"What am I?" Riddles

Many shapes, many sizes. Can't be seen, only felt. I bring pain, I bring joy, I bring laughter, I bring happiness. I can tear the mightiest from their thrones, and those who have me are rich. What am I?

With me you are blind,
To others and what they are,
Over me you cannot see,
Even though I'm in your head,
I am full of myself,
I think I'm better than you,
I'm a horrible thing to be,
Can you tell me, What am I?

I live in a busy place in the city,
I'll let you stay with me for a while,
If you don't feed me, I can get you into trouble.
What am I?

Shoot at me a thousand times and I may still survive; one scratch from you and me will find your prospects take a dive. What am I?

It has a long neck,
A name of a bird,
Feeds on cargo of ships,
It's not alive.
What am I?

You will always find me in the past.
I can be created in the present,
But the future can never taint me.
What am I?

If a man carried my burden, he would break his back.
I am not rich, but I leave silver in my track.
What am I?

I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me; lower light I never see. What am I?

Many have heard me, but nobody has seen me, and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?

I know a thousand faces, and count the tailed heads, feasting bright upon the eyes, of many who have died. Wielding well a mighty power, who hath but humble stature. Masses fall upon their knees, to scarce behold my only side. What am I?

I have a tongue, but cannot speak.
I have a bed but cannot sleep.
I have four legs but cannot walk.
Yet I move as you do.
What am I?

I am the ruler of shovels,
I have a double,
I am as thin as a knife,
I have a wife.
What am I?

I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown. What am I?

If you eat me, my sender will eat you.
What am I?

I'm lighter than air but a million men can't lift me. What am I?

I have a mouth on my head and eat everything. What am I?

I only have one entrance, but you can come out with three exits.
What am I?

I build up castles. I tear down mountains.
I make some men blind, I help others to see.
What am I?

Ten men's strength, ten men's length,
Ten men can't break it, yet a young boy walks off with it
What am I?

Half of the population uses me, and you lose me all the time.
I'm small and yellow, black, brown or silver.
You use me to hold things up.
What am I?

Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?

I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg.
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole.
I can be long like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.
What am I?

I am two-faced, but bear one head. Men spill their blood for me.
I have no legs but travel widely. I make kings immortal.
I am potent when shared; Yet lust for my power keeps me locked away.
What am I?

From house to house I go, sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. And whether there's rain or snow I always stay outside. What am I?

You may always chase me but you are always about 3 miles away. What am I?

I am a strong as ten men
Yet ten men cannot stand me up.
What am I?

I am flora, not fauna,
I am foliage, not trees,
I am shrubbery, not grass,
What am I?

You can see nothing else when you look in my face,
I will look you in the eye and I will never lie.
What am I?

I can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but I last a lifetime. What am I?

Three or four,
I can stab through or rule the seas.
You know my cousins.
What am I?

I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I eat the maid's life. What am I?

Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws.
Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all.
What am I?

I have no life, but I can die.
What am I?

I go around all the places; cities, towns and villages, but never come inside. What am I?

I am not alive but I grow. I don't have lungs but I need air. What am i?

I have no brain but am still smarter than the average human.
What am I?

Two bodies with ribs, exposed. What am I?

Sometimes I am light, sometimes I am dark. What am I?

I'm a king that speaks for my country
At birth I protected by no one
As I grow my father gives me 2 soldiers to protect me
As I get matured many more are given to me
And at my full age my father gives me 32 white soldiers to guard me and protect me
What am I?

I have four wings, but cannot fly,
I never laugh and never cry;
on the same spot I'm always found,
toiling away with little sound.
What am I?

I am one of many,
You forget I'm here, but I'm just below.
Without me, you'd surely topple,
Go ahead, what am I?

I come in many colors, some are blue and white.
While some people annoy me, I am not much for the fight.
I live where people rarely tread,
but you will find me close to bed.
What am I?

I love to wake up at noon
And help with the many jobs
I prefer the countryside to the city
I help produce the things you eat
What am I?

I fall with the waves, rise with the tide, and drift with the current alongside. What am I?

I have many ears, this may be true
But no matter how you shout,
I'll never hear you.
What am I?

I can be told and can make you crazy. Most people don't like me and think I'm harmful. What am I?

A very pretty thing I am, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?

There are two meanings to me. With one I may need to be broken, with the other I hold on. My favorite characteristic is my charming dimple. What am I?

Ne'er the same,
In multitude you see me.
You love me, you hate me,
What am I?

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?

Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I?

A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done. What am I?

A long snake that smokes. What am I?

It is sharp but not pepper; white but not paper; green but not shaddock. What am I?

I never ask questions, but I am always answered. What am I?

People buy me to eat, but never eat me.
What am I?

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old.
What am I?

I end and begin the day,
Without me, you'll pay.
With the aid of sheep,
All my benefits you shall reap.
If I make you miss class,
You shall not pass!
What am I?

I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?

You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?

I have no wings but I fly, I have no teeth but I bite. What am I?

