#astonish

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds. ↗

— David Blaine

#capacity #each #imposed #minds #only

I really like beer. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#humor #wolverine #humor

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#because #fans #get #i #nice

We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was overwhelming. ↗

— Howard Carter

#astonished #beauty #could #displayed #imagined

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#brains #definitely #effort #many #people

Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#astonishment #egypt #exercised #fascination #hesitation

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#aroused #astonish #deep #dreamed #dwell

I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them. ↗

— Maria Monk

#astonishment #criminal #duties #great #horror

It is astonishing what a lot of odd minutes one can catch during the day, if one really sets about it. ↗

— Dinah Maria Mulock

#astonishing #catch #day #during #lot

It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#astonishing #drawing #forms #led #light