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Wonder Quotes - Page 20

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

The best stories infuse wonder.

"What Are The Clues To A Good Story?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. June 7, 2013.

One cannot help but be in awe when [one] contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.

Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.26, St. Martin's Press

My friend, you thought you lost Him; that all your life you've been separated from Him. Filled with wonder, you've always looked outside for Him, and haven't searched within your own house.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.215, Shambhala Publications

The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable.

Richard Dawkins (2000). “Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder”, p.10, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.

Muriel Spark (2001). “Loitering with Intent”, p.116, New Directions Publishing

Tell them I've had a wonderful life.

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1998). “Wittgenstein's Tractatus”, McGraw-Hill Humanities Social

What a wonderful time for women on television.

"Emmys: Julianna Margulies Wins Lead Actress in a Drama". Julianna Margulies' Emmy speech for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Award, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 25, 2014.

Wonder is defined by Thomas [Aquinas] in the Summa Theologiae [I-II, Q. 32, a. 8], as the desiderium sciendi, the desire for knowledge, active longing to know.

"Leisure, the Basis of Culture" by Josef Pieper, translated by Gerald Malsbary, South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine's Press, (pp. 106-107), 1998.

Smile...it makes people wonder what you're up to.

Jill Shalvis (2010). “Simply Irresistible”, p.66, Hachette UK