Quotes about Surprising

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. Votes: 6

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. Votes: 6

El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice. Votes: 6

When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New World when Columbus came stumbling onto it. Votes: 6

I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive. Votes: 6

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence. Votes: 4

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. Votes: 4

I like to do things that are surprising and different. Votes: 4

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. Votes: 4

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves. Votes: 4

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. Votes: 4

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. Votes: 4

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world. Votes: 4

The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world. Votes: 4

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife. Votes: 4

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Votes: 4

It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. Votes: 4

Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of my most unusual ones on the radio. Votes: 4

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. Votes: 4

To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody! Votes: 4

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about. Votes: 4

By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student of early culture proposing that the crude contemporary art of the early Babylonians is the product of a civilization earlier than that of the Nile. Votes: 4

Writing a story requires you to understand how the world works, how characters think, how their emotions drive them to do surprising things, and so on. In other words, as a writer, you have to be more than a stylist. You need to learn to become a master of storytelling. Votes: 4

Surprising, I know. Everyone thinks I'm older. Votes: 3

Surprising people is the key to career longevity for someone like me. Votes: 3

Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it? Votes: 3

The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking...Is Where It's Taking Her! Votes: 3

Surprising and interesting things happen to those who keep their eyes and their minds open and alert! Votes: 3

Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races. Votes: 3

I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right across the street. Votes: 3

He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never succeeded at anything, because he believed too much in the impossible. Surprising? Why so? He was forever in the act of conceiving it! Votes: 3

The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience. Votes: 2

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising. Votes: 2

The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences. Votes: 2

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation. Votes: 2

Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising. Votes: 2

It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends. Votes: 2

There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important. Votes: 2

If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that. Votes: 2

Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Votes: 2

I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising, it's just a part of being a girl in 2013. Votes: 2

When I wrote 'Silver Linings,' I thought I was writing a book about the Philadelphia Eagles and male bonding, but when the book came out, it was surprising to me that the mental health community embraced it. Votes: 2

It's actually very surprising how little we think about the quality of our decision-making and how we could improve it. How absent decision-making classes are from educational curricula. How little we think about how it is we think. Votes: 2

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent. Votes: 2

The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same. Votes: 2

It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising. Votes: 2

Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect. Votes: 2

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation. Votes: 2

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied. Votes: 2

End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines. Votes: 2

Everything is surprising, rightly seen. Votes: 0

Humans were always surprising me. Votes: 0

Shakespeare--whetting, frustrating, surprising and gratifying. Votes: 0

Success and failure are equally surprising. Votes: 0

Inspiration is always a surprising visitor. Votes: 0

You have to keep surprising your audience. Votes: 0

Who I am really keeps surprising me. Votes: 0

Who I really am keeps surprising me. Votes: 0

History is never surprising after it happens. Votes: 0

My writing has a lot of surprising twists. Votes: 0

God's unique capacity is too surprising to surprise. Votes: 0

You are an endless project...changing, evolving, surprising. Votes: 0

Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable. Votes: 0

Desperation can make a person do surprising things. Votes: 0

For me winning isn`t surprising at all Votes: 0

My writing has a lot of surprising twists, Votes: 0

This death sentence is not surprising. It had to be. Votes: 0

Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways. Votes: 0

Life is full of surprises. Why is that always surprising? Votes: 0

I prefer ugly things. I prefer things which are surprising. Votes: 0

I want to constantly be surprising people with different roles. Votes: 0

Love is an experiment ... what happens next is always surprising. Votes: 0

There is something thrilling in the mimesis of life's surprising unfolding. Votes: 0

Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising. Votes: 0

A good story feels both surprising and inevitable, fresh and familiar. Votes: 0

It's great when you know somebody and they keep surprising you. Votes: 0

I want the situations and plots to be surprising and unusual. Votes: 0

Fortuna smiles and frowns according to a timetable surprising even to herself. Votes: 0

Abundance flows into my life in surprising and miraculous ways every day. Votes: 0

Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising. Votes: 0

It's really surprising that what you put on paper, people will believe. Votes: 0

A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true. Votes: 0

Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing. Votes: 0

It is surprising how many great men started out as horse thieves. Votes: 0

I'm not very precious at all, which I think people find surprising. Votes: 0

It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments. Votes: 0

How you behave in one place, will help in surprising ways later. Votes: 0

I like a show to unfold and keep presenting itself, surprising you. Votes: 0

Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. Votes: 0

When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. Votes: 0

Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times. Votes: 0

Dangle something in front of the camera. Get something surprising to be released. Votes: 0

Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth. Votes: 0

It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is. Votes: 0

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted. Votes: 0

In conflict, straightforward actions generally lead to engagement, surprising actions generally lead to victory. Votes: 0

Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons? Votes: 0

What's surprising is that the people who fought against torture here are the communists. Votes: 0

It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish. Votes: 0

Faith is the new, the mysterious, the surprising. Nobody has ever been there before. Votes: 0

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer. Votes: 0

Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another, when you do differ. Votes: 0

I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. Votes: 0

The improv stuff, that's always surprising so a lot of times that's really funny. Votes: 0

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. Votes: 0

Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising. Votes: 0

I love to make people laugh, and do things that are surprising and different. Votes: 0

Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them. Votes: 0

Playing Lissa was the most thrilling, terrifying, uplifting, fulfilling, surprising, and experience of my life. Votes: 0

You find surprising things about the privite life of a country when you invide it Votes: 0

The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would. Votes: 0

Innovation has a lot to do with your ability to recognise surprising and unusual phenomena. Votes: 0

The aftermath of this extraordinary election [2016] could be just as surprising as the race itself. Votes: 0

Pornography, then, educates the male public. It would be very surprising if it did not. Votes: 0

I simply cannot get over what a surprising and wonderful life God has given me, Votes: 0

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once everything in nature is resurrection Votes: 0

Follow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them. Votes: 0

New York is vibrant, sexy, naughty, always surprising, and has great live music and great fashion. Votes: 0

I love surprising people with a present or a gift or a stage performance or anything. Votes: 0

Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go. Votes: 0

Women can instantly see through each other, and it's surprising how little they observe that's pleasant. Votes: 0

The whole experience of 'Eastbound' has been completely unexpected and super-surprising every step of the way. Votes: 0

Solos are like sex, so it's surprising to me that there aren't more guys playing them Votes: 0

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else. Votes: 0

Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once. Votes: 0

... the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives. Votes: 0

Is it surprising that modern English land law should resemble a chaos rather than a system? Votes: 0

It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work. Votes: 0

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection. Votes: 0

Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose. Votes: 0

Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me. Votes: 0

There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence. Votes: 0

The key to finding your remarkability is to think about what makes you surprising, interesting, or novel. Votes: 0

I became known for surprising audiences. Except now, if I surprise them every time, they expect that. Votes: 0

I want to show the world that there is life, surprising, wonderful, and unexpected life...after diagnosis Votes: 0

Elena?" "Yes, unless Nick found a woman in the forest, which I suppose wouldn't be too surprising. Votes: 0

I always want to keep growing and keep surprising people, and showing them different parts of me. Votes: 0

All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising. Votes: 0

What people might find surprising: I taught my wife to change diapers when we had our first. Votes: 0

You're not surprised when alcoholics act like alcoholics. It's more surprising when non-alcoholics start acting like alcoholics. Votes: 0

One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old Votes: 0

Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks. Votes: 0

I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel. Votes: 0

Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions. Votes: 0

I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed. Votes: 0

Those...who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves. Votes: 0

I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising. Votes: 0

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them. Votes: 0

It is indeed a surprising and fortunate fact that nature can be expressed by relatively low-order mathematical functions. Votes: 0

And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race. Votes: 0

Children do not see themselves as shocking or surprising and do not want other people to do so. Votes: 0

I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising. Votes: 0

Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does. Votes: 0

Put the right pitching mechanics together with good health, and there's nothing surprising about lasting a long time. Votes: 0

You will have to grow up to her quickly, I thought, surprising myself, or you will lose her. Votes: 0

But if everybody's trying to stay safe, then you never really create something new and different and surprising. Votes: 0

Ironically, there isn't much comedy film in Britain, which is quite surprising seeing that we're quite good at it. Votes: 0

