Pondering Quotes

229 Pondering quotes by 201 unique authors

What is this called, what I am doing, to myself, to my life, this wallowing, this pondering, this rolling over and over in the same… — Charles Yu
To ponder is not to brood or grieve or even meditate. It is to wonder at a deep level. — Robert Fulghum
Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to ponder His attributes… — Rene Descartes
Summer is a Latvian chicken. We make foolish choices. We think we’re young again. We run with outstretched arms toward an object of love and… — Gary Shteyngart
We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of ten billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing… — Carl Sagan
Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to… — Lisa Kleypas
I have not been able to discover whether there exists a precise French equivalent for the common Anglo-American expression 'killing time.' It's a very crass… — Christopher Hitchens
The average woman would not be pondering how fast her date could kill her, but I’ll never be an average woman. — Charlaine Harris
In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob. — Hunter S. Thompson
To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life. — Paulo Coelho
Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter — Christopher Paolini
It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be… — Soren Kierkegaard
Hours later, Adam propped himself up on an elbow and stared down at Gabrielle, pondering what made beauty. He thought he was beginning to understand.… — Karen Marie Moning
It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in 'em," said Captain Jim. "When I ponder… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
He was so excited by this little bit of intelligence that he might have gone off, perplexed, pondering for a long time. It was like… — Anne Rice
The sweetness of dogs (fifteen) What do you say, Percy? I am thinking of sitting out on the sand to watch the moon rise. Full… — Mary Oliver
So this is what I am Pondering his eyes that could not Conceive that I was a creature to run from I who have always… — W S Merwin
You think he’s still alive?” Royce asked, nodding his head toward Alric. “Sure,” Hadrian replied without bothering to look. “He’s probably sleeping. Why do you… — Michael J. Sullivan
Ponder just let it happen. It's because their minds are so often involved with deep and problematic matters, he told himself, that their mouths are… — Terry Pratchett
When they [breasts] are huge, you become very self-conscious...I've learned something though, through my years of pondering and pontificating, and that is: men love them,… — Drew Barrymore
Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is central to Christian living that we should celebrate the goodness of creation, ponder its present brokenness, and, insofar as we can, celebrate in… — N. T. Wright
I am a free man―and I need my freedom. I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion;… — Henry Miller
Some morning while your eating breakfast and you need something new to think about, though, you might want to ponder the fact that you see… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment. — Idries Shah

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