Hmmm Quotes

• It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat.

  Loren Eiseley

  Nature, Men, Trying

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• A hunter of shadows, himself a shade.

  Homer

  Shadow, Hunters, Shade

  "Odyssey". Poem by Homer, XI,

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• Take the so-called standard of living. What do most people mean by "living"? They don’t mean living. They mean the latest and closest plural approximation to singular prenatal passivity which science, in its finite but unbounded wisdom, has succeeded in selling their wives.

  e. e. cummings

  Mean, People, Wife

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• The universe is simmering down, like a giant stew left to cook for four billion years. Sooner or later we won’t be able to tell the carrots from the onions.

  Arthur Bloch

  Years, Giants, Onions

  Arthur Bloch (1991). “The complete Murphy's law: a definitive collection”, PSS Adult

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• I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell; I would not go alone.

  Antonio Porchia

  Heaven, Hell

  "Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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• Psychoanalysis and Zen, in my private psychic geometry, are equal to nicotine. They are anti-existential. Nicotine quarantines one out of existence.

  Norman Mailer

  Psychics, Quarantine, Existential

  Norman Mailer, Michael Lennon (1988). “Conversations with Norman Mailer”, p.45, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Learning is not easy, but hard; culture is severe. The steps to Parnassus are steep and terribly arduous.

  John Jay Chapman

  Culture, Steps, Easy

  John Jay Chapman, Richard Stone (1998). “Unbought Spirit: A John Jay Chapman Reader”, p.88, University of Illinois Press

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• The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Clothes, Looks, Eyesight

  Thomas Carlyle (1869). “Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh : in Three Books”, p.65

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• If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Writing

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• If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

  Dorothy Parker

  Funny, Anniversary, Valentines Day

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• Silence moves faster when it's going backward.

  Jean Cocteau

  Moving, Silence, Faster

  Jean Cocteau (1972). “Three screenplays: L'Eternel retour, Orphée, La Belle et la bête”

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• Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm.

  William Wordsworth

  Men, Cloaks, Old Man

  William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.24

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• Someone asked me about the difference between love and lust. Hmmm. That will take a little thought. How to tell the difference? Well, for guys, if she looks better AFTER you've made love to her than before, that might be love. If you find yourself itching to get out the door afterward, probably just lust, y'know?

  Steven Barnes

  Doors, Differences, Guy

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• the high cost of living isnt so bad if you dont have to pay for it

  Don Marquis

  Cost Of Living, Pay, Economics

  Don Marquis (2013). “The Lives and Times of Archy and Mehitabel”, p.58, Doubleday

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• You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you already know but make it sound like news, eh Well, business as usual , I suppose.

  Douglas Adams

  Advice, Sound, Usual

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.677, Pan Macmillan

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• ‘Was that like a cookie?’ she wondered.
  ‘Hmmm?’
  ‘You know, have a cookie. You'll feel better.’ She put her hands on either side of his face, lifting it as he laughed. ‘Were you making me feel better?’
  ‘I certainly hope so. It worked for me.’ He dipped his head to kiss her lightly. ‘I wanted you. I always do.’
  ‘It's funny how men can wake up with their brains in their cocks.’
  ‘It makes us what we are.’ Still chuckling, he rolled her over him, patted her butt. ‘Let's take a shower. I'll give you another cookie.’

  Nora Roberts

  Feel Better, Men, Giving

  "Ceremony In Death: 5". Book by J. D. Robb, books.google.ru. October 7, 2010.

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• You aren't worried are you?" "Why should I be worried? It's just another day in the neighborhood. You know - bombs, fires, people shooting at you. Why should I be worried? Especially since we could be clothes shopping or boarding a plane. I'm not in the least worried." "Hmmm," he mused allowed. "I read about this in the relationship manual. It's called womanly sarcasm and usually means a man is in deep trouble.

  Christine Feehan

  Mean, Sarcasm, Men

  Christine Feehan (2004). “Mind Game”, p.268, Penguin

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• I've making videos since I was seventeen I was originally discollecting vintage hmmm... footages from different archives and setting moving pictures to classical music clips that meant a lot to me. Maybe there were places I have been where nice things have happened. I had a vision of making my life a work of art and I was looking for people who also felt that way.

  Lana Del Rey

  Art, Nice, Moving

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• Hmmm, I bet you’d be really cute with hornays. Not that you’re not cute right now, but you’re a bit young. You’re only what? Four in human years? Oh wait, that’s wrong, isn’t it? You ninety? (Simi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Cute, Years, Waiting

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “Chronicles of Nick”, p.173, St. Martin's Griffin

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• 

  Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  "The Road Not Taken" l. 16 (1916)

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• Who is the muppet coaching Chelsea??? AVB??? Hmmm!! 25yrs for Ferguson, hopefully not even 6 months for this AVB geezer!

  Kevin Pietersen

  Football, Hopefully Not, Coaching

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• Our planet has a rising fever. If the crib catches fire you don't say: 'Hmmm, how fast is that crib going to burn? Has it ever burned before? Is my baby flame retardant?'

  Al Gore

  Baby, Fire, Flames

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• One night I couldn't sleep and I was up and just Googling random stuff and I'm like, 'Hmmm, PETA.' I saw all the videos and I just thought it was horrible, Pickler told People. It's animal cruelty. A lot of it has to do with knowing what happens to the animals and it really bothered me and so I will not eat meat.

  Kellie Pickler

  Sleep, Night, Animal

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• Who can fail to mist at Fergie's anthem, 'My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps.' Hmmm. 'My lunch, my lunch, I swear it's coming up.

  Celia Rivenbark

  Lovely Lady, Lunch, Anthem

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• Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great.

  David Carradine

  Play, Born

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