la gente se sentirá atraída por el enigma de todas maneras, y es raro que la bondad pura sea seductora.
~ Robert Greene
Segundo, cultiva un rostro inexpresivo y misterioso, el centro que irradia tu estelaridad. Esto le permitirá a la gente ver en ti lo que quiere, imaginar que puede advertir tu carácter, y aun tu alma. En vez de indicar estados anímicos y emociones, en vez de emocionar o exaltar, la estrella despierta interpretaciones. Una estrella debe sobresalir
~ Robert Greene