Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
University of Cambridge, England http://www.trsite.org/content/pages/speaking-loudly (26 May 1910) <br class="br">1910s
Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
University of Cambridge, England http://www.trsite.org/content/pages/speaking-loudly (26 May 1910) <br class="br">1910s
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Divinity
Context: Cannot we understand how these men worshipped Canopus; became what we call Sabeans, worshipping the stars? Such is to me the secret of all forms of Paganism. Worship is transcendent wonder; wonder for which there is now no limit or measure; that is worship.
Newt Gingrich (1943) Professor, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
2011-05-15 interview on * Meet the Press
2011-05-15
NBC, quoted in * Gingrich Calls GOP Budget 'Right Wing Social Engineering'
PBS
2011-05-16
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/05/gingrich-keeps-ryan-budget-at-arms-length.html
2011-05-28
2010s
John Cooper Clarke (1951) English performance poet
Series 1 - Crime and Retribution (23 Nov 2016)
BBC Radio 4 - Dr John Cooper Clarke at the BBC (Nov 2016)
“It was better to know the worst than to wonder.”
Margaret Mitchell book Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)
Source: Gone with the Wind
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
1990s, The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish
“Wonder is the basis of worship.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
Bk. I, ch. 10.
1830s, Sartor Resartus (1833–1834)
“My body is a temple not just any boy gets to worship at. I won't do any more than I want to do.”
Jenny Han book P.S. I Still Love You
Source: P.S. I Still Love You
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Reported by Ryan Lizza in the New Yorker, said to Patrick Gaspard during a job interview in 2007. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/17/081117fa_fact_lizza?printable=true <br class="br">2007