Lose your schematic conventions by finding some surprising symbol or shape in the welter of shades, and draw that. Votes: 0

I went through one period when I smoked a surprising, a really breath-taking, amount of grass almost every night. Votes: 0

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise. Votes: 0

A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope. Votes: 0

Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit? Votes: 0

God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come. Votes: 0

Keep your life so constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any point. Votes: 0

It is a surprising and memorable, as well as valuable experience, to be lost in the woods any time. Votes: 0

A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful? Votes: 0

There's nothing surprising about me. I'm dull. I am a fan of the New York subway. I love it. Votes: 0

It's true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it's not surprising that it's so difficult to address. Votes: 0

Abortion is the easy way out. It's hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations. Votes: 0

One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations. Votes: 0

Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen. Votes: 0

The once-surprising existence of non-Euclidean models of Euclid's first four axioms can be seen as a sort of mathematical joke. Votes: 0

Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the most…is yourself Votes: 0

Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural. Votes: 0

It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment. Votes: 0

It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others. Votes: 0

It's surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It's much easier than getting used to not having it. Votes: 0

But Saudi Arabia is surprising in a lot of ways. Like any place, or any people, it relentlessly defies easy categorization. Votes: 0

Considering the way evolution works, it should not be surprising if every man has got a Don Giovanni somewhere inside him. Votes: 0

Here is the surprising truth: It's often easier to make something 10 times better than it is to make it 10 percent better. Votes: 0

My memories of literary agenting are of a very happy time and there are surprising reminders of it coming back now. Votes: 0

We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up. Votes: 0

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. Votes: 0

What scientists are attached to is journeys into the unknown and discovering things that are completely unexpected and baffling and surprising. Votes: 0

We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived. Votes: 0

I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving. Votes: 0

I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics. Votes: 0

Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects. Votes: 0

The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results. Votes: 0

Surrender means cultivating a comfortable attitude toward not knowing, being nurtured by the mystery of moments that are dependably surprising, ever fresh. Votes: 0

Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different. Votes: 0

[N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation. Votes: 0

I'm learning so much, I'm surprising myself everyday with the things that are happening, the rhythms. I'm very happy and very excited. Votes: 0

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front. Votes: 0

This is one of those rare recipes, surprising in its flavors and wonderful in its simplicity -- an out-and-out favorite of mine. Votes: 0

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all. Votes: 0

I tend to be more interested in the trend pieces than who got a licensing deal for sunglasses, but that's not surprising. Votes: 0

I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India. Votes: 0

I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult. Votes: 0

It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin. Votes: 0

The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general. Votes: 0

I'm pretty resigned to the fact that I never hear music the way anyone else does, and I no longer find it surprising. Votes: 0

Time is like an enterprising manager always bent on staging some new and surprising production, without knowing very well what it will be. Votes: 0

It's surprising how many people get bogged down in analysing, planning, and organizing when what they really need to do is take action. Votes: 0

It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions. Votes: 0

I do dark [humor]. I like people who are silly and weird and people who are surprising and good at what they do. Votes: 0

Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North. Votes: 0

You're...a demon hunter?' 'It's not as exciting as it sounds,' he said. 'There is a surprising amount of paperwork involved. Votes: 0

Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing. Votes: 0

Keep pace with the times. . . . Find new and surprising ways to teach girls how to develop every gift and grace of true womanhood. Votes: 0

Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has. Votes: 0

I kind of put myself out there as is. I'm a quiet person. I don't know if that's surprising. I'm a Pilates junkie. Votes: 0

It's hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy. Votes: 0

It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It's surprising that readers don't see challenging writing as morally hazardous, when it might be pushing the same kinds of boundaries as art does. Votes: 0

Being a good designer certainly doesn't guarantee that you're good at business. It's probably more surprising when the two talents coexist in one person. Votes: 0

I'm not the kind of poet who arranges treasure-hunts to please the academics and keep them busy. Poetry should be surprising in deeper ways. Votes: 0

What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity. Votes: 0

I make it a personal rule never to do anything that I don't really care about. It is surprising how much this cuts out. Votes: 0

