Quotes about Perplexity
Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. 'I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could.
— Lewis Carroll
I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice replied very politely, 'for I can't understand it myself, to begin with, and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing
— Lewis Carroll
You don't know what your life is, nor what you're doing, nor who you are.
— Euripides
In this industry, it's very fickle; you don't know where you are.
— Emily Atack
There is so much we don't understand. And so much unhappiness comes because of that.
— Alice Walker
They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
— Anonymous
For while the unbelievers flourish, they do not know what is waiting for them on the next day; therefore, they must always live in turmoil because of perplexity and fear; neither
— John Calvin
Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
— John Donne
Those people have seen something. What it is I do not know and I can not care to know. (on flying saucers)
— Albert Einstein
There will be times when you do not comprehend why He allows certain things to occur, and that is to be expected.
— Richard Blackaby
Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.
— Elizabeth George
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
— Aldous Huxley