When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him…

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

— Francis Quarles

It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur.…

— Plutarch

“What cannot be preserved when fortune takes, Patience her injury a mockery makes.”

— William Shakespeare

“What cannot be preserved when fortune takes Patience her injury a mock'ry makes. The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. He robs…

— William Shakespeare

Men are never attached to you by favours.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It's Twitter's combination of simplicity and complexity that is astonishing in the same way that minimalist sculpture was inspiring and enlightening.

— Kenneth Goldsmith

“There is no denying it; one must admit that there is something astonishing about Christianity. 'It is because you were born in it,' they…

— Blaise Pascal

The astonishing thing for me is that I had a career before politics and I never thought about my colour.

— Sam Gyimah

Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never…

— Robertson Davies

It was astonishing when at one point, I got the idea of how to make artifical clouds with a collaborator, we had pictures made…

— Benoit Mandelbrot

It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time,…

— A. A. Gill

“What is astonishing is that we, who had no idea how anything was going to turn out, now know exactly what happened.”

— Philip Roth

A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story of Percival…

— Janice Y. K. Lee

A man may perform astonishing feats and comprehend a vast amount of knowledge, and yet have no understanding of himself. But suffering directs a…

— Soren Kierkegaard

It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.

— Mike Wallace