“In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”

“Punctuationally speaking, wonder is a period at the end of a statement we've long taken for granted, suddenly looking up and seeing the sinuous curve of a tall black hat on its head, and realizing it was a question mark all along.”

“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.”

“The thing you had had and loved and taken for granted caught up with you all at once and for no sensible reason suddenly cost more than you could afford.”

“Things have changed: now all one must do to keep society's members from caring its prisoners are abused is to question the content of their character.”

“The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.”