Viewed from the distance of the moon, the astonishing thing about the earth, catching the breath, is that it is alive. The… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Memoirs have dominated the literary scene now for ten or 20 or even 30 years: most of them seem to use the… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“There is no denying it; one must admit that there is something astonishing about Christianity. 'It is because you were born in… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
The evergreen! How beautiful, how welcome, how wonderful the evergreen! When one thinks of it, how astonishing a variety of nature! In… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
At one year of age the child says his first intentional wordhis babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
I love the Dutch impressionists - Vermeer, Rembrandt. What they were able to do with light was astonishing. As for photographers, I… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
A year after One Thousand Gifts had released, Kathie Lee Gifford of the Today Show, named it one of her favorite things… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
One way in which we can encourage the Chinese government to take more vigorous action to control food safety in their country… — Marion Nestle Copy Share Image
The stories in Dawn Raffel's astonishing Further Adventures in the Restless Universe as as sharp and bright as stars. — Elissa Schappell Copy Share Image
“She gave him the most astonishing vertigo. He should have hated it. But he didn’t—not one bit.” — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
I think if anything, what 'The Astonishing' proved is that we're always going to experiment. — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
First of all, I find everything very astonishing. The astonishment that things can change so much over such a short span of… — HoYeon Jung Copy Share Image
My love of books - not just of their tactile pleasures but of their astonishing variety - was born in a book-filled… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
I'm very fond of an old map of London that used to belong to my father. I'm a big London fan, and… — Ben Schott Copy Share Image
It is astonishing that human brains, which evolved to cope with the everyday world, have been able to grasp the counterintuitive mysteries… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to… — Simon van der Meer Copy Share Image
Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Alternate currents, especially of high frequencies, pass with astonishing freedom through even slightly rarefied gases. The upper strata of the air are… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Childhood is the world of miracle or of magic: it is as if creation rose luminously out of the night, all new… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Warm-bloodedness is one of the key factors that have enabled mammals to conquer the Earth, and to develop the most complex bodies… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I got an amazing 10-CD set, it's the music that Alan Lomax recorded in Haiti in 1936. And what's incredible is how… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Many children fully realize their parents see them as astonishing creatures and incorporate that into their daily presentations. That is, they throw… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Christ taught an astonishing thing about physical death: not merely that it is an experience robbed of its terror but that as… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
It is astonishing, how many difficulties clear up without any effort when the inner life gets straightened out. If half the time… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
It is an astonishing fact about the current era that in the most powerful country in world history, with a high level… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's often hard to determine, especially in early drafts, whether or not a story has a bona fide complication. Remember this: A… — Monica Wood Copy Share Image
Regarding The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: The Music Man (for which Willson also wrote the lyrics) is an astonishing creation. It… — Meredith Willson Copy Share Image
A magical portal opened inside my mind and conducted me into an astonishing world. [...] Before this moment I had divined but… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
For me as a midfielder, Paul Scholes was the best possible teacher. When people ask me my hardest opponent, I always refer… — Darren Fletcher Copy Share Image
MEMRI allows an audience far beyond the Arabic-speaking world to observe the wide variety of Arab voices speaking through the media, schoolbooks,… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor,… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
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