“Van Gogh is the best example of how a person can be on the right track, propelled by gut feeling and some kind of strange obsessive stubborn conviction, that no one seems to understand.” KindPersonsFeelingsSeemsExampleStrangeMastersTrackConvictionGutsStubbornVansObsessiveRight TrackGut Feelings Author:Jim Rowe
“I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which Whitfield set me an example on Sunday; having been all my life (till very lately) so tenacious of every point relating to decency and order, that I should have thought the saving of souls almost a sin, if it had not been done in a church.” IfsWayLifeShouldFirstsSoulDoneOrderChurchSinExampleFieldsStrangeShould HaveSavingSundayPreachingDecencyReconcileTenacious Author:John Wesley
“We may agree, for example, that our societies must provide greater security for the individual; yet if all we succeed in producing is a providing increased anonymity and ever increasing boredom, then we should not wonder if ingenious man turns to such amusements as drugs, housebreaking, vandalism, mayhem, riots, or - at the most harmless - strange haircuts, costumes, standards of cleanliness, and sexual experiments.” IfsMenShouldMayTurnsIndividualWonderGreaterSecurityExampleStrangeDrugSucceedStandardsAgreeExperimentsBoredomOur SocietyProvidingCostumesAmusementRiotCleanlinessIngeniousAnonymityHaircutsMayhemVandalism Author:Robert Ardrey
“If, for example, you were to think more deeply about death, then it would be truly strange if, in so doing, you did not encounter new images.” IfsThinkingWould BeExampleStrangeEncountersDoing You Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Emmies, for example, most of that's bullshit. Oscars are even worse. We have a strange, terrible affliction in this town. Everybody walks around bent-backed from slapping each other on the backs so much. It looks like arthritis but it isn't. It's hunger for recognition. And it's sort of like, well, I'll scratch you this time if you'll scratch me next time. That kind of thing.” IfsWellsLooksKindNextWalksExampleStrangeTerribleTownsHungerRecognitionBullshitOscarsNext TimeBentAfflictionScratchesArthritisSlapping Author:Rod Serling
“There are famous examples of people who just had really strange ways - [Jimi] Hendrix being the biggest example of that. Or someone like Keith Richards, he just has a really idiosyncratic style.” PeopleWayStyleExampleStrangeHendrixKeith Author:Bryce Dessner