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write. Votes: 0

Because one has to be an optimist to begin an ambitious project, it is not surprising that underestimation of completion time is the norm. Votes: 0

Science is founded on uncertainty. Each time we learn something new and surprising, the astonishment comes with the realization that we were wrong before. Votes: 0

I've recommended girls for jobs that I had a different part in, and agents have been like, "No, don't ..."It's so surprising to me. Votes: 0

I mean look at Antichrist. He's not making films to be liked by everyone, so why is this so surprising coming from Lars von Trier? Votes: 0

I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it. Votes: 0

Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light. Votes: 0

I find it surprising, however, that many German politicians generally oppose referendums, but then when it's an EU matter, they immediately scream for a plebiscite. Votes: 0

To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this. Votes: 0

It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den. Votes: 0

Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into surprising new forms. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising. Votes: 0

I am wholly in favour of 'dull stodges'. A surprising large proportion prove 'educable': for which a primary qualification is the willingness to do work. Votes: 0

Her face was one of a kind, a surprising variation that made observers think, Yes--that would be another very nice way for people to look. Votes: 0

The Zionist Tulsa Jew who's pugnacious is a reality. I grew up around it. And I think it's really, really funny and surprising and unlikely. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks. Votes: 0

I think of a lot of comedy being watched alone, for some reason. It's surprising to me that people are getting together to watch stand-up comedy. Votes: 0

Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects. Votes: 0

The secret of literature, which conventional people don't guess, is that writers are forever looking for the surprising revelation - not for reinforcement of collective wisdom. Votes: 0

I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation. Votes: 0

It is not surprising that honest and well-informed experts can disagree about facts. But beyond the disagreement about facts, there is another deeper disagreement about values. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance. Votes: 0

I always like to be a step ahead of the audience by surprising them and the best way to do that is to not hold back. Votes: 0

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

That's the way life works: gratitude and appreciation just bring more goodness. Remember: Everything we give out comes back. Gratitude has all sorts of little, surprising rewards. Votes: 0

The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France! Votes: 0

It's always surprising to me how many young women think they have to be perfect. I rarely meet a young man who doesn't think he already is. Votes: 0

Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly the right thing. Votes: 0

It's not surprising that you wouldn't see that side of me on television, but in real life I find the world to be quite a funny place. Votes: 0

Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences. Votes: 0

I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good. Votes: 0

If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all. Votes: 0

Domestic work, is, after all, both tedious and repetitive, and it is not surprising that most women and all men avoid as much of it as possible. Votes: 0

I always thought, because America is supposed to be the land of the free, nudity would be part of the norm over there, but it isn't. It's surprising. Votes: 0

I think the most surprising thing about giving is it takes a while to find out what you're really interested in and what you really want to do. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing. Votes: 0

It's always surprising to be reminded that while you're watching and thinking about people, all knowing and superior, they're watching and thinking about you, right back at you. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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?' Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people. Votes: 0

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I have had close relationships with three species of wild pigs, each a chance encounter on a different continent, and all continue to enrich my life in surprising ways. Votes: 0

It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring. Votes: 0

...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? Votes: 0

It's absolutely surprising to me how well 'The State' has held up as far as people liking it and having fond memories of it, considering it's a sketch show. Votes: 0

On 'EastEnders,' if someone gets surprising news on the phone, the scene ends with them looking at their handset in amazement. No one in real life does that. Votes: 0

The image of the frontier is probably one of the oldest images of mankind, and it is not surprising that we should find it hard to get rid of. Votes: 0

But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens and talking in middle-class accents. Votes: 0

Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to take an interest in the event, keeping that event suspended, and surprising at last with an unexpected catastrophe. Votes: 0

Even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labor under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him. Votes: 0

It is surprising how many professional athletes, along with their families and friends, are gaga over movie and music stars, and the reverse is true with entertainers and sports stars. Votes: 0

Any serious man or woman in search of spiritual ideas will find a surprising challenge and an authentic source of inspiration and intellectual nourishment in the writings of Paul Brunton. Votes: 0

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! Votes: 0

Because we all know one of the main factors of war is the element of surprise. And what could be more surprising than the First Batallion Transvestite Brigade? Airborne Wing. Votes: 0

