Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.
~By Marguerite Gardiner ~
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.
~By Thomas Traherne ~
Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast of America we have had a North American tradition of landscape photography used for the environment.
~By Galen Rowell ~
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
~By Mohandas Gandhi ~
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
~By John F. Kennedy ~
The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions.
~By Edward Forbes ~
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
~By Helen Keller ~
The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.
~By Will Durant ~
The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
~By Charles de Lint ~
God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.
~By James Clavell ~
You are also caught with the fact that man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.
~By Morris West ~
Advertisements ordinarily work their wonders, to the extent that they work at all, on an inattentive public.
~By Michael Schudson ~
We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race.
~By John Naisbitt ~
Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.
~By Morris West ~
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
~By John Legend ~
Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.
~By Emile M. Cioran ~
The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail.
~By John Wesley Powell ~
All women are wonders because they reduce all men to the obvious.
~By Daniel Mainwaring ~
I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.
~By Annie Leibovitz ~
A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for the skin.
~By Elizabeth Hurley ~
Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
~By Charles de Lint ~
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
~By Benjamin Franklin ~
Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.
~By Louis D. Brandeis ~
Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
~By Gwendolyn Brooks ~
Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.
~By William Faulkner ~
Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.
~By Daniel Boone ~
Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
~By Walter Winchell ~
We thank thee for this opportunity to show our love for these heroes who have accomplished such wonders for the beloved United States, which was founded by noble and inspired men.
~By Lorenzo Snow ~
There are a lot of people out there who are just waiting that we fail. They brought up the theory that we're one-hit wonders and they want us to fall flat on our noses, just to prove them right.
~By Mark McGrath ~
Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.
~By Sarah Polley ~
I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows.
~By Pat Oliphant ~
A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.
~By Lord Dunsany ~
I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I'm pro-choice, if I make that clear, it let's the audience off the hook, then they can sort of relax. Okay, it's alright he's pro-choice then I can enjoy this.
~By Todd Solondz ~
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
~By M. C. Escher ~
Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.
~By Tony Snow ~
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.
~By Eudora Welty ~
Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
~By Hermann Hesse ~
I believe that one-product wonders come and go.
~By Kevin Rollins ~
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent.
~By Gore Vidal ~
Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.
~By Arnold H. Glasgow ~
Wonders will never cease.
~By David Garrick ~
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.
~By Robert Green Ingersoll ~
We weren't One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.
~By Gary Cherone ~
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
~By William Hazlitt ~
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
~By Benjamin Disraeli ~
I wanna change the game in way where I'm not knocking nobody out of the way, not claiming to be the best at this or that, but just doing wonders with the gift I've been given.
~By Anthony Hamilton ~
New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings people to the city. People come to the city and experience the wonders of this extraordinary city and everything else. The question is that, how do we create jobs which are the jobs that have pay, that - living wages?
~By Danny Glover ~
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
~By Donald Rumsfeld ~
One always wonders about roads not taken.
~By Warren Christopher ~
Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.
~By Daniel Webster ~
We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
~By Thomas Browne ~
The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
~By Charles de Lint ~
If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.
~By Keith Henson ~
Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks.
~By Bobby Riggs ~
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
~By William Cowper ~
How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
~By Mahalia Jackson ~
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