Quotes About Clue

People say it far too much, 'I'll be eternally grateful' is one of the most vacuous statements ever uttered and yet one hears it often, always with that unvarying epithet, always that same irresponsible 'eternally', another clue to its absolute lack of reality, or truth or meaning

The room marked with a cross is not where the murder was committed, but the one that I occupy.

I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.

We must resign ourselves to the fact that the only way in which we can find the clue to the mystery of the rays, systems, and hierarchies, lies in the study of the law of correspondences or analogy. It is the one thread by which we can find our way through the labyrinth, and the one ray of light that shines through the darkness of the surrounding ignorance.

That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon.

I look around the room for anything that might give me a clue to who might have done it. But who am I kidding? I'm not a real detective. Maybe if the killer dropped an eight-by-ten and their Social Security card I could figure things out, but the room looks just how I remember it, and Gentry's door was locked.

If I find anything, I'll send you a copy. Leave your address with Maggie on the way out. And that's a hint about where you should be headed right now.

No, but ..." But I had felt something from another person. Someone who spent time with Alec. The last card in my head flipped over. "I know who it is. It's him. That guy." "Of course," said Carter dryly. "I knew it was that guy. It's always that guy.

Pike said, "What's wrong?" "His name isn't Haines. It's Hewitt, and he isn't just your ordinary junkie. He's on the run from the Russian mob, he used to be in the federal witness protection program, and he doesn't have a clue that he or those children are in danger." Pike nodded. "So where's the surprise?" You never know if he means it.

I'm waiting for God to give me a clue. It's a good thing I'm patient.

It figures--it's always either the butler or the resurrected mate. [Elianna]

Christ is indispensable to any scientific theory, even if its practitioners do not have a clue about him.

What does a clue look like?" Tanith whispered. Stephanie fought the giggle down and whispered back. "I'm looking for a footprint or something." "Have you found one yet?" "No. But that's probably because I haven't moved from this spot." "Maybe we should move, pretend we know what we're doing." They started to walk, very slowly, still looking straight down.

Mystery is more important than knowledge.

History is for human self-knowledge…the only clue to what man can do is what man has done. The value of history, then, is that it teaches us what man has done and thus what man is.

Ik denk dat je mijn opa's laatste raadsel bent - een laatste puzzel om op te lossen.

It sounded like a muffled clanking

The Mystery of the Invisible Thief

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

explained what he'd found.

At her very first attempt Agatha had understood – or intuited – that a clue based upon character has double the value.

Methinks we have a clue. Be still, my heart.

XVXVI, or 10-5-10-5-1, yielded H-E-H-E-A, which, unless she wanted to show her derisive laughter, made no sense.

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.