John Lewis

Comics, in a sense, the style, the images - it's almost like music. They say music is a universal language, but when the eyes behold something, a figure, somebody moving; it's real, and it cannot be denied.

American Politician

Walt Whitman

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

American Poet

Derek Luke

He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.

American Actor

Albert Schweitzer

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

German Theologian

Saint Teresa of Avila

All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.

Spanish Saint

Jesus Christ

I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Leader

Khalil Gibran

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.

Lebanese Poet

Richard Bach

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

American Novelist

Rabindranath Tagore

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

Indian Poet

H. G. Wells

English Author

Used mainly in literature or poetry to invite the reader to visualize or appreciate something.

Literary Usage

Often found in imperative form, suggesting the speaker is showing something noteworthy.

Imperative Invitation

Carries a sense of awe or amazement, more dramatic than just looking.

Emotional Impact

Suggests being present and attentive to an unfolding event or an extraordinary occurrence.

Witnessing Events

While it's archaic, it's still used for effect in modern writing or speeches.

Antiquated Expression

Implies careful watching of a particular scene or event, often to appreciate details.

Observational Detail

 in the world, so ten chances to one, the fellow who walked in the door could play it, so you'd have someone come into the house, you'd invite them to play a tune, and lo and behold a little party would start up and somebody would dance, and somebody would sing, and all that sort of thing, so it was a wonderful, wonderful way

Playing the Cape Breton...

 and lo and behold it turned out to be true. Starlight actually does bend as it travels around the sun. This was a huge confirmation of the theory. It was considered proof of the truth of this radical new idea, and it was written up in many newspapers around the globe. Now, sometimes this theory or this model

Naomi Oreskes: Why we...

 subsequent employment growth places with big firms are typically thought to be significantly less entrepreneurial and lo and behold they grow at far lower rates small firms smart people and connections to the outside world these are the keys to urban success in the world today now the most entrepreneurial

It’s time to embrace our...

 and I stand there long enough that I could have actually done something. So now I'm no longer trying to figure out what I'm going to do; I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get out of this room. So in my 12 years of wisdom, I zip my pants down, I walk out into the room, and lo and behold to me,

A call to men PIPE Tony...

 This, like, red sandstone desert out here in the Four Corners is some of the most beautiful land in the world. It's really just something to behold. And that's why I love doing these trips is to really embed yourself in the landscape, to really slowly move through it,

Sufferfest: 700 Miles of...

 Take texting while someone's speaking to you. Some of us may find it rude, others may think it's absolutely civil. So it really depends. It's all in the eyes of the beholder and whether that person felt disrespected.

Why being respectful to...

 Your distant ancestors loved that shape and found beauty in the skill needed to make it, even before they could put their love into words. Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? No, it's deep in our minds.

A Darwinian theory of...

 Nothing seemed to help. Days went by. At a certain point, the man, still hiccupping, had sex with his wife. And lo and behold, the hiccups went away. He told his doctor, who published a case report

Mary Roach: 10 things...

 And for the first time in my life, I just felt viscerally connected to the universe in all of its immensity. Time stopped, or it just kind of felt nonexistent, and what I beheld with my eyes --

You owe it to yourself...

 After all, if our appreciation of objects and their makers is so conditioned by our culture and history, then art and its definition are truly in the eye of the beholder.

Behold

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Imperative Invitation

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