Quotes by Guessing I wonder what Proust would have made of our present-day locus of collective fantasy, the Internet. I’m guessing he would have seized on its wistful aspect, pointing out gently and with wry humor that much of what beguiles us is the act of reaching for what isn’t there. Jennifer Egan proustguessingfantasy My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing. Jude Law guessingobligationpeople Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring. Julia Glass guessingsometimespeople Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it. Julia Cameron guessingartistfacts Life seemed even more of a guessing game than usual. Julian Barnes guessingusualgames I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing. Katherine Heigl guessingsicktrying This was what true fear was--that you could never know other people, not completely. That you were always just guessing blind. Lauren Oliver guessingblindpeople One should make the best choice possible given the circumstances, and then avoid second-guessing for the sake of one's own sanity. Lisa Kleypas guessingchoicessake I feel like I'm adapting to society. I went feral a little bit. I found that when I would get back to the city, if there was any second-guessing about stuff, it would happen. Luke Temple guessingcitieslittles You may not be able to convince everyone around you that you're doing the right thing, but you don't have to subject yourself to endless second-guessing from others, either. Mallory Ortberg guessingablemay I question every move. I'm constantly second-guessing myself. Mark Duplass second-guessingguessingmoving Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out. Mark Twain guessinggoes-onsupposing-that Someone, I was beginning to suspect, had a bit of a gangster complex. It wasn't really very hard to figure out who. I mean, I was guessing it wasn't Christopher's aunt Jackie. Meg Cabot auntguessingmean You want it to feel like a surprise. You want to keep him guessing whether he'll make you smile entirely so that when you do, he will feel like he's been given a gift. Michelle Moran make-you-smileguessingwant I love not knowing. It keeps me guessing. Nestor Carbonell not-knowingguessingknowing Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point. Nick Clegg guessingpartymissing We spend our lives guessing at what's going on inside everybody else, and when we happen to get lucky and guess right, we think we 'understand.' Such nonsense. Even a monkey at a computer will type a word now and then. Orson Scott Card guessingluckythinking Guessing a thing ain't knowing a thing. Patrick Ness guessingknowing If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one. Patrick Rothfuss beardguessinggiving Memorizing, guessing, looking at pictures, predicting, substituting, and skipping, are not reading; they are very bad habits. Phyllis Schlafly guessingreadingbook«12345»
