Quotes with astonished

  • In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

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  • Baruch Spinoza Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Arthur Sullivan For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening's experiments. Astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever.
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  • Marcus Aurelius How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • William Golding I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.
    William Golding
    British writer (1911 - 1993)
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  • John Keats I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Anna Freud If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.
    Anna Freud
    Austrian-British psychoanalyst (1895 - 1982)
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  • Brad Bird If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more.
    Brad Bird
    American animator, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • André Maurois In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • André Maurois In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Albert Camus It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it, just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations. The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Robert Clive My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Josh Billings When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Mark Twain When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But, when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Mark Twain When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Blaise Pascal When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Andrea Dworkin Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at the muck on the supermarket shelves, are astonished. Women do not believe that men believe what pornography says about women. But they do. From the worst to the best of them, they do.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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