Jonathan Swift Quotes

The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery.

We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.

Our ignorance can be divided into problems and mysteries. When we face a problem, we may not know its solution, but we have insight, increasing knowledge, and an inkling of what we are looking for. When we face a mystery, however, we can only stare in wonder and bewilderment, not knowing what an explanation would even look like.

If you ever got me, you wouldn't have a clue what to do with me.

One mysterious person looking at another mysterious person equals what? Another mystery.

The more you play it the less you know about it.

We are caught inside a mystery, veiled in an enigma, locked inside a riddle

Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated.

Only mystery allows us to live, only mystery.

I love mysteries. To fall into a mystery and its danger ... everything becomes so intense in those moments. When most mysteries are solved, I feel tremendously let down. So I want things to feel solved up to a point, but there's got to be a certain percentage left over to keep the dream going. It's like at the end of Chinatown: The guy says, 'Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.' You understand it, but you don't understand it, and it keeps that mystery alive. That's the most beautiful thing.

As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood.

We live in a bewildering world.

There was no one alive who did not contribute his share of mystery to the world.

Aren't you an enigma wrapped in a thick coating of contradictions.

All is a riddle, and the key to a riddle...is another riddle.

Establish enigmas, not explanations.

But I still couldn't figure out what it all meant. The more I found out, the less I understood.

I want to keep people guessing.

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

The world is much more mysterious than we ever thought.

For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way.

Ultimately, it's a pretty confusing moment.

I'm a walking, talking enigma.