Quotes About Mystery

Most animals are pragmatic about mysteries: If they run across something they don't understand, all they care about is whether it's edible and whether it's dangerous. Humans, on the other hand, are drawn to the mystery for its own sake.

Prague is a dark place.

We know little of the things for which we pray.

There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.

The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for.

No one can predict what God is going to do.

I don't like shows that are predictable. I like it when you're shocked and you have no idea who's about to die.

Kubrick never explained the ending to us, or what his intentions were. He didn't intend for it to be a predictable film.

I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave... and beyond!

I don't know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he's funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.

There is something about acting that's mysterious and magical because there is only so much I can do to prepare, and then I have to just let go and breathe and believe that it will come through.

People have all this interest in food. But for most people, it's a mystery how to prepare food. I wanted the knowledge cooks know: the in-your-fingers knowledge you get by doing it over and over.

I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you.

The Creator, in taking infinite pains to shroud with mystery His presence in every atom of creation, could have had but one motive - a sensitive desire that men seek Him only through free will.

To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.

You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like. Which is great.

Saturday mornings, or at night when I'm trying to go to bed, I'll watch Hitchcock mysteries and stuff. I know that's pretty boring, but it feels comfortable. It's called 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents.'

Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.

There's a lot about the early history of salt that isn't known, including who first used it and when or how it was discovered that it preserved food. We were sort of handed, in history, this world where everyone knew about salt. And it's not clear exactly how that developed.

It was that chemistry. And was the fact that he was president part of that chemistry? I don't know. Maybe. Probably. But it was - I was there because there was chemistry. I wasn't there because, oh, this is the president.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

I used to hide behind doors pretending to be a mouse listening to the grown up's conversations. I always wanted to hear them plotting peoples deaths so I could dob them in to the police. unfortunately there were no murderers in my family.

Like most people, I have a dark side, but because of roles I played early on, people tend not to guess that.

I feel every person has a 'secret' dark side to them which perhaps they themselves are not aware of.