Eighth Wonder of the World is a term sometimes used to describe things in comparison to the Seven Wonders of the World the widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity.
Famous quotes containing the words eighth and/or world:
“He seems like an average type of man. He’s not, like smart. I’m not trying to rag on him or anything. But he has the same mentality I have—and I’m in the eighth grade.”
—Vanessa Martinez (b. c. 1978)
“Really, all things and persons are related to us, but according to our nature, they act on us not at once, but in succession, and we are made aware of their presence one at a time. All persons, all things which we have known, are here present, and many more than we see; the world is full.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)