Surprising Quotes
Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place.
Science is founded on uncertainty. Each time we learn something new and surprising, the astonishment comes with the realization that we were wrong before.
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.
I tend to be more interested in the trend pieces than who got a licensing deal for sunglasses, but that's not surprising.
Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.
This ground is surprising. It holds about 60,000 but when there are around 30,000 in, you get the feeling that it is half empty
The more the climate is forced to change, the more likely it is to hit some unforeseen threshold that can trigger quite fast, surprising and perhaps unpleasant changes.
I'm kind of under the radar. Not a lot of people notice me. Which is surprising, because I'm so sexy. They're probably intimidated by my sexiness and crushability.
The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising ways.
When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.
Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.
The whole experience of 'Eastbound' has been completely unexpected and super-surprising every step of the way.
This is one of those rare recipes, surprising in its flavors and wonderful in its simplicity -- an out-and-out favorite of mine.
There are no surprising facts, only models that are surprised by facts; and if a model is surprised by the facts, it is no credit to that model.
I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what I wanted.
This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the word of 'liberty' sets minds on fire.
I can honestly say that probably 95% of the things I was afraid of, it turned out I had no reason to be. So drop fear by the wayside. Just... let it go. Then make way for a surprising tomorrow.
In this dark world where he now dwelt, ugly things and surprising things and once in a long while a tiny wondrous thing spilled out at him constantly; he could count on nothing.
Being a football manager is no fun at all. You have to put up with all the hassle. It is not surprising that so many turn grey or have heart attacks.
People learn by playing, thinking and amazing themselves. They learn while they're laughing at something surprising, and they learn while they're wondering "What the heck is this!?"
To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a lot of people that I had the insight I had.
Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. In a surprising twist, relentless connection leads to a new solitude.
Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.
Cherry Money Baby is fabulous in every sense of the word! It’s earthy and smart and moving, laugh-out-loud funny, surprising, inventive, suspenseful, and — Oh, Hell — just gorgeously written!
Tolerance is thin gruel compared to the rapture of absolute truths. It's not surprising that religious people are often better protected by atheists and agnostics than each other.
If an unusual necessity forces us onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain point, when, gradually or suddenly, it passes away and we are fresher than before!
A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book since they were children.
... the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives.
I want to show the world there is life, surprising, wonderful, and unexpected life, after diagnosis.
Is it surprising that modern English land law should resemble a chaos rather than a system?
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others.
There are surprising turning points; there is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and you never know if your action could be the straw.
With sixty professors there are roughly eighteen hundred pairs of professors. Out of that many pairs it was not surprising that there were some whose members did not like one another.
Shakespeare says, we are creatures that look before and after; the more surprising that we do not look around a little, and see what is passing under our very eyes.
An 'unintended pregnancy' could be a wonderful surprise, not planned but welcome. Why should the government be in the business of 'preventing' a surprising but welcome pregnancy
Women can instantly see through each other, and it's surprising how little they observe that's pleasant.
Emotion is always multiplied in the art of a person who doesn't really show much emotion. It once expanded deep within his hidden soul, and following the downplay his audience is blown away.
I suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New York. But this is China, where nothing is surprising.
Ironically, there isn't much comedy film in Britain, which is quite surprising seeing that we're quite good at it.
