The concept of the marvelous begins to take form when it arises from an unexpected alteration of reality, the miracle.
It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.
This experience has been once in a lifetime.
It is impossible to consider the degree of concord which ultimately prevailed as less than a miracle.
Retrospectively describing the Constitutional convention:
I once had an extraordinary experience with former prime minister Ted Heath. Both of his eyes, including the whites, turned jet black, and I seemed to be looking into two black holes.
I never want to forget that I'm doing an impossible thing. How rare is it that you get to be part of something people love? It's really special. It's a very out-of-body experience to be a part of something so huge.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime event for all of us, something like this.
The whole process of making 'Bloody Sunday' was difficult but extraordinary.
To have a huge, friendly whale willingly approach your boat and look you straight in the eye is without doubt one of the most extraordinary experiences on the planet.
A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
The country has sorted itself ideologically into the two political parties, and those partisan attachments have hardened in recent years. It will take an extraordinary event and act of leadership to break this partisan divide. I thought 9/11 might provide such an opportunity, but it was not seized.
It was an extraordinary experience to have backup singers like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have never experienced anything quite like it before and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
But this isn’t like anything I’ve ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: This is like music or dancing but better than both.
All of us love miracles. We just don't like being in a situation that necessitates one.
Every person is a miracle. Every moment is a miracle.
I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September.
And then after that, running around the bases, it was just one of those things. You couldn't believe what happened to you. And I look back on it, it's almost like it happened to somebody else.
To be here today is just beyond my wildest dreams.
The event itself is so extraordinary that another chapter could be added to the Bible to chronicle its significance.
Never is my life have I ever experienced anything as crazy as this.
These new technologies try to make virtual reality more powerful than actual reality, which is the true accident. The day when virtual reality becomes more powerful than reality will be the day of the big accident. Mankind never experienced such an extraordinary accident.