#wonder

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#dolphin #exist #happiness #know #man

Sometimes you don't have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone. ↗

— R. J. Palacio

#inspirational-attitude #r-j-palacio #wonder #attitude

My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance? ↗

— Colin Firth

#afterwards #big #case #instinct #me

This has been a most wonderful evening. Gertrude has said things tonight it will take her 10 years to understand. ↗

— Alice B. Toklas

#evening #gertrude #her #most #said

You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#handle #how #i #instrument #kind

Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch. ↗

— Peter Tork

#baseball #bat #coming #cricket #difficult

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too. ↗

— Tom Waits

#go #learn #listening #made #make

But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music. ↗

— Tom Waits

#bit #conversation #death #guys #i

You know when you throw a party, you think people will show up and no one will like each other. It's like that with music - parts of your musical psyche have never met other parts. You wonder if you should get them together. ↗

— Tom Waits

#get #know #like #met #music

I've experienced first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in Central Oregon and I am encouraged that the federal government is taking an active role in the Cascade Youth and Family Center. ↗

— Greg Walden

#active role #am #bar #cascade #center