“If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.” IfsKnowsI CanPlayWholeFilmInterestWonderWatchesKnow HowSunMagicCreationPicksLibraryMagazinesMuseumsSun Set Author:Phylicia Rashad
“Questioners sooner or later end up in a library... And answers are dangerous; they kill your wonder.” EndsAnswersWonderDangerousLibrarySooner Or Later Author:Rajneesh
“I was a bookworm. Every week I'd go to the library and get seven books. Remember libraries? I wonder if people still go. And I learned about everything from the library. I came from a Scottish family. Old school.” PeopleIfsStillsBookSchoolRememberWonderWeekSevenLibraryScottishOld SchoolBookworms Author:Colin Mochrie
“I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in the form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums and theatres I wonder what on earth we should do without them.” KnowsShouldArtEarthFormChurchResultsWonderKnow HowLibraryUniversityTheatreGenerosityParksWickedHospitalsMuseumsPhilanthropyMillionaireRecreationPublic Library Author:William Lyon Phelps
“I don't go to an office, so I write at home. I like to write in the morning, if possible; that's when my mind is freshest. I might write for a couple of hours, and then I head out to have lunch and read the paper. Then I write for a little bit longer if I can, then probably go to the library or make some phone calls. Every day is a little bit different. I'm not highly routinized, so I spend a lot of time wandering around New York City with my laptop in my bag, wondering where I'm going to end up next. It's a fairly idyllic life for someone who likes writing.” IfsWritingMindLittlesI CanDifferentEndsHomeMightNextBitsHoursCitiesWonderMorningNew YorkCoupleOfficePaperLittle BitLibraryPhonesLikesWanderBagsNew York CityLunchPhone CallsLaptopsWandering AroundIdyllic Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“One might say science is the sum total of our knowledge of the universe, the great library of the known, but the practice of science happens at the border between the known and the unknown. Standing on the shoulders of giants, we peer into the darkness with eyes opened not in fear but in wonder.” MightHappensEyeUniverseKnownWonderPracticeDarknessStandingLibraryShouldersBordersGiantsPeers Book:Wonders of the Universe Source: Wonders of the Universe
“I remember one letter from a girl in a midwestern town who read one of my books and thought she had discovered it- that no one had ever read it or knew about it. Then one day in her local library she found cards for one or two of my other books. They were full of names- the books were borrowed all the time. She resented this a bit and then walked around the town looking in everybody's face and wondering if they were the ones who were reading my books. That is someone I write for.” IfsWritingTwoBookRememberFacesGirlReadingFoundNamesBitsWonderOne DayLettersTownsLibraryLocalsCardsBorrowed Author:J. P. Donleavy
“We are digital archives of the African Pliocene, even of Devonian seas; walking repositories of wisdom out of the old days. You could spend a lifetime reading in this ancient library and die unsated by the wonder of it.” DiesReadingWonderSeaWalkingLifetimeLibraryAncientDigitalOld DaysArchives Book:A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love Source: A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love