#astonishing

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 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

Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education. ↗

— Simon van der Meer

#astonishing #children #conditions #education #fact

The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing. ↗

— Edwin Meese

#appeal #astonishing #could #decision #everyone

The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast. ↗

— Richard O'Brien

#also #astonishing #came #cast #fact

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

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#astonishing #continue #epic #hears #his

I just think of people," she continued, "whether they seem right where they are and fit into a picture. I don't mind if they don't do anything. I don't see why they should; in fact it always astonishes me when people do anything. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#astonishing #reflection #beauty

The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#because #being #believe #crowd #immense