Quotes about Strangely

Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write. Votes: 4

Strangely enough, I really think that shoes are a communication tool between people. Votes: 4

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them. Votes: 4

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music. Votes: 4

I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death. Votes: 4

Strangely, nothing makes me feel tired, fatigued, at all. I've gone days and nights without sleep, and still the mind is in such a positive space it just doesn't make you feel fatigued. Votes: 4

Strangely, I heard a stranger say, I am with you. Votes: 3

Strangely enough I like the kind to which I belong: people. Votes: 3

Strangely enough, there's this mythology sprouting out that I cannot stop. Votes: 3

Strangely, it is the pig himself becomes The god inside the car Votes: 3

Strangely incurious, her lovers from before. She has worlds within I'm longing to explore. Votes: 3

Strangely enough, Kathy Jordan is getting to the net first, which she always does. Votes: 3

Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer. Votes: 3

Strangely enough, this is the past that somebody in the future is longing to go back to. Votes: 3

Strangely, when I totally emerged from this slump I couldn't comprehend how I had almost drowned it it. Votes: 3

Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries. Votes: 3

Reading scripts is actually quite a relaxing part of the job. Strangely relaxing. This is a whole different ball game. Votes: 3

On the frozen tundra, I milked a cow and pumped out ice cream. Strangely, it had chunks of strawberries in it. Votes: 3

Some of the writers I've praised are Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid, Elisabeth George and Minette Walters. Strangely enough, almost all are women. Votes: 3

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people. Votes: 3

It formed into small drops on his weather beaten features, drops that rolled down his cheeks. Strangely, some of them tasted like salt. Votes: 3

In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius. Votes: 3

Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my scenes in. Votes: 3

Strangely, the thing I listen to 75% of the time, when I'm exercising with my headphones on is English Tudor/Elizabethan music, so music from about 1450 to the early 1600's. Votes: 3

Strangely, when I was a kid, my first acting job, at 5 years old, was a performance of 'The Three Little Pigs.' They cast me as the Big Bad Wolf. Votes: 3

As soon as she sees me she swings forward and hits a key on her keyboard. The music cuts off instantly. Strangely, the silence that follows seems just as loud. Votes: 3

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people. Votes: 3

Strangely enough, 'I've Seen All Good People' is, I think, the second most played Yes song on American radio after 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart.' And then I think 'Roundabout' is third. Votes: 3

Ordinary fortune-tellers tell you what you want to happen; witches tell you what's going to happen whether you want it to or not. Strangely enough, witches tend to be more accurate but less popular. Votes: 3

Strangely enough, the linking of computers has taken place democratically, even anarchically. Its rules and habits are emerging in the open light, rather shall behind the closed doors of security agencies or corporate operations centers. Votes: 3

Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a corporate officer, he took out several loans from the company. Votes: 3

Strangely enough, it wasn’t Gabe who was haunting my thoughts, though. That job belonged to a pair of sinfully black eyes that had lost their edge when they studied me, turning as soft and sultry as silk. Votes: 3

Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it. Votes: 3

Ah. Yeah, that would be better. Have you ever driven a bus?" Caine shook his headNo, I have not." "Strangely enough," Sam said, remembering the long ago moment of terror and competence that had earned him the nicknames School Bus Sam, "I have." Votes: 3

Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in the pool my first day there. If that's not a Pippin thing to do, I don't know what is. Votes: 3

To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it has to make your skin crawl by getting under it. Strangely, that last clause could describe provocative or daring music, as well. Votes: 3

Ah. Yeah, that would be better. Have you ever driven a bus?" Caine shook his head. "No, I have not." "Strangely enough," Sam said, remembering the long ago moment of terror and competence that had earned him the nicknames School Bus Sam, "I have. Votes: 3

The first time I started listening to Irish music, I had a very strong connection. Strangely enough, there's a great many Japanese melodies and vocal styles that sound very much like Hungarian music. You start seeing all these cross-references and comparative, independent musical cultures. Votes: 3

If you ask people to remember a painting and a photograph, their description of the photograph is far more accurate than that of the painting. Strangely enough, there is a physical element intertwined with the painting. It shakes loose an emotional element within the viewer. Votes: 3

