“I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.”
Some moments stop you in your tracks. These quotes try to put words to that feeling — the sense of wonder, surprise, or awe that shows up when life exceeds your expectations. They come from scientists, artists, athletes, and ordinary people who saw something extraordinary and refused to let it pass without comment.
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.”
“I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.”
“It is quite amazing what I didn't feel after a while. I didn't really want to feel things.”
“Twitter is the most amazing medium for a comedy writer. I can't get in every idea I want on the show no matter how hard I try to bully the other writers, so it's a way of me getting out other comic ideas and immediately getting feedback.”
“We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.”
“If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you.”
“I love a beautiful gown on stage, and luckily I've been fortunate to wear some amazing dresses.”
“Well, I was already so happy being chosen to do the issue itself, that when I got on the cover, it was even more of a surprise and even more amazing to me.”
“When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.”
“It was said Daredevil grew up in Hell's Kitchen, an amazing name for a neighbourhood. But that opened a Pandora's box of all the crime stuff I wanted to do. I borrowed liberally from Will Eisner's 'The Spirit' and turned 'Daredevil' into a crime comic.”
“A lot of people fear death because they think that so overwhelming an experience has to be painful, but I've seen quite a few deaths, and, with one exception, I've never known anyone to undergo anything like agony. That's amazing when you think about it. I mean, how complicated the mechanism is that's being taken apart.”
“You have to wait for a big star to come in and generate interest on a project, and now that has become me, which is an amazing blessing.”
“I started crying the other day just thinking that the baby is going to leave me soon! You have this relationship with this person in your belly and it's really amazing.”
“With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.”
“I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.”
“When taxidermy is done well it's an amazing piece of art.”