Puzzles Quotes - Page 22

• Words often spoil a moment of judgment or excitement; in all great puzzles and wars and movements, there is a moment to speak and a moment to accept with silent dignity.

  John Gallagher, Jr.

  War, Movement, Dignity

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• What puzzles most of us are the things which have been left in the movies rather than the things which have been taken out.

  Agnes Repplier

  Taken, Cinema, Has Beens

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• I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.

  Adam Baldwin

  Party, Laughing, Fans

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• My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

  Adrian Belew

  Work Out, Effort, Trying

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• Throughout history there have been many other examples, similar to that of Haeckel, Huxley and the cell, where a key piece of a particular scientific puzzle was beyond the understanding of the age.

  Michael Behe

  Keys, Cells, Understanding

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• I write poetry to figure things out. Any time I’m trying to wrap my head around something, poetry is like a puzzle-solving strategy for me.

  Sarah Kay

  Writing, Trying, Strategy

  Interview with Jennifer Messing, journalwomenwriters.wordpress.com. August 5, 2014.

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• Learning a [skateboard] trick is kind of like a puzzle; you have to keep trying, and trying, and trying, and adapting and changing, and adapting and changing, and finally it works.

  Rob Dyrdek

  Trying, Kind, Tricks

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• When weight loss becomes a goal in your life, eating right and exercising are just two pieces of the puzzle. Figuring out why you've put on the extra weight is the hardest part.

  Ali Vincent

  Health, Loss, Exercise

  Ali VIncent (2010). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.128, Rodale

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• The world of counterterrorism is like that old jigsaw puzzle in the back of the closet: Its many missing pieces and extra parts jumbled in from other puzzles make it almost impossible to assemble. But in Ghost, Fred Burton manages to join together enough pieces to give us a discerning look at that world. This is a story, told in human terms, that will help make sense of the great puzzle of our times.

  Eric L. Haney

  Jigsaw Puzzles, Giving, Missing

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• Honestly, as an actor, all I need to know, the way I kind of look at a scene, is like a puzzle. There are certain puzzle pieces that are bigger than others, and all I need to know is if this is going to fit here to make this part of the puzzle work.

  Sarah Shahi

  Actors, Pieces, Way

  "Sarah Shahi Discusses Her Person Of Interest Debut: 'If Jason Bourne And Catwoman Had A Child, This Would Be Her'". Interview with Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. February 20, 2013.

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• There's still another problem which puzzles a lot of people - whether or not a baby will come within the budget. Our sentimental advice is to have one anyway, if you want one and have been through the marriage ceremony. The people who wait till they can afford a baby seldom have one at all except by surprise.

  Marjorie Hillis

  Baby, People, Waiting

  Marjorie Hillis (2011). “Orchids On Your Budget: Or Live Smartly on What You Have”, p.37, Hachette UK

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• Saw is like a big jigsaw puzzle. When you put a jigsaw puzzle together, you put the bottom left corner together first, and then you find yourself working on the upper right corner... Thats the way Saw plays out.

  Tobin Bell

  Jigsaw Puzzles, Play, Finding Yourself

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