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Astonishment Quotes

The worship of convention has never yet led to astonishment and a joyous leap in human potential Picture Quote #1

My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face Picture Quote #1

At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder Picture Quote #1

One day, to everyone’s astonishment, someone drops a match in the powder keg and everything blows up Picture Quote #1

I don’t care that much about rote memorization. An old boyfriend of mine used to get into lacerating arguments with his parents over facts, and I used to watch on in mute astonishment. How could anyone actually argue about something that could be looked up? Picture Quote #1

They seek neither truth nor likelihood; they seek astonishment. They think metaphysics is a branch of the literature of fantasy Picture Quote #1

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The first time I set out to find George F. Kennan, in 1982, I had just turned 21, begun my final semester at Princeton University and noticed with astonishment that the senior thesis deadline had crept to within four months Picture Quote #1

Good science and good art are always about a condition of awe ... I don’t think there is any other function for the poet or the scientist in the human tribe but the astonishment of the soul Picture Quote #1

A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow as well as himself - and what is a man's shadow but his upright astonishment? Picture Quote #1

This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. We strain to renew our capacity for wonder to shock ourselves into astonishment once again Picture Quote #1

Tis a queer life, and the only humor proper to it seems quiet astonishment. Others laugh, weep, sell, or proselyte. I admire Picture Quote #1

The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life Picture Quote #1

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A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack horses setting out to gallop Picture Quote #1

I find to my astonishment that an unhappy marriage goes on being unhappy when it is over Picture Quote #1

I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them Picture Quote #1

I’ve been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that’s a job where I don’t think sex plays much part Picture Quote #1

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment Picture Quote #1

The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was held. To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me Picture Quote #1

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At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a moment Picture Quote #1

Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way Picture Quote #1

A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil Picture Quote #1

It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them ut of the grame and dirt Picture Quote #1

I witness the birth on paper of sentences that have eluded my will and appear in spite of me on the sheet, teaching me something that I neither knew nor thought I might want to know. This painless birth, like an unsolicited proof, gives me untold pleasure, and with neither toil nor certainty but the joy of frank astonishment I follw the pen that is guiding and supporting me Picture Quote #1

Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental obsessions: love, death, astonishment. It presents man in a reduced and estranged perspective. Truth is in our dreams, in the imagination Picture Quote #1

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A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all Picture Quote #1

That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity – that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty Picture Quote #1

I doubt that the phenomenon was any terrestrial reflection, because... nothing of the kind has ever appeared before or since... I was so unprepared for such a strange sight that I was really petrified with astonishment Picture Quote #1

The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship, which was then riding at anchor, and waiting for its cargo. These filled me with astonishment, which was soon connected with terror, when I was carried on board. I was immediately handled, and tossed up to see if I were sound, by some of the crew; and I was now persuaded that I had gotten into a world of bad spirits, and that they were going to kill me Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love Picture Quote #1

It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal man, aided by science and directed by superior skill Picture Quote #1

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The worship of convention has never yet led to astonishment and a joyous leap in human potential (Astonishment Quotes) My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face (Astonishment Quotes) At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder (Astonishment Quotes) One day, to everyone’s astonishment, someone drops a match in the powder keg and everything blows up (Astonishment Quotes) I don’t care that much about rote memorization. An old boyfriend of mine used to get into lacerating arguments with his parents over facts, and I used to watch on in mute astonishment. How could anyone actually argue about something that could be looked up? (Astonishment Quotes) They seek neither truth nor likelihood; they seek astonishment. They think metaphysics is a branch of the literature of fantasy (Astonishment Quotes) The first time I set out to find George F. Kennan, in 1982, I had just turned 21, begun my final semester at Princeton University and noticed with astonishment that the senior thesis deadline had crept to within four months. (Astonishment Quotes) Good science and good art are always about a condition of awe ... I don’t think there is any other function for the poet or the scientist in the human tribe but the astonishment of the soul. (Astonishment Quotes) A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow as well as himself - and what is a man's shadow but his upright astonishment? (Astonishment Quotes) This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. We strain to renew our capacity for wonder to shock ourselves into astonishment once again (Astonishment Quotes) Tis a queer life, and the only humor proper to it seems quiet astonishment. Others laugh, weep, sell, or proselyte. I admire (Astonishment Quotes) The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life (Astonishment Quotes) A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack horses setting out to gallop (Astonishment Quotes) I find to my astonishment that an unhappy marriage goes on being unhappy when it is over (Astonishment Quotes) I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them (Astonishment Quotes) I’ve been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that’s a job where I don’t think sex plays much part (Astonishment Quotes) The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment (Astonishment Quotes) The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was held. To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me (Astonishment Quotes) At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a moment (Astonishment Quotes) Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way (Astonishment Quotes) A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil (Astonishment Quotes) It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them ut of the grame and dirt (Astonishment Quotes) I witness the birth on paper of sentences that have eluded my will and appear in spite of me on the sheet, teaching me something that I neither knew nor thought I might want to know. This painless birth, like an unsolicited proof, gives me untold pleasure, and with neither toil nor certainty but the joy of frank astonishment I follw the pen that is guiding and supporting me (Astonishment Quotes) Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental obsessions: love, death, astonishment. It presents man in a reduced and estranged perspective. Truth is in our dreams, in the imagination (Astonishment Quotes) A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all (Astonishment Quotes) That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity – that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty (Astonishment Quotes) I doubt that the phenomenon was any terrestrial reflection, because... nothing of the kind has ever appeared before or since... I was so unprepared for such a strange sight that I was really petrified with astonishment (Astonishment Quotes) The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship, which was then riding at anchor, and waiting for its cargo. These filled me with astonishment, which was soon connected with terror, when I was carried on board. I was immediately handled, and tossed up to see if I were sound, by some of the crew; and I was now persuaded that I had gotten into a world of bad spirits, and that they were going to kill me (Astonishment Quotes) There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love (Astonishment Quotes) It certainly strikes the beholder with astonishment, to perceive what vast difficulties can be overcome by the pigmy arms of little mortal man, aided by science and directed by superior skill (Astonishment Quotes)

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