I think I'm the only professional horse rider from the movie industry. Strangely, I've seen no men from the industry at equestrian events. Though I've seen some ladies like Diya Mirza and Lara Dutta at the race course. Women, by the way, make superior horse riders. Votes: 3

Strangely, producing "Parisienne" was very long and difficult because the people who mainly finance films didn't understand the idea of a young foreign girl having a good time in Paris. They wanted to see her suffering and poor, and definitely not falling in love with three French men! Votes: 3

Strangely enough, politics may just be the one realm in which having kids imposes no penalty on women. Kids are practically a necessity. For scientists, or Supreme Court justices, or chief executives, or the woman who wants to learn to fly F-l8s off an aircraft carrier, it works differently. Votes: 3

I think there's something strangely musical about noise. Votes: 2

I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house. Votes: 2

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. Votes: 2

When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen. Votes: 2

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! Votes: 2

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words. Votes: 2

In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. Votes: 2

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave. Votes: 2

A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie. Votes: 2

Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It can be strangely galvanising to get a 'bad' one. Votes: 2

Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront. Votes: 2

On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup. Votes: 2

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without. Votes: 2

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn? Votes: 2

The greatest question of all is whether our experience on this planet is 'it' or whether there is something else. Things in the supernatural realm give support, strangely perhaps, to the things we take on faith. Votes: 2

I'm equally guilty of using technology - I Twitter, I text people, I chat. But I think there's something strangely insidious about it that it makes us think we're closer when in fact we're not seeing each other, we're not connecting. Votes: 2

Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that. Votes: 2

If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely. People always seem to be behaving the wrong way, in a different way. You say things and there are silences. Votes: 2

Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take pains to claim, 'This is an investment.' Let us recognize charity for what it is at heart: a noble enterprise aimed at bettering the human condition. Votes: 2

I get very little sleep. But I try to stay constantly busy. My fear is that if I stop working I'll, like, die. So throughout my life I've always tried to remain busy, and I sort of know no other way. I think if my heart rate slowed it would affect my constitution, strangely. I've been trained to do that. Votes: 2

I feel strangely normal. Votes: 0

You are strangely troublesome. Votes: 0

Christianity is a strangely cheery religion. Votes: 0

I think theres something strangely musical about noise. Votes: 0

We're not very accepting of people who act strangely. Votes: 0

Every selfish man, strangely enough, becomes a self slayer Votes: 0

The hero is strangely akin to those who die young. Votes: 0

My worst fears have been realized. And strangely, it's liberating. Votes: 0

What strangely enchanted tunes gush forth during those sleepless nights! Votes: 0

I've been the saddest while I've been the most successful, strangely. Votes: 0

I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles. Votes: 0

I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely. Votes: 0

Economists who speak the English tongue are strangely intimidated by mathematical symbols. Votes: 0

Risking one's life can be strangely liberating. That's what the sea counsels me. Votes: 0

Lips. There was something strangely, delicately indelicate about the word, like a kiss itself. Votes: 0

Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make. Votes: 0

As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd. Votes: 0

Sometimes I write stuff that strangely predicts what's going to happen in my life. Votes: 0

At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness. Votes: 0

I dwell with a strangely aching heart In that vanished abode there far apart Votes: 0

I'm going for Britain's Best Dressed Man award, but strangely, I'm never on the list. Votes: 0

I long to hear the story of your life, which must captivate the ear strangely. Votes: 0

[My muse] feels nostalgic for Japan, and, perhaps strangely, for the pioneer days of America. Votes: 0

So when you look at the eschaton what you see, strangely enough, is your own face. Votes: 0

Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen. Votes: 0

Even though I don't believe in God, I feel strangely compelled to fight the atheist label. Votes: 0

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. Votes: 0

Intolerance of groups is often, strangely enough, exhibited more strongly against small differences than against fundamental ones. Votes: 0

Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin. Votes: 0

I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next. Votes: 0

If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely. Votes: 0

I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation. Votes: 0

It's good to know that if I behave strangely enough, society will take full responsibility for me. Votes: 0

There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea. Votes: 0

We read to find ourselves, more fully and more strangely than otherwise we could hope to find. Votes: 0

There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea. Votes: 0

Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger--frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it. Votes: 0

I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated. Votes: 0

I thought when love for you died, I should die. It's dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on. Votes: 0

I think in a weird way that the entertainment industry is strangely more brutally honest than any other. Votes: 0

