#astonish

I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening. ↗

— Alexander Fleming

#appearance #astonishing #been #chance #extraordinary

As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's astonishing how the climate has changed in the last five years. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#astonishing #been #changed #climate #five

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

Astonishment is the root of philosophy. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#philosophy #root

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it. ↗

— Larry Wall

#been #embraced #gratifying #hope #i

If at first you do succeed - try to hide your astonishment. ↗

— Harry Banks

#first #hide #if at first #succeed #try

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#clean #enough #how #leave #new

Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#along #astonishing #blended #breathtaking #chicago

I've Got Him! You've got to keep at her. Forget all your training--she's fought you a thousand times." "Don't presume to run my team, you little tart-" (Colossus throws Emma at Danger) "Yes. I see how it works. Normally, I wouldn't have done that. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#colossus #emma-frost #shadowcat #men

Okay. So...serious wedgie... ↗

— Joss Whedon

#shadowcat #men