Quotes About Astonishment

Ka?dy z literatów pomyÅ›laÅ' co innego. Berlioz: "Nie, to jednak cudzoziemiec!", a Bezdomny: "O, cholera!...".

Genij lirike je genij neiskustva. Pjesnik ne zna mnogo o svijetu, ali rije?i koje teku iz njega svrstavaju se u prekrasne skupine, kona?ne kao kristal. Pjesnik je nezreo ?ovjek, ali njegov stih nosi u sebi mo? proro?anstva pred kojim i sam ostaje zapanjen.

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.

It was almost impossible to believe that the things which we had seen with

She came at once, after saying pleasantly to Mr Renfield: 'Good-bye, and I hope I may see you often, under auspices pleasanter to yourself', to which, to my astonishment, he replied: 'Good-bye, my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face again. May He bless and keep you!

mirabile dictu

the unexpected always happens

Arrakis!" Kynes could not restrain his astonishment—and yes, pleasure—at the prospect. "I believe the nomadic Fremen inhabitants call it Dune.

People often surprise me, but not usually in a good way.

Nearly every scientist has experienced, in a moment of discovery or sudden understanding, a reverential astonishment. Science - pure science, science not for any practical application but for its own sake - is a deeply emotional matter for those who practise it, as well as for those nonscientists who every now and then dip in to see what's been discovered lately.

President Dwight Eisenhower expressing astonishment and alarm on discovering that fully half of all Americans have below average intelligence);

It's still magic even if you know how it's done.

Just because you can explain it doesn't mean it's not still a miracle.

Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water! A mere quantum-mechanistic tunnel effect, that'd happen anyway if you were prepared to wait zillions of years. As if the turning of sunlight into wine, by means of vines and grapes and time and enzymes, wasn't a thousand times more impressive and happened all the time...

STARS EXPLODE, WORLDS COLLIDE, THERE'S HARDLY ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE HUMANS CAN LIVE WITHOUT BEING FROZEN OR FRIED, AND YET YOU BELIEVE THAT A... A BED IS A NORMAL THING. IT IS THE MOST AMAZING TALENT.

Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water!

Rincewind gave his fingers a long shocked stare, as one might regard a gun that has been hanging on the wall for decades and has suddenly gone off and perforated the cat.

If you must know, he said 'my goodness me, a walking potato

I want e by Jose Andres to be a discovery, to be a journey. I want people to find it and be astonished.

I stared at him, unable to believe this was happening. That he could just disappear, along with everything rich and strange he'd brought into my life. Vanished, like magic.

Aiyaaaa," Zheng said softly. And if that meant "holy shit," I agreed.

Her shoes squished with the movement and, as she peered uncomprehendingly down at them, a tadpole emerged from the leg of her jeans and flopped about on the ground. " Eew! " She pointed a shaking finger at it. "A tadpole. I had a tadpole in my pants!" "Lucky tadpole," he murmured.

I stepped inside and stopped, blinking in astonishment. From the exterior I'd expected a charming little book and curio shop with the inner dimensions of a university Starbucks. What I got was a cavernous interior that housed a display of books that made the library Disney's Beast gave to Beauty on their wedding day look understocked.

Ahem," Drustan said after a long time. "Do you know you just married me, lass?" "What?" Gwen shouted. "Would you please let your husband out of the garderobe?" Gwen was stunned. She'd married him with those words?