Uncanny famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction.
-- Daniel Pinkwater

#Uncanny #Chickens
I'm about to rupture something," he was informed, as the big, gaily wrapped box she was carrying smacked into the small of his back again. She had an uncanny ability to hit the same spot every time.
-- Karen Chance

#Rupture #Uncanny #Boxes
He has that uncanny ability to be dangerous and pull the public in [on Michael Barrymore
-- Les Dennis

#Uncanny #Dangerous #Ability
At present, I myself do not know of any local witches or warlocks, but there are several people who seem to have an uncanny power over food.
-- M. F. K. Fisher

#People #Witch #Uncanny
I am ever more intrigued by the correspondence between mathematics and physical facts. The adaptability of mathematics to the description of physical phenomena is uncanny.
-- Nicolaas Bloembergen

#Facts #Mathematics #Uncanny
The seeds for the Descendants were planted in Uncanny X-Force, but I always conceived them as being bigger than just that book.
-- Rick Remender

#Book #Force #Uncanny
Anxiety is not fear, being afraid of this or that definite object, but the uncanny feeling of being afraid of nothing at all. It is precisely Nothingness that makes itself present and felt as the object of our dread.
-- William Barrett

#Anxiety #Feelings #Uncanny

I think also just being from the Midwest, my dad was a stoic Midwesterner, he always told me never take anything for granted and you have to work for what you get so. That's funny because my friend Frank Anderson said something really funny he goes, "A lot of the people from the midwest are the laziest shits I've ever met." And he's right. I know some. You can't say its a stereotype that only people from the Midwest are that way because there are definitely people I know who hate to work and just want to hang out and drink beer.
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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.
I think that ***** should be legalized. I think the only reason it isn't legal is because politicians who smoked it when they were young men or young women just don't have the courage when they become politicians to legalize it.
Gene Tunney called Gibbons 'the perfect boxer.' Gene said he learned more about the technique of boxing and punching from watching Mike training in New York gymnasiums and in actual fights in Gotham than he learned from any other individual associated with the fistic sport. Moreover, Tunney has told me it was Gibbons' clean-cut victory over Jack Dillon, the mighty light heavyweight from Indianapolis, that inspired in him the belief he could whip Jack Dempsey.
It's surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It's much easier than getting used to not having it.
Take the back door," she said. "Claire, you and your strang friend-" "Eve," they both said simultaneously, and Eve held out her fst for a bump. "Or, you could call me Eve the Great, Mistress of All She Surveys. Eve for short.
To be honest, I never thought I'd be famous for baseball. I want to play basketball, and I could also do both basketball and baseball - but I really want to play basketball.