Surprising Quotes

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One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

As with many other things, there is a surprising amount of prejudice against quality control, but the proof of the pudding is still in the eating.

It is a surprising fact that those who object most violently to the manipulation of behaviour nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate minds.

Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the surprising, the seemingly radical.

The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.

...is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder millions of unborn children?

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

For me winning isn't surprising at all

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.

Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it's incredible and surprising.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.

It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.

My images don't come close to real life. The world is remarkable, astounding and surprising that one does not need to exaggerate. What actually exists is simply insane.

After a while, a surprising theme emerged. The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: Develop a strong family narrative.

Abundance flows into my life in surprising and miraculous ways every day.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

A great advantage of X-ray analysis as a method of chemical structure analysis is its power to show some totally unexpected and surprising structure with, at the same time, complete certainty.

In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory.

Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

I have three best friends in this world. What's surprising is that they also happen to be your (audience) three best friends. They are Bachpan (childhood), Jawani (Youth) and Budhapa (old age).

All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.

Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go.

The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

Innovation has a lot to do with your ability to recognise surprising and unusual phenomena.

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.

Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.

What scientists are attached to is journeys into the unknown and discovering things that are completely unexpected and baffling and surprising.

What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them.

And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race.

That I happened to fall into a career that no other girls wanted isn't surprising to me. I wanted something that didn't exist, so I had to create it.

Who I really am keeps surprising me.

It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.

It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment.

Coming [to Paris] has been a wonderful experience, surprising in many respects, one of them being to find how much of an American I am.

A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.

I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me.

It's great when you know somebody and they keep surprising you.

Success and failure are equally surprising.

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results.

It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.

It's still a compliment when you're backed by younger and older, but it's actually unexpected. It's surprising, but for me it's in fact the most beautiful compliment.