#curious

I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair. ↗

— James Patterson

#exciting #exquisite #fang #fit #i

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#beliefs #curious #example #far #for example

No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#british #british government #cost #country #curiously

What about you? What do you do?” I needed to ask questions, draw him out. I needed to find out all the information I could. My voice sounded strong and smooth, but my hands were shaking. I put them in my lap so he couldn’t see. “I prey on innocent villagers and terrify their children,” he said with a nasty smile. “And sometimes when I’m feeling really evil, I read books or paint. ↗

— Kate Avery Ellison

#curious #funny #kate-avery-ellison #sarcasm #the-curse-girl

Is my world turning into Harry Potter's?! ↗

— Jada Berglund

#curious #harry-potter #hazel #magic #spells

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. ↗

— Mark Twain

#courage #curious #moral #moral courage #physical

The human capacity to be curious has always existed. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#capacity #curious #existed #human #human capacity

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#ashamed #author #belief #boundaries #critics

I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he's deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he's an internationalist, which I am. ↗

— Howard Dean

#committed #curious #deeply #environment #i

I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#eat #faces #hide #i #like