Top 199 Awe Quotes

Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring – a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.

You can’t always be in awe of someone’s talent, living with them.

I landed in Kabul the day before Shock and Awe in Iraq, and you could all but hear the collective groan.

We are ambassadors of American style, but we’re in awe of British style.

The first moment I saw my wife breastfeed our daughter minutes after birth, I was hit with a thunderbolt of understanding and awe for the miracle of it all, and I still feel that way.

In a VR setting, you tilt your head up, and you really have the vertigo and the sense that it goes up to infinity, and it’s like you’re in New York City or Dubai, and you’re looking up at a giant skyscraper. You have a sense of awe.

What’s amazing is everyone knows who Spider-Man is. We were filming in a Chicano community and standing side by side were a Cal Tech lab technician and a six-year-old boy, and both of them were in awe of the character. In fact, you might say he’s an equal opportunity fantasy hero.

I can’t even compare ourselves with the Supremes. I adore the Supremes! I can’t set myself up as comparison to people I’m in awe of.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Derek Luke and Leonardo DiCaprio inspired me the most. The rawness balanced with charisma that they all bring to the screen is awe inspiring.

We were in New York, and we were performing at a morning show. This fan literally ran from that studio in the middle of New York City to our airport, which was very far away. That fan ran all the way there to see us, and we were so in awe of that guy.

When I look at the human brain I’m still in awe of it.

I’m not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time when you find yourself breathing and not crazy, then you are in a state of constant thankfulness, worship and humility.

I have a romantic conception of the writer’s life, and the sort of writer’s life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life – I’m in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that’s never been something I’m capable of doing.

I’ve been in constant awe of the people I’ve been blessed to work with and, obviously, who have had great success in the film industry.

In September 1993, President Clinton presided over a handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn – the climax of a ‘day of awe,’ as the press described it.

I’m definitely not a monthly guy. Probably never will be. I’m simply in awe of the guys who do monthly books well… hell, in awe of people who do monthlies period.

I’m in awe of Alexander Rusev.

I was just lucky to be a part of this phenomenon of Indian cinema. Perhaps no other film can ever match the magic and awe of ‘Baahubali.’

I sat there in awe that some guy overseas, trying to protect our interests, was using a silly comedy as a survival tool. My brain had an explosion. I was really moved by that.

Women are just so much tougher and more patient than men are – their capacity for empathy blows me away. And their capacity to deal with stress for long periods of time is also kind of awe inspiring.

Because you are seen on the screen, whether big or small, the people in remote places are in complete awe of you.

I grew up believing that my parents helped change the world. I was so in awe of them, and I wondered how I could measure up. I mean, how do you change the world – again?

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

Life is full of awe and grace and truth, mystery and wonder. I live in that atmosphere.

I grew up with park jams. That’s how I knew about rap… The local MCs would grab the mic and start rapping. I just used to be so in awe and fascinated and like, ‘Wow, this is amazing!’ But I would never, ever touch the mic. Heck no.

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.

Because I’ve never had any higher education of any sort, I’ve never held in awe those who have had it or have a sense of superiority over those who don’t.

It was intimidating to work with Irrfan Khan and Dulquer Salmaan, not because they made me feel intimidated, but more out of respect and awe; they are both extremely gifted artistes.

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.

I’m a Christian, a wife, a mother, a homeschooler, a conservative, a citizen journalist, a talk radio host, an insatiable music nerd who plays a poor rhythm guitar, a blogger, a proud granddaughter of a sailor, and a proud tea partier in awe of the potential and the people in this movement.

I am in awe of the brand, and there is nothing I would do or contemplate doing that would any way impact the unique pedestal that Steinway occupies in the industry, 160 years, uncompromising reputation for excellence, and it’s my goal to safeguard that reputation and continue that pursuit of perfection.

When I was in high school we had the first shuttle launch, and it reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the space program. I was in awe of the space shuttle as such a tremendous machine taking people into space. It seemed like such a wonderful thing that I wanted to be a part of.

I am in awe of Rajinikanth. He is a great star, yet so easy-going and grounded.

Wonder and awe are the diet of the artist and without them the world would be far less meaningful to us than it is.

When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was impossibly glamorous. I grew up in awe of her.

The moments that I feel the most imbued with a sense of awe are always the moments when I am outdoors. I can’t help but feel a certain sense of wonder – I become almost filled with it.

We gazed dreamily at the Milky Way and once in a while caught some shooting stars. Times like those gave me the opportunity to wonder and ask all those very basic questions. That sense of awe for the heavens started there.

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?

The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held in awe by young boys who aspire to their lifestyle.

I think a lot of people are with the one they’re meant to be with. I see it watching my parents because they’ve been together for so long and are still very much in love. I’m just sort of in awe of that.

I’m in awe of any Olympic champion, for sure.

That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God’s will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.

I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.

To be five years old is to be surprised by life. I’m amused by my children’s awe at quotidian things – a toy helicopter, a bubble bath, the visible tentacles on a plate of calamari. And I’m envious of their ability to attain something I often can’t: a state of transcendence induced by art.

Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control – I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.

I have such respect and awe for journalists who are able to communicate important information to the masses without sobbing.

I’m in awe of what it takes to run a nation, especially our great nation.

I was never really sure what I wanted to do – I’m in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

As for actors, I’m hugely in awe of Cate Blanchett – and Meryl Streep, obviously.

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.

I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.

I’m always in awe of improvisers that make something out of complete nothing.

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we’d see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.