#mysteries

The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things. ↗

— Ben Okri

#acknowledged #cannot #coded #dislike #frontiers

The precise point at which a tax deduction becomes a 'loophole' or a tax incentive becomes a 'subsidy for special interests' is one of the great mysteries of politics. ↗

— John Sununu

#deduction #great #incentive #interests #loophole

Fine by me, Jack. I just have to plug in the machine. The City will have to change its name to Sunny Beach.” “We don’t have a beach.” “Well, you know what I mean …” Conversation on Radio Fake 112.8 MHz In The Shadow of Sadd ↗

— Steen Langstrup

#gta #noir #scandinavian-mysteries #change

We've always been fans of a good mystery; we think all kids are, and there weren't any good mysteries out there these days for kids, so that's why we decided to do them. ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

#any #been #days #decided #fans

You know, what a producer does is one of the great mysteries in life, so anyone can be one. ↗

— Timothy Olyphant

#does #great #know #life #mysteries

There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual. ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

#individual #mysteries #secret #zones

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#fun #i #mysteries #never #probably

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#feminine #like #mysteries #seen #still

But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#drummer #figuring #frequently #greatest #his

It’s the unknown that draws people. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#adventures #attraction #discovery #fascination #love-of-the-unknown