A surprising number of teens I meet in rougher schools around the country find refuge in novels and creative writing. It's not always the usual suspects either, the high achievers. Votes: 0

As the sense of smell is so intimately connected with that of taste, it is not surprising that an excessively bad odour should excite wretching or vomitting in some persons. Votes: 0

From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along. Votes: 0

the main necessity on both sides of a revolution is kindness, which makes possible the most surprising things. To treat one's neighbor as oneself is the fundamental maxim for revolution. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

When people are against profits they're against business; when they're against business, they're against employment; when they're against employment, it's not surprising that a large number of them are unemployed. Votes: 0

It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were OK, and know in thirty seconds of daylight that that simply wasn't so. Votes: 0

Finally, I have to say that the most surprising aspect has been the speed at which the folks in India adapt to Western practices. They learn fast, really, really fast. Votes: 0

I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak. Votes: 0

Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine. Votes: 0

There is a somewhat-surprising, somewhat totally predictable paucity of struggle in entertainment television. I do like being a part of a show featuring a family from a struggling socioeconomic strata. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm a creature of routine, and I hate feeling incompetent, so I avoided novelty and challenge. Making an effort to push myself in that way has brought me surprising boost. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I am still not taking my "career" in music for granted. It is constantly surprising that it works. Generally my thinking about the future has this assumption of an impending apocalypse. Votes: 0

It's not surprising to me that in a country born of racial genocide, the issue of race is still an open wound on the American soul. We haven't dealt with it. Votes: 0

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising Votes: 0

In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. Votes: 0

My company is known for being funny as well as moving. You get a bit of everything in these shows. I think people know they're going to have a surprising experience. Votes: 0

Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since. Votes: 0

As great enmities spring from great friendships, and mortal distempers from vigorous health, so do the most surprising and the wildest frenzies from the high and lively agitations of our souls. Votes: 0

You can analyse a joke and say it's funny because this guy thought this was going to happen, and that happened, and it's surprising. But not all surprising things are funny. Votes: 0

I'm not saying there's not darkness in there still, but it's happening from outward factors more than inward. Maybe things are terrifying, but they're beautiful, too. The world is extremely surprising. Votes: 0

Everything is here for a purpose, from horses to vine shoots. What's surprising about that? Even the sun will tell you, "I have a purpose," and the other goods as well. Votes: 0

Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the blank earth and the result thereof. Votes: 0

That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Women get consumed. Not surprising, considering the sheer amount of traffic a woman's body experiences. Tampons and speculums. Cocks, fingers, vibrators and more, between the legs, from behind, in the mouth. Votes: 0

It's not surprising so many people end up with credit-card debts. Saving for your retirement and buying a house are difficult things, and we don't educate people about them at all. Votes: 0

It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it. Votes: 0

When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly ­surprising to find how few real descriptions of the experience our literature can boast. Votes: 0

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). Votes: 0

It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it. Votes: 0

Dreams, puns, elisions, plays on words and similar tricks that we ordinarily think of as frivolous, all play a surprising and somewhat disconcerting role in the communication of important and serious feelings. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The most impersonal seeming audiences eventually just say such intimate, smart, wise, amazing, totally surprising, funny things. It's empowering, in the sense of feeling like you're a part of something really important. Votes: 0

At such close range, even she could hit a vampire full force in the shoulder, surprising him considerably. He paused in his attack. "Well, my word! You can't threaten me, you're pregnant! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think we can get there, in 10 or 15 years. That will bring back manufacturing of certain high-energy intensive industries. It'll bring back jobs. It'll create a surprising economic revitalization of this country. Votes: 0

I ignored my stand-up career for 25 years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One can have, it turns out, an affection for the war years. Votes: 0

The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal. Votes: 0

A surprising number [of novels] have been read aloud to me, and I like all if moderately good, and if they do not end unhappily-against which a law ought to be passed. Votes: 0

The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment. Votes: 0

Let the novelists fret about consistency - story writers should feel free to jam; to get things right in new, surprising ways by allowing themselves, now and then, to get things wrong. Votes: 0

It is a little surprising given the strength of the economy that there is a perception - at least among some of the public - that the economy is not very good. Votes: 0