I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources. Votes: 0

The progress of women's rights in our culture, unlike other types of 'progress,' has always been strangely reversible. Votes: 0

Leafing through Forbes or Fortune [magazine]s is like reading the operating manual of a strangely sanctimonious pirate ship Votes: 0

I strangely feel better before I go through hair and makeup. Maybe that's just because I feel like me. Votes: 0

There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed- Votes: 0

Savages and modern artists are alike strangely driven to create something uglier than themselves. but the artists find it harder. Votes: 0

Life is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true. Votes: 0

People strangely revere dance. They see it as another world, and dancers are somehow mysterious - just because they don't speak. Votes: 0

Twenty-four years ago I was strangely handsome; in San Francisco in the rainy season I was often mistaken for fair weather. Votes: 0

Freedom is strangely ephemeral. It is something like breathing; one only becomes acutely aware of its importance when one is choking. Votes: 0

Every place, once unique, itself, is strangely shot through with radiations from every other place. "˜There' was then; "˜here' is now. Votes: 0

...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary... Votes: 0

Even though it felt completely natural - strangely enough - recording an album, I was very shy about making it public. Votes: 0

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it. Votes: 0

I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is. Votes: 0

I have no recipe for how to combine things. But you must be sincere. And if you are, strangely, it will succeed. Votes: 0

When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, the things of earth grow strangely dim. The values of eternity grow increasingly bright. Votes: 0

It is strangely wonderful to feel the lack of something instead of believing that it was never there in the first place. Votes: 0

I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling. Votes: 0

There is a 3rd point of view on the gun control issue--those who I refer to as THE VICTIMS--but they remain strangely silent... Votes: 0

Whether you want to be the top violinist or a CEO, strangely enough, hard work and perseverance can overcome a lot of things. Votes: 0

They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right. Votes: 0

How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water To be so still that way. ~ "Sea Calm Votes: 0

In common with librarians the world over, the two women were used to dealing with a disproportionate quota of odd people acting strangely. Votes: 0

I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing. Votes: 0

I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old - strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy. Votes: 0

… he remained restrained and strangely composed. It was a composure born of extreme provocation. It stemmed from a lucidity that lies beyond rage. Votes: 0

I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening. Votes: 0

We perceive, as from a great distance, a thousand years filled with dim shapes of men moving blindly, performing strangely, in an unreal shadowy world. Votes: 0

As the grace grows nearer my theology is growing strangely simple, and it begins and ends with Christ as the only Savior of the lost. Votes: 0

My father's ashes are not yet interred.strangely, I find the fact that he isn't properly laid to rest helps me when I'm doingthis play. Votes: 0

It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely. Votes: 0

It is a strange thing to read a letter after the writer is dead - a bitter-sweet thing, in which pain and comfort are strangely mingled. Votes: 0

All thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test; here, afore heaven, I ratify this my rich gift. Votes: 0

the natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. strangely enough it all works out in the end... it's a mystery. Votes: 0

Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect independence contending for dependence. Votes: 0

He'd developed a strangely tender feeling towards such words, as if they were children abandoned in the woods and it was his duty to rescue them. Votes: 0

The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master - something that, at times, strangely wills and works for itself. Votes: 0

Only the completely enlightened are beyond winning and losing. Yet, strangely enough, they had to win to get to the point of being beyond winning and losing. Votes: 0

I'm the kind of person that wants to analyze and I think having a background in, strangely enough, in like literature and languages, I'm always analyzing things. Votes: 0

Sometimes I feel like art is supposed to mirror life, but strangely it's as if art is trying to catch up to life, to a certain extent. Votes: 0

It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately. Votes: 0

There is something that happens when we leave the land and enter the ocean. It's unexpected, the environment feels strangely welcoming. The ocean almost feels like... home. Votes: 0

It was a strangely disorienting feeling, to have something you'd relied on for so long start to change, like finding out that gravity no longer worked on Mondays. Votes: 0

It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling. Votes: 0

Somehow strangely the vice of men gets well represented and protected but their virtue has none to plead its cause - nor any charter of immunities and rights. Votes: 0

Thank you, Mr. Rochester, for your great kindness. I am strangely glad to get back again to you: and wherever you are is my home—my only home. Votes: 0

