No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Alexander von Humboldt’s wide-ranging Views of Nature is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century natural history, at once science and art. Mark W. Person’s… — Daniel Walker Howe Copy Share Image
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Normal men retain their childish longing for a woman to mother them. At adolescence a new desire is added. They want a… — William Moulton Marston Copy Share Image
Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even… — Samuel Horsley Copy Share Image
My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Everyone watched, wondering if this could be the same lunatic who'd nearly berthed his ornithopter in the restaurant. I swallowed, for it… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
I been doing the same things as in my younger days, when I was coming up, and now here I am, an… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
That is why we need to travel. If we don't offer ourself to the unknown, our senses dull. Our world becomes small… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
I lay in bed the night before the fishing trip and thought it over, about my being deaf, about the years of… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
The U.S. liberated Iraq from a tyrant. I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude, and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We no longer think of chairs as technology, we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I've never been the critic of reality TV that others have, especially many of my colleagues who wonder if it's just the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation. I expected —… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Of course, you think back and wonder, 'What would prom have been like?' I didn't have those normal high school experiences. But… — Tara Lipinski Copy Share Image
To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
I wonder if at this point, I mean, given [Donald's Trump] noted inability to deal with shame, humiliation and loss, and what… — Michelle Goldberg Copy Share Image
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With Bound, we wanted to pull at conventions, because you begin to wonder, Why do these stereotypes exist? Where do they come… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon.… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
Though one may acquire much in wealth, fame, or honor, the real joy of life does not lie there but, rather, in… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
“Out of the cradle onto the dry land here it is standing: atoms with consciousness; matter with curiosity. Stands at the sea… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Michael Harris opens the doors and gently guides you into a magic world. Once inside, you can't help but feel mesmerized, eager… — Edward Frenkel Copy Share Image
I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
When all comes to all, the most precious element in life is wonder. Love is a great emotion, and power is power.… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
It is not possible for a single person to be working outstanding miracles, signs and wonders which millions of other Nigerians cannot… — T. B. Joshua Copy Share Image
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I love to see new talent, new people beginning. It's a wonderful thing, and one wonders where their journey will take them.… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
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Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
See him, the gentle Bible beast, / With lacquered hoofs and curling mane, / His wondering journey from the East / Half… — Edwin Muir Copy Share Image
I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame that it was my… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock Copy Share Image
Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
Now no one will listen to songs. The prophesied days have begun. Latest poem of mine, the world has lost its wonder,… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
whether they'll write the story of my life as a tragedy or an epic fantasy... I was wondering if it was going… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image