“The eager or dutiful persons who subject themselves to these tidal waves of the classics and the moderns find everything wonderful in an absent-minded way. The wonder washes over them rather than into them, and one of its effects is to make anything shocking or odd suddenly interesting enough to gain a month's celebrity. And so another by-product of our come-one, come-all policy is the tendency to reward cleverness, not art, and to put one more hurdle in the path of the truly original artist.” WayPersonsArtEnoughArtistInterestingWonderPathWonderfulSubjectsEffectsPolicyProductsMonthsGainsOriginalsRewardsWaveTendenciesOddShockingAbsentClevernessHurdleTidal WavesAbsent Minded Author:Jacques Barzun
“From without, no wonderful effect is wrought within ourselves, unless some interior, responding wonder meets it. That the starry vault shall surcharge the heart with all rapturous marvelings, is only because we ourselves are greater miracles, and superber trophies than all the stars in universal space.” HeartStarsSpaceWonderGreaterWonderfulEffectsUniversalMiracleUnityInteriorsRespondingTrophiesVaultsMarveling Book:Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities Source: Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities
“For me, the Bild-Dichtung [image-poem] is the ideal form, because the drawing process is constantly being interrupted or contrasted by the writing. And since I always have something to say when I am writing, the effort has a balancing effect. Drawing and writing are wonderful complements.” WritingFormProcessEffortWonderfulEffectsIdealsDrawingInterruptedComplement Author:Gunter Brus
“Daren Hardy's The Compound Effect is a culmination of success principles that is relevant to anyone who needs it! As a thought leader, he is making a significant contribution to our industry. A wonderful book!” NeedsBookLeaderPrinciplesWonderfulEffectsIndustrySignificantContributionRelevantCompoundsHardyCulmination Author:Stedman Graham
“Somebody said the prospect of eminent death has a wonderful clarifying effect on the mind. And I don't know if that's true, but I do think it probably causes some changes, some evolution in the way a person works. But on a day-by-day basis, I just still enjoy doing what I'm doing.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayMindPersonsSaidStillsCausesEnjoyWonderfulEffectsEvolutionBasesClarifying Author:Stephen King
“The best way in my view is to just buy a low-cost index fund and keep buying it regularly over time, because you'll be buying into a wonderful industry, which in effect is all of American industry... People ought to sit back and relax and keep accumulating over time.” PeopleWayViewsWonderfulEffectsIndustryOughtCostLowsInvestingBest WayBuyingRelaxFundIndex Funds Author:Warren Buffett
“From without, no wonderful effect is wrought within ourselves, unless some interior, responding wonder meets it.” WonderWonderfulEffectsInteriorsResponding Author:Daisy Bates
“The flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post card. A post card that would say, in effect, having a wonderful time; glad most of my money is here.” Would BeSimpleMoneyWonderfulEffectsTaxesGladCardsPostsFlatsTax DayWonderful TimesFlat Tax Author:Steve Forbes
“Riffing on language will create wonderful effects you never intended. Which leads me to this writing advice: 'Always take credit for good stuff you didn't intend, because you'll be getting plenty of criticism in your career for bad stuff you didn't mean either.'” WritingMeanLanguageStuffCareersWonderfulAdviceEffectsCriticismCreditPlentyWriting AdviceLeading MeBad Stuff Author:Roy Peter Clark
“I had no idea what effect something blockbustering would have. To me, it was just a job that I was trying to do the best I could. We had shot the first five shows before it went on the air. Then, it was this firecracker hit, and people were recognizing me, so it was just nuts. It was overwhelming, insane, wonderful and scary all at the same time. It's really peculiar that people see you on television and then think they have a personal relationship with you. So, they want to touch you, and grab you, and sit down and have lunch with you. It's strange, and you never get used to that.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingFirstsIdeasShowsJobsUsedFiveWonderfulAirEffectsTelevisionStrangeShotsDown AndScaryInsaneNo IdeaLunchOverwhelmingPeculiarNutsRecognizingDo The BestPersonal RelationshipsFirecracker Author:Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs