"Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise;……" — Charles Darwin

"Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement."

— Charles Darwin

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288 Quotes by Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin has 288 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion but it would take an…
Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the…
If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their…
So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special…
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their…
It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in…
It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain…
Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then…
May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are…
The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that…
Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one…

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People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a… — David Attenborough
Amazement awaits us at every corner. — James Broughton
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you… — Les Brown
Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement. — Fred Allen
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even… — Maya Angelou
And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're not, at… — Maya Angelou
Life is amazing: and the teacher had better prepare himself to be a medium for that amazement. — Edward Blishen
Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is… — Leo Buscaglia
I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it.… — Unknown Author
I imagine our first glimpse of Heaven will cause us to gasp in amazement and delight. That first gasp will… — Randy Alcorn
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of… — Albert Einstein

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