Mystery Theme Quotes

#1. There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.

Tacitus

#2. How can I fault her for trying to bury a truth that when exposed to air and sunlight could only hurt the ones she loves?

Sarah Ockler

#3. Affirmative action makes employers think, 'Black woman nuclear physicist? Hah! Probably let her into Harvard 'cause they were looking for a twofer. Bet she got C's in high school practical math. Give her a job in personnel.'

P. J. O'Rourke

#4. As usual I am suffering much from doubt as to the worth of what I am doing and fear lest I may not be able to complete it so as to make it a contribution to literature and not a mere addition to the heap of books.

George Eliot

#5. The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there.

Pierre Schaeffer

#6. I didn't ever think you were a freak. I think ... I thought you were magic or something. I thought that you were too perfect to be real.

Cynthia Hand

#7. I think that Vegas is one of the wildest places I've ever been to. You can look to your left and there's a drag queen getting married by Elvis, to the right there is some old bird sticking quarters into a slot machine for hours.

Marsha Thomason

#8. Obviously, like Wembley is synonymous with tennis, snooker is synonymous with Sheffield.

Richard Caborn

#9. The true measure of a person is not in what he knows, but what he does with what he knows.

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#10. What I like in novels that I read and enjoy is interplay of theme: the mystery of how we seem to be so separate as human beings.

Sebastian Faulks

#11. I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure from her people to take on the responsibility of leading them.

Deborah Cox