Quotes by Wonder "How could you think of such awful things?" liberal critics always ask. "How else could I possibly amuse myself?" I always wonder. John Waters awful wonder thinking I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction. John Steinbeck progress wonder looks She wonders if you can feel nostalgic for something before it's in the past, she wonders if perhaps her vocabulary is too small or if her chemical intake has corroded it and the music goes doowoah doowoah. Jon McGregor vocabulary wonder past All understanding begins in wonder! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe understanding wonder I don't like rides. I take everything in life quite literally, and so I genuinely feel terrified on rides and liable to vomit at any moment, and I hate to vomit even more than I fear rides. So, all this to say, I don't have a favorite ride. I don't go on rides. Well, that's not true. A few years ago I had a beautiful, romantic moment on the Ferris wheel at Coney Island, known as the Wonder Wheel, and so I guess that's my favorite ride, though even that, to be frank, terrified me. Jonathan Ames hate wonder beautiful It's a wonder our country doesn't implode. Jon Stewart our-country wonder country You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell. Jonathan Edwards hell reason wonder I wonder why it is that when I plan a route too carefully, it goes to pieces, whereas if I blunder along in blissful ignorance aimed in a fancied direction I get through with no trouble. John Steinbeck pieces ignorance wonder ....Worthy would-be worlds of words, whorls of working wonder. Jonathan Safran Foer would-be wonder world Live, love, wonder, and be nice! Jose Gonzalez being-nice nice wonder I'd rather wonder than get answers I couldn't live with. John Green answers wonder To wonder is to begin to understand. Jose Ortega y Gasset wonder We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time. Jose Padilha cop criminals wonder No wonder we have a lot of violence in Rio: the corrupt and violent policemen meet the violent criminals in the streets. What else is going to happen? Jose Padilha criminals violence wonder Fine words! I wonder where you stole them. Jonathan Swift fine-words sarcastic wonder Wonder is defined by Thomas [Aquinas] in the Summa Theologiae [I-II, Q. 32, a. 8], as the desiderium sciendi, the desire for knowledge, active longing to know. Josef Pieper longing wonder desire It made me start to wonder if there were other people so lonely so close. I thought about “Eleanor Rigby.” It’s true, where do they all come from? And where do they all belong? Jonathan Safran Foer lonely wonder people Ah, in every age there is always some new wonder to astound mankind until they grow accustomed to it and lose interest. Jose Saramago mankind age wonder Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen in your life. Joseph Murphy busy mind wonder In case you're wondering what we all do here during the commercial breaks, mostly we just sit around making catty remarks about the outfits you're all wearing at home. Jon Stewart advertising wonder home «2425262728293031323334»