“Words can enhance experience, but they can also take so much away. We see an insect and at once we abstract certain characteristics and classify it - a fly. And in that very cognitive exercise, part of the wonder is gone. Once we have labeled the things around us we do not bother to look at them so carefully. Words are part of our rational selves, and to abandon them for a while is to give freer reign to our intuitive selves.” GivingLooksSelfCertainWonderGoneExerciseIntuitionRationalBotherAbstractCharacteristicsAbandonReignInsectsIntuitiveCognitive Author:Jane Goodall
“You really have to wonder why we even bother to get up in the morning. I mean, really: Why work? Simply to buy more stuff?” MeanStuffGrowthWonderMorningGet UpBotherConsumption Book:Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture Source: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“Children's books are looked on as a sideline of literature. A special smile. They are usually thought to be associated with women. I was determined not to have this label of sentimentality put on me so I signed by my intials, hoping people wouldn't bother to wonder if the books were written by a man, woman or kangaroo.” PeopleIfsMenChildrenBookLiteratureNamesWonderWrittenSpecialDeterminedLabelsBotherMen WomenSentimentalityChildren's BooksSidelinesChildren's LiteratureKangaroos Author:P. L. Travers
“I have heard of managers who encourage players not to slide hard for fear they will get hurt and be lost from the lineup for a time. That is why you occasionally see a player go into second base on a double-play ball and not even bother to slide. I wonder, could Ty Cobb sit though plays like that and hold his lunch?” HardPlayLostHurtWonderPlayerHeardBallsManagersBotherLunchSlides Author:Frank Robinson
“I believe many Harley guys spend more time revving their engines than actually driving anywhere; I sometimes wonder why they bother to have wheels on their motorcycles.” BelieveSometimesGuyI BelieveWonderDrivingBotherWheelsMore TimeEnginesMotorcycleBikersHarley Author:Dave Barry
“You really have to wonder why we even bother to get up in the morning. I mean, really: Why work? Simply to buy more stuff? That's just not enough. Look at us all. What's the common assumption that got us all from there to here? What makes us deserve the ice cream and running shoes and wool Italian suits we have? I mean, I see all of us trying so hard to acquire so much stuff, but I can't help but feeling that we didn't merit it.” TryingLooksMeanI CanHardEnoughHelpingFeelingsRunningStuffCommonWonderMorningDeserveShoesSuitsGet UpIceBotherMeritAssumptionAcquireItalianCreamIce CreamWoolTrying So HardRunning Shoes Author:Douglas Coupland