“Knowledge and wonder are the dyad of our worthy lives as intellectual beings. Voyager did wonders for our knowledge, but performed just as mightily in the service of wonder and the two elements are complementary, not independent or opposed. The thought fills me with awe - a mechanical contraption that could fit in the back of a pickup truck, traveling through space for twelve years, dodging around four giant bodies and their associated moons, and finally sending exquisite photos across more than four light-hours of space from the farthest planet in our solar system.” YearsTwoBodyLightHoursSpaceWonderFourPlanetsFitMoonElementsIntellectualIndependentWorthyGiantsAweTwelveTruckExquisiteSolar SystemComplementaryPickupsPickup Trucks Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“When Jesus came to earth, demons recognized him, the sick flocked to him, and sinners doused his feet and head with perfume. Meanwhile he offended pious Jews with their strict preconceptions of what God should be like. Their rejection makes me wonder, could religious types be doing just the reverse now? Could we be perpetuating an image of Jesus that fits our pious expectations but does not match the person portrayed so vividly in the Gospels?” ShouldPersonsDoeEarthJesusReligiousWonderFeetTypeFitExpectationsSickJewRejectionDemonSinnerReverseStrictPerfumeOffendedPiousPreconceptionsPerpetuating Book:The Jesus I Never Knew Study Guide Source: The Jesus I Never Knew Study Guide
“I wonder whether there has been too much emphasis on teaching women to conform, to fit into the system. Certainly that suits conservative organizations in conservative times. But now ... innovation and creativity are necessary.” Has BeensWonderCreativityToo MuchTeachingFitOrganizationInnovationConservativeSuitsConformEmphasisCreativity And Innovation Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in.” ArtRealizingWonderSupportFitPrimitiveRequirementsShockedVitalityBewildered Author:Muriel Barbery
“A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.” FactsLyingUniverseWonderFitMiraclePartnershipAssistanceScorn Book:Popular edition of col. Ingersoll's lectures. (Freethought publ. co.'s ed.). Source: Popular edition of col. Ingersoll's lectures. (Freethought publ. co.'s ed.).
“I've heard [Bernie] Sanders comments, and it's really caused me to wonder who's left in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Under his definition, [Barack] Obama is not progressive because he took donations from Wall Street; [Joe] Biden is not progressive because she supported Keystone; [Jeanne] Shaheen is not progressive because she supports the trade pact. Even the late, great Paul Wellstone would not fit this definition because he voted for DOMA.” LeftPartyWonderSupportHeardStreetsWallFitLateTradeWingsDemocraticDefinitionsBarackProgressiveCommentDemocratic PartyDonationPactBidenKeystones Author:Hillary Clinton
“What does he [Pope Francis] mean, "Who am I to judge?" People think he's fantastic, but they also wonder how some of these pieces fit.” PeopleThinkingMeanDoeWonderPiecesJudgingFitFantasticPope Author:Ralph Martin
“As a leader, you have no right to have any employee wonder how they fit in and where they are going.” LeaderWonderFitEmployee Author:Jack Welch
“I'm looking into different parts of Autism Speaks. There's a lot of focus on the first, early diagnosis of younger kids, which is amazing, but I'm wondering, what about these older kids? What happens with them? So I would like to try to find something that fits that.” TryingDifferentKidsSpeakWonderFocusFitAutism Author:Jacquelyn Jablonski