So sweet love seemed that April morn, when first we kissed beside the thorn, so strangely sweet, it was not strange we thought that love could never change. Votes: 0

You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more strangely than the future. Votes: 0

So sweet love seemed that April morn. When first we kissed beside the thorn, So strangely sweet, it was not strange We thought that love could never change. Votes: 0

Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace. Votes: 0

And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else. Votes: 0

When a man knows how to live amid danger, he is not afraid to die. When he is not afraid to die, he is, strangely, free to live. Votes: 0

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise. Votes: 0

I shall omit former particulars, and begin with informing the Reader, that, in 1792, I was strangely visited, by day and night, concerning what was coming upon the whole earth. Votes: 0

Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery. Votes: 0

Here was a flower (the daisy reflected) strangely like itself and yet utterly unlike itself too. Such a paradox has often been the basis for the most impassioned love. Votes: 0

The landscape everywhere, away from the river, is of rock - cliffs of rock; plateaus of rock; terraces of rock; crags of rock - ten thousand strangely carved forms. Votes: 0

I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me. Votes: 0

I g-g-guess...I'm dead?" she heard her own voice call out, strangely high-pitched and thin. For a long time, she heard nothing else. And then: "Hi, Dead. I'm Dan. Votes: 0

A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, repute possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie. Votes: 0

The world doesn't fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life. Votes: 0

Somewhere in [China's] soul lurks the cunning of an old dog, and it is a cunning that is strangely impressive. What a strange old soul! What a great old soul! Votes: 0

Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness. Votes: 0

It's interesting that instead of having to get tighter and more restricted for a collaboration, strangely enough, from the beginning, we've actually been more confident that we could handle this. Votes: 0

I'd like to understand why it seems normal to look at astonishing achievements made by unapproachably ambitious, luminously pious, strangely obsessed artists, and toss them off with a few wry comments... Votes: 0

All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness. Votes: 0

if you search the bible, you will find no reference to birth control or gay marriage, and you will not find a word, strangely, about stem cell research. I have searched. Votes: 0

For the personality, bankruptcy or failure may be a disaster. For the soul, it may be grist for its strangely joyful mill, and a condition it has been secretly engineering for years. Votes: 0

Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed to. Metal detectors, police vehicle barriers and heavily-armed police officers become strangely commonplace after awhile. Votes: 0

How strangely is antiquity treated! To answer some purposes it is spoken of as the times of darkness and ignorance, and to answer others, it is put for the light of the world. Votes: 0

Obamas foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront. Votes: 0

There is something strangely determinate and fatal about a single shot in the night. It is as if someone had cried a message to you in one word, and would not repeat it. Votes: 0

I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for the future, I believe, I must be less communicative, in order to be less troublesome. Votes: 0

How strangely inaccurate it is to measure length of living by length of life! The space between your birth and death is often far from a true measure of your days of living. Votes: 0

I've come to realize that life, while being everything, is also strangely not much. Except when the light shines on it a different way and then you realize it's a lot after all! Votes: 0

Wealth has more and more increased, and at the same time gathered itself more and more into masses, strangely altering the old relations, and increasing the distance between the rich and the poor. Votes: 0

Without much accuracy, with strangely little love at all, your family will decide for you exactly who you are, and they'll keep nudging, coaxing, poking you until you've changed into that very simple shape. Votes: 0

It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders "“ a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart. Votes: 0

There are times in your life when, despite the steel weight of your memories and the sadness that seems to lie at your feet like a shadow, you suddenly and strangely feel perfectly okay. Votes: 0

Often we ask ourselves to make absolute sense out of what just happens, and in this way, what we are practicing is suffering, which everybody practices, but strangely few of us grow graceful in. Votes: 0

I think of modern marriage as a car strangely fashioned out of an old abandoned horse carriage, built upon the framework of a mule cart. All the original engineering is still there, underneath it all. Votes: 0

I surround myself with people I admire and respect. I have never tried to make anything happen. I don't know how long 'Urinetown' will run on Broadway, and I find myself strangely unconcerned about it. Votes: 0

People thought I was this doll that came to life, so I would have different people just treating me very strangely as far as I was concerned. They wanted to see if I was real. Votes: 0

Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material. Votes: 0

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn. Votes: 0

You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests. Votes: 0