Wonder is always difficult until you forgive whoever destroyed your love of surprises.
~ Edmond Manning
A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud.
~ G.k. Chesterton
I find that, as a rule, when a thing is a wonder to us it is not because of what we see in it, but because of what others have seen in it. We get almost all our wonders at second hand.
~ Mark Twain
Has modern society lost a measure of its spiritual awareness because we take so little time to walk? In not allowing ourselves time to slow down, to be close to the earth around us, have we become impervious to a God who chooses to reveal Himself through His creation?
~ Amy Litzelman
Maybe we should remember that logic constructs a box that is far too small for wonder to take up residence in. Therefore, the crucial question is, ‘Will we choose to live there if wonder cannot?
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
~ Patricia Neal
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
~ Charles Morgan
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.
~ Albert Camus
Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth.
~ Stewart Udall
Sometimes people wonder why aeroplanes are so cheap and rockets are so expensive. Even the most superficial comparison shows one obvious difference: aeroplane engines use outside air to burn their fuel, while rockets have to carry their own oxidisers along.
~ Henry Spencer
Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries.
~ Stephen Hawking
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
~ Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
~ John Milton
Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.
~ Margaret Mead
Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope left for an Israeli-Palestinian discourse that is built on equality and liberty rather than a fruitless discourse of master and servant.
~ Sayed Kashua
Cartoons are the best stuff on TV. 'Wonder Showzen,' 'Aqua Teen,' 'SpongeBob,' and, of course, 'South Park' - one of the funniest shows ever made.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up.
~ Jack Lalanne
Wonder is the basis of worship.
~ Thomas Carlyle
Wonder is the desire for knowledge.
~ Thomas Aquinas
Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot.
~ Samuel Horsley
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?
~ Joseph Conrad
One thing governors feel, Democrats and Republicans alike, is that we have a health care system that, if you're on Medicaid, you have unlimited access to health care, at unlimited levels, at no cost. No wonder it's running away.
~ Mike Huckabee
No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.
~ Arthur Erickson
I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.
~ Keith O'brien
All the great religions have a place for awe, for ecstatic transport at the wonder and beauty of creation.
~ Richard Dawkins
For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.
~ Liam Neeson
But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.
~ Roger Penrose
Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?
~ Don Rickles
Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense of wonder and excitement.
~ Alan Bennett
An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures.
~ Wassily Kandinsky
I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.
~ Jay-Z
I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all?
~ Kourtney Kardashian
Wisdom begins in wonder.
~ Socrates
People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.
~ Andrea Bocelli
I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough - when they are on the very brink of success.
~ Joyce Meyer
Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' It's never been, 'I wonder if I'm funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes.' It's more, 'What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?'
~ Eddie Murphy
