Thrills Quotes
91 quotes by 87 authors
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The first observation of cancer cells in the smear of the uterine cervix gave me one of the greatest thrills I ever experienced during my…
— Georgios Papanikolaou
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But the people of the disaster area fundamentally needed to understand that the rest of Australia had noticed their misery and their stoicism and their…
— Peter Cosgrove
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Read! Read! Read! And then read some more. When you find something that thrills you, take it apart paragraph by paragraph, line by line, word…
— W. P. Kinsella
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When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary - a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to…
— John Vianney
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A young man's passion, a jaded siren's last chance for love, a world gone mad, cheap thrills, fast cars, expensive wines, the triumph of victory,…
— Esther M. Friesner
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Alan Paul plunges into Chinese life and takes us along for the ride, through vegetable markets, used-car lots, Taoist temples, divey bars, and a beachside…
— Peter Hessler
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Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.
— Rita Wilson
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Where mathematics and spirit join, where proof of the existence of mystery-salvific mystery-shimmers just below the surfaces of human perception, experience and the linguistic veil…
— Jorie Graham
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I have managed not to finish certain books. With barely a twinge of conscience, I hurl down what bores me or doesn't give what I…
— Lynne Sharon Schwartz
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Thrills, chills, spine-tingling mystery, and lots of smiles. It's not easy to combine heart-pounding danger with gut-busting laughs and make it work, but Peterson pulls…
— Wayne Thomas Batson
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The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.
— Ernie Banks
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These sociologists who talk to facilely about the sacred are like a man who keeps a toothless old circus lion around the house in order…
— Allan Bloom
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Our goals should stretch us bit by bit. So often when we think we have encountered a ceiling, it is really a psychological or experimental…
— Neal A. Maxwell
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The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you. All the thrills…
— C.S. Lewis
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And with listening, too, it seems to me, it is not the ear that hears, it is not the physical organ that performs the act…
— Mary Caroline Richards
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One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of…
— Bill Hybels
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The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a book, might even…
— Siri Hustvedt
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Forty years as an astronomer have not quelled my enthusiasm for lying outside after dark, staring up at the stars. It isn't only the beauty…
— Frank Drake
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No, there's going to be no even tenor with me. The more uneven it is the happier I shall be. And when my time comes…
— Richard Halliburton
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It thrills observers and makes the wearer feel a million dollars.
— Philip Treacy
Who Wrote These Thrills Quotes
87 authors contributed a total of 91 Thrills Quotes, led by these top contributors: