Quotes of: Curious Keyword

Mr. Ollivander: Curious... very curious... Harry: Sorry, but what's curious? Mr. Ollivander: I remember every wand I've ever sold, Mr. Potter. It so happens that the phoenix whose tailfeather resides in your wand gave another feather... just one othe...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

A curious woman is capable of turning around the rainbow just to see what is on the other side.

Chinese

They call him Aslan in That Place," said Eustace. "What a curious name!" "Not half so curious as himself," said Eustace solemnly.

The Chronicles of Narnia

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don't get lost in time.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Let us fly, Madam Harpy Queen. Show me how you dance on the wind.

Ephraim's Curious Device

We learned the seven traditional ways to make words unclear." "Seven? That many? Which was the most effective?" "Poor grammar skills.

Ephraim's Curious Device

Referring to the church as a building is like referring to people as two-by-fours.

Jesus with Dirty Feet: A Down-To-Earth Look at Christianity for the Curious and Skeptical

Benjamin Button: I was thinking how nothing lasts, and what a shame that is. Daisy: Some things last.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Queenie: [talking to infant] You as ugly as an old pot, but you still a child of God...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Yes, life is hard, but it's not a bad way to pass the time. When all is said and done, I recommend it.

the curious diary of MR JAM

And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the answer yet.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Lots of things are mystries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the answer yet.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

It is difficult to put words to the smell of decomposing human. It is dense and cloying, sweet but not flower-sweet. Halfway between rotting fruit and rotting meat.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Dawn appears when it appears.

A Year of Living Prayerfully: How a Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life

Children are notoriously curious about everything, everything except... the things people want them to know. It then remains for us to refrain from forcing any kind of knowledge upon them, and they will be curious about everything.

Floyd Dell

All learning is useful, all the sciences are curious, all the arts are beautiful; but the most useful, most curious and most beautiful is perfect knowledge and perfect government of oneself.

Frances Wright