“There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew in Paris, and everybody said, 'Ooh, hey, I can do that.' There's only a few people that have flown in early 1908. In four years, 39 countries had hundreds of airplanes, thousands of pilots.” PeopleYearsLittlesSaidI CanCountryCan DoFourWonderfulHappenedBrotherPeriodsThings HappenHeyParisFour YearsPilotsAirplaneMarvelousFlewTime PeriodsMarvelous ThingsWright Brothers Author:Burt Rutan
“Actually, I started to become an actress because I met someone who was just a friend and I found his life wonderful, I thought, Oh my god, you can travel, you're free, you can do what you want, you're the boss. And then I met an actor and I was in love with him.” WantActorsFoundCan DoWonderfulMetsActressesWhat You WantBossJust Friends Author:Lea Seydoux
“We're often afraid to do anything unless we know we can do it extremely well. But we get to Carnegie Hall by practicing. I remember how freeing it was several years ago to read in an interview with Joan Baez that some of Bob Dylan's early songs weren't so wonderful. We have this image of genius springing fully grown out of Zeus' forehead.” KnowsYearsWellsRememberSongCan DoWonderfulGeniusYears AgoInterviewsHallsBobDylanForeheadsZeusCarnegieCarnegie Hall Author:Marianne Williamson
“I am an ordinary human being who is impelled to write poetry. ... I still do feel that a poet has a duty to words, and that words can do wonderful things, and it's too bad to just let them lie there without doing anything with and for them.” FeelsWritingHumansStillsLyingCan DoHuman BeingsWonderfulPoetDutyOrdinaryWonderful Things Author:Gwendolyn Brooks
“Words can do wonderful things. They pound, purr. They can urge, they can wheedle, whip, whine. They can sing, sass, singe. They can churn, check, channelize. They can be a "Hup two three four." They can forge a fiery army of a hundred languid men.” MenTwoThreeCan DoFourWonderfulHundredArmyChecksUrgesPoundsWonderful ThingsWhipsFierySass Author:Gwendolyn Brooks
“Isn't it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful!” ThinkingKnowsI CanRememberCan DoWalksForgetAliveWonderfulHere I AmI Am Alive Author:Sophia Loren
“In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.” BookReasonUniverseBeliefCan DoUnitedExistenceWonderfulCreationProveStructureAttributesDeism Book:The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine Source: The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine
“I'm jealous of everyone discovering Lovesey and Diamond for the first time-you have a wonderful backlist to catch up on. Me, all I can do is wait for the next book.” FirstsI CanBookNextWaitingCan DoWonderfulFirst TimeJealousDiamondDiscovering Author:Sara Paretsky
“It's really wonderful to come to work and have each episode be different, in a way. They have similar structure sometimes with the villain, but we can go in any direction we want. If we want to do an episode set in the circus, we can do that. You know how precious that is. That doesn't come around a lot.” IfsKnowsWayWantDifferentSometimesCan DoKnow HowWonderfulStructureVillainEpisodesCircus Author:Benjamin McKenzie
“I always like using different muscles, you can take that however you want. But doing something once a year is fantastic, I highly recommended it if you can do it. It's a wonderful thing, it's very freeing and I can put a lot of energy and attention onto it and it's something I love doing.” IfsWantYearsI CanDifferentEnergyCan DoAttentionWonderfulFantasticMusclesYou Can Do ItWonderful Things Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“You can have a worldwide shop from your bedroom. You can do things that weren't even dreamed of when I started off in business. It's why technology is the most wonderful thing for small businesses.” Can DoTechnologyWonderfulShopsBedroomWonderful ThingsSmall Business Author:Theo Paphitis
“I kind of enjoy the limits. If you've got no limits, you can do absolutely anything, it's very difficult, actually. I always enjoyed working with machines like color photocopiers and letter-pressing type settings, things where the limits are very apparent. You push the machine to do something, and it tries to do its best, and it usually has wonderful qualities all of its own. Then you get a sort of dialogue going, and the limitations become qualities.” IfsTryingKindEnjoyDifficultCan DoQualityWonderfulColorTypeLimitsLettersMachinesSettingDialogueSettingsEnjoyedLimitation Author:Dave McKean
“The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.” MatterHomeHandsGovernmentRunningSchoolParentCan DoNumbersAttitudeEconomyTakenGrowingWonderfulExamplePhenomenonPublic SchoolSchoolingCan Do AttitudeDisenchanted Book:A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America Source: A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America
“The smaller and younger kids are, the more patient you have to be. But if they're gifted, then it's a wonderful present that you're given by having a child like that in your film... more so than in the case of actors because, for example, if you ask them to play a lion, they don't then play a lion, they actually are a lion. So, a gifted child is something very special. On the other hand, if a child has no gifts in that way it's absolutely hopeless and there's nothing you can do!” IfsWayChildrenPlayHandsKidsFilmActorsAsksGivenCan DoCasesWonderfulSpecialExamplePatientHopelessLionsGiftedGifted Children Author:Michael Haneke