Astounding Quotes

• If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • World
  • Stupidity
  • Optimism

• We had no faith in (Cook) whatever. He was not even good for a day's work, and the idea of his making such an astounding claim as having reached the Pole was so ludicrous that, after our laugh, we dropped the matter altogether.

  

  Matthew Henson
  • Work
  • Idea
  • Days

• Definitely some work needs to be done, and it's pretty astounding.

  

  Janet Napolitano
  • Work
  • Done
  • Astounding

• The myriad of ways that a song can be interpreted is astounding to me, and it's part of the allure of writing.

  

  Laura Pergolizzi
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Astounding