#astonish

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them! ↗

— Orville Wright

#been #could #discover #just #many

Well, I think people don't recognise my face because I'm so much older now, but it is astonishing that people can recognise a voice. I do sometimes get recognised, and indeed a lot of people do come and see me. ↗

— Tom Baker

#because #come #face #get #i

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#conceived #could #ever #felt #film

Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these hats at all. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#big #come #everyone #hats #mexicans

My father, though, could run very much faster. It was impossible to compete with him on the grass. But it was astonishing how slow old people were. Some of them could not run up a hill and called it trying to climb stairs. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#called #climb #compete #could #faster

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric. ↗

— James Broughton

#gift #joy #lyric #most #muses

I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing. ↗

— Luc Ferrari

#amazing #approaches #astonishing #bit #both

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#being #clear #falsehoods #force #human

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career? ↗

— Placido Domingo

#astonishing #career #i #i am #improving

I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#astonished #fantasy #forest #i #larger