I am everywhere.
Nothing can compare.
Run and hide and I will still be there
Because everything is mine to share.
No need to seek me out,
Though, you may just run out.
What am I?

I am a tale in children's minds.
I keep their secrets and share them inside.
I blur their thoughts into fantasies kept
Like a canvas of art or a submarine depth.
Though an illusion, it occurs every night;
I give them a fantasy, I give them a fright.
Nor good or bad, but always nigh'
It's interesting to tell.
What am I?

Faster than a twitch!
Fly with me to the Pitch!
With a seeker, a keeper,
Or a chaser, a beater,
Wizard or witch;
I play a mean game of Quidditch.
What am I?

A natural state, I'm sought by all.
Go with me and you shall fall.
You do me when you spend,
and you use me when you eat to no end.
What am I?

If your life is cut short, I am not the one to blame.
You signed up, and your death was not my aim.
Enter our doors; there is so much to see,
We just happen to hold the key,
To adventure abound
And fun to be found
Step in our door
And see what is in store.
What am I?

I am a strange creature, Hovering in the air,
Moving from here to there, with a brilliant flare.
Some say I sing, but others say I have no voice.
So I just hum - as a matter of choice.
What am I?

I'm a very valuable thing to have.
Use me right now, you should.
Yet if you cut off my hindquarters,
I'd be but a piece of wood.
What am I?

I have a leg but I do not move,
A face but no expression,
Be it wind or rain I stay outside.
What am I?

As beautiful as the setting sun,
As delicate as the morning dew;
An angel's dusting from the stars,
That can turn the Earth into a frosted moon.
What am I?

A three-letter word I'm sure you know,
I can be on a boat or a sleigh in the snow,
I'm pals with the rain and honor a king,
But my favorite use is attached to a string.
What am I?

I come when the weather is at its prime,
Though, it might be wise to leave nothing on the street.
But, in the wintertime
My name is obsolete
What am I?

My thunder comes before my lightning.
My lightning comes before my rain.
And my rain dries all the ground it touches.
What am I?

You use me for multiple reasons,
I am many colored, and many shaped.
I may or may not also tell you your sexual preference.
What am I?

I am rather large and usually majestic.
I am every hue of the rainbow
I can eat you, I may heat you,
You only wish you could see me.
What am I?

There's no reason to fear
If you see me lurking here
Even though I shouldn't exist
But few might have missed
That I'm not at all real
Because nothing can conceal
The fact that I'm something
That's not at all living
What am I?

A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I?

I am slim and tall
Many find me desirable and appealing
They touch me and I give a false good feeling
Once I shine in splendor
But only once and then no more
For many I am to die for.
What am I?

On the wall, in the air,
You just want me out of your hair,
Try to catch me, but you cannot,
For my vision is thousand fold.
What am I?

I have seven letters and am something you eat. My only anagram can help your pain. If you remove my first 2 letters I wear things down. Removing my first 3 letters is an adjective and removing my first 4 letters leaves a measure of time. What am I?

The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

This on this.
That on that.
Growing tall,
But never fat.
What am I?

I'm named after nothing, though I'm awfully clamorous.
And when I'm not working, your house is less glamorous.
What am I?

I am a seed, three letters in the name,
Take away two and I sound quite the same.
What am I?

Always well dressed, but I never fly.
Black and white, sometimes in a tie.
I swim and slide, and dance and glide,
With one person by my side.
What am I?

One simple click, one simple flash.
Preserving a memory, for years I will last.
What am I?

I stare at you, you stare at me.
I have three eyes, yet can't see.
Every time I blink, I give you commands.
You do as you are told, with your feet and hands.
What am I?

I am made from an animal,
Although you nickname me after a different one.
You can't eat me; you can only hold me,
And once a year a festival is erected in my honor.
What am I?

Above the kingdom I reign,
Spotted, speckled, with a mane,
I travel in packs,
And if you're lucky, you'd ride me.
What am I?

I cut through evil
Like a double edged sword,
And chaos flees at my approach.
Balance I single-handedly upraise,
Through battles fought with heart and mind,
Instead of with my gaze.
What am I?

I'm so simple I only point,
Yet I guide people all over the world.
What am I?

I cover what is real and hide what is true,
But sometimes I bring out the courage in you.
What am I?

Two legs I have, and this will confound, only at rest do they touch the ground. What am I?

I am something all men have but all men deny. Man created me but no man can hold me. What am i?

I don't exist unless you cut me, but if you stab me I won't bleed. I hate no one yet am abhorred by all. What am I?

To unravel me, you need a key. No key that was made by locksmith's hand, but a key that only I will understand. What am I?

I have a tongue but cannot taste. I have a soul but cannot feel. What am I?

Full of dark, filled with everything
Both on my skin they color
With my pack, I am always
Afraid of the cat.
What am I?

I work hard most every day, Not much time to dance and play,
If I could reach what I desire, all like me would now retire.
What am I?

I go in dry and come out wet,
The longer I'm in, the stronger I get.
What am I?