“Three and a half million years ago our ancestors - yours and mine - left these traces [indicates footprints]. We stood up and parted ways from them. Once we were standing on two feet, our eyes were no longer fixated on the ground. Now, we were free to look up and wonder.” WayYearsLooksTwoEyeThreeLeftHalfWonderMillionsFeetMinesYears AgoStandingLook UpAncestorFootprintStood Up Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“People copy examples and then they wonder what is the trouble. They look at examples and without theory they learn nothing.” PeopleLooksWonderTroubleExampleTheoryCopies Author:W. Edwards Deming
“I've never planned ahead.I just sort of go through life checking the menu of three meals that day. I never worry about tomorrow. It's only since I've gotten older that I've begun to wonder about time running out. Is it sufficient unto itself that I don't plan? Because maybe next Thursday won't come one day. And then, I'm concerned about that. But that's not uniquely the writer's concern, that's the concern of every middle-aged man who looks in the mirror.” MenLooksRunningThreeNextWonderWorryPlansMiddleTomorrowOne DayConcernConcernedMirrorsSufficientMealsMiddle AgedMenusThursdayTime Running Out Author:Rod Serling
“If you look at the list of the top wheat importers for 2010, almost half of them are Middle Eastern regimes: Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Tunisia. Egypt is the number-one importer of wheat in the entire world. Tunisia leads the entire world in per capita wheat consumption. So it's no wonder that the revolutions began with Tunisians waving baguettes in the streets and Egyptians wearing helmets made of bread.” IfsWorldLooksMadeNumbersHalfWonderStreetsMiddleRevolutionIraqListsBreadRegimesConsumptionEgyptEasternWheatArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHelmetLibyaMoroccoYemenTunisiaAlgeriaBaguettes Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I was given almost total freedom to read/write/look at whatever I wanted. I wonder a lot about how my past experiences, particularly my negative childhood (home life and being severely bullied/ostracized throughout school) as formed my/my thoughts/my writing, though I should also note those things were far from the only thing that had an impact on me/my writing.” ThinkingShouldWritingLooksHomeWantedSchoolPastGivenParentWonderOne ThingChildhoodDevelopmentNegativeImpactNotesIntellectMy ThoughtsAbsentMy PastBulliedPast ExperiencesHome LifeFreedom To ReadChildhood Home Author:Marie Calloway
“Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of the banjo, I feel really good about it, including the Earl Scruggs part.” FeelsLooksWholeWonderNew YorkInspiredIncludingBanjosBluegrass Author:Bela Fleck
“I had no intention of providing any answers or solutions, because you'd only look a fool, but I did want to talk about what it's like to be in a state where you're wondering. And perhaps I was also receptive to the fact I was entering middle age and those thoughts come - to pretend that they don't come is just crazy.” WantLooksStatesFactsAgeAnswersWonderCrazyMiddleFoolSolutionsIntentionProvidingEnteringMiddle AgesReceptive Author:Peter Morgan
“And sometimes you look at the first poems by someone and you go, "They have freshness and a sense of wonder that is never recaptured again by that poet."” FirstsLooksSometimesWonderPoetFreshnessSense Of Wonder Author:Edward Hirsch
“Sometimes I wonder what will be the air conditioning of my dying days. What thing will they add that will make it impossible to be uncomfortable? Because I do assume that as an old person, I will be very comfortable. There will be something - a drug or some way to impact the air around me - that when I relax, I'm gonna feel great. So I do look forward to that.” WayFeelsLooksPersonsSometimesWonderImpossibleAirDyingDrugComfortableImpactAddAssumingUncomfortableRelaxConditioningSometimes I WonderAir ConditioningOld Person Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing back in Los Angeles, but when you look out there... How can you complain when you see a whale cresting, matter-of-factly, as you make your breakfast?” LooksSometimesMatterWonderComplainingLos AngelesBreakfastWhalesSometimes I Wonder Author:Val Kilmer
“I get that that the violent illegal immigrants will be removed from the country. But what I am not hearing and I am wondering, for people out there - and, look, it’s not just the liberal media, right? It’s also conservatives. It’s Rush Limbaugh. It’s Governor Sarah Palin. It’s other people who want Donald Trump to win who are saying, wow, it sounds like he is really backing away from this deportation force…” PeopleWantLooksCountryWinningForceSoundWonderMediaTrumpHearingViolentImmigrantsIllegalWowGovernorsPalinIllegal ImmigrantsDeportationLiberal MediaBacking Away Author:Jake Tapper
“I look into your great brown eyes, where love and loyal homage shine, and wonder where the difference lies between your soul and mine!.” LooksSoulEyeLyingDifferencesWonderMinesShiningYour SoulBrownLoyalHomageBrown Eyes Book:SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY Source: SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY
“Ram, ass, and horse, my Kyrnos, we look over With care, and seek good stock for good to cover; And yet the best men make no argument, But wed, for money, runts of poor descent. So too a woman will demean her state And spurn the better for the richer mate. Money's the cry. Good stock to bad is wed And bad to good, till all the world's cross-bred. No wonder if the country's breed declines- Mixed metal, Kyrnos, that but dimly shines.” IfsMenWorldLooksCountryStatesCarePoorWonderCryArgumentCrossesHorseShiningAssMatesMetalsDeclineEugenicsDescentRamsRunts Author:Theognis of Megara