Lewis Thomas

We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language users, but it should be a deeper satisfaction, even an exhilaration, to recognize that we have such a distance still to go.

American Scientist

Basil Bunting

The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology.

British Poet

Ashley Jensen

In a world of iPads and emails, nothing has really changed in the theatre. You still get in an hour early, do your wardrobe, put an old pair of tights under your wig, and you have, 'This is your call, Miss Jensen'. I got exhilarated by that.

Scottish Actress

Charles McCarry

As an old man who remembers the intellectual exhilaration and the pleasure of having done good work that characterized the CIA when it was young, I wonder if it might not be better to speak and think in terms of restoring its culture.

American Writer

Edward Hoagland

Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and a brotherly feeling.

American Author

David S. Rose

The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness... but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction.

American Businessman

Michael Franti

My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.

American Musician

Deepak Chopra

All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.

American Speaker

Akiane Kramarik

I feel every painting is a challenging piece of a puzzle for me and others to solve. I feel both humble and exhilarated to see if completed.

American Poet

George S. Patton

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

American General

Use 'exhilarate' to describe intense positive feelings, more than just 'happy'.

Positive Emotion

'Exhilarate' is generally used when someone's feelings are affected personally.

Often Personal

The effect of 'exhilarate' is strong and obvious, not a quiet or modest feeling.

Not Subtle

 When you're planning out your narrative, think about those moments, those snippets of life that took longer than the the moment of hearing bad news, the moment of hearing good news, the moment of exhilaration when you realize you hit the jump,

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 But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage. That's up to you, when you walk through a hall, because that then determines what and how we listen to certain things. I may feel sorrowful, or happy, or exhilarated, or angry

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 be easy to test, and make sure it was great for the customer. But most importantly, the battery came fully charged right out of the box, ready to use. So that customer, with all that exhilaration, could just start using the product.

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 And as it happened, I read it from midnight to five in the morning in one shot. And I was left with this intense feeling of awe and exhilaration at the universe and our own ability to understand as much as we do.

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 breakthroughs in electronics and neuroscience and algorithms are coming together to enable a new kind of seamless symbiosis between people and technology it's going to exhilarate us it's going to make us deeply

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 As I journeyed along my path, I encountered the best and worst of life at an the tremendous opportunity to self-define, the collision of expectation and experience, the exhilaration of victorious breakthroughs

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 as time goes on. My job is one of the most exhilarating jobs you could have. I work with some of the most amazing people. And with that exhilaration, comes a really deep sense of responsibility.

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 time goes on I mean my job is one of the most exhilarating jobs you could have I work with some of the most amazing people and with that exhilaration comes a really deep sense of responsibility

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 that she should be afraid. Third, we women have to start practicing bravery, too. We cannot teach our girls until we teach ourselves. So here's another fear and exhilaration