I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it. It reminded me a lot of my job as governor. Votes: 0

Poems allow us not only to bear the tally and toll of our transience, but to perceive, within their continually surprising abundance, a path through the grief of that insult into joy. Votes: 0

Every time I work out in the gym, every time I train, I know I'm going to do well. But I like surprising the fans, the critics, the people who doubt me. Votes: 0

I think human beings exist in a social world. I write realistic fiction, and so it isn't that surprising that the social realities of their existence would be part of the story. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Given [Donald] Trump's surprising recent election as president of the United States, his fate and that of the Bomb are about to become seriously and dangerously intertwined with the fate of all humanity. Votes: 0

Maybe it's the culture, maybe it's the cliché of Latino machismo, but the Mediterranean male character is more dull than the female character. Women are more surprising and they have fewer prejudices. Votes: 0

What is surprising is that their ideological opponents, the Marxists - the anti-liberals, the representatives of the oppressed working classes - believed in progress with at least as much passion as the liberals. Votes: 0

One of the most surprising forms of nonverbal communication is the way we automatically adjust the amount of time we spend looking into another's eyes as a function of our relative social position. Votes: 0

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I charged, the easier it was for them to breathe freely once more. Votes: 0

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas. Votes: 0

It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that it has to do with the fuzziness it introduces. Votes: 0

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! Votes: 0

The often-surprising truth for many people is that we all integrate faith into our work, but most of the time we're completely unaware of what faith underlies our attitudes and responses to our work. Votes: 0

The most understandable thing in the world should be how minutes lead to hours, how hours lead to days, how days can make a year. And yet, this neat progression can still be surprising. Votes: 0

I understand why political leaders in the beginning want to be cheerleaders to generate optimism. But to admit that they didn't understand the depths of the problem afterwards, I found a little bit surprising. Votes: 0

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. Votes: 0

I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else. Votes: 0

What I do find surprising is that other people do not think in the same way. I find it hard to imagine a world where numbers and words are not how I experience them! Votes: 0

[There is a] strong correlation between market freedom and lower government corruption -- not terribly surprising, since the effect of increasing regulatory power is to shift 'cheating' from the private to the public sphere. Votes: 0

It's surprising to a lot of people because ballerinas look so long, but it's more of a proportion thing. Their legs are long in proportion to their body but in reality they're very tiny. Votes: 0

I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely surprising, then that's their shock. But there is no joke without surprise. Votes: 0

I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I don't have to prepare it, and sometimes I have a concert grand! Votes: 0

I hate it when, by page 30, I know what the lead's going to do and then what the bad guy's gonna do. Mostly it's just scripts by the numbers where nothing's surprising, nothing's interesting. Votes: 0

Japan lives with drastic segregation between the sublime, the ugly, and the utterly without qualities. Dominance of the last 2 categories makes mere presence of the first stunning: when beauty 'happens', it is absolutely surprising. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants? Votes: 0

Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith. Votes: 0

Blumenthal goes straight to the heart in these poems. Gorgeously wrought, surprising, true, wise, elegiac, they leave me with a sense of having listened to Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus. Who could ask for more? Votes: 0

Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated by her memorable characters and the perfectly paced revelations of their surprising relationships. Votes: 0

Your powers are dead or dedicated. If they are dedicated, they are alive with God and tingle with surprising power. If they are saved up, taken care of for their own ends, they are dead. Votes: 0

They were both smiling so hard, it was surprising the frame could contain the happiness of that moment, surprising that it didn't shatter into a million pieces, floating all over the funeral home like dust. Votes: 0

Sometimes reactions can be quite surprising: readers like things that you, the author, feel you've barely gotten away with; or they dislike one of the parts you secretly think is one of your little gems. Votes: 0

Every two weeks on 'Doctor Who,' the set is completely different, the world is different and there are new actors coming in. So, it's constantly surprising, and it's a pressure that you relish, actually. Votes: 0

The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldn't tell a joke to save my life. Votes: 0

The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldn't tell a joke to save my life. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising. Votes: 0

I believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for the reason that it presents a new and surprising combination of unedifying elements. Votes: 0

Some of the pictures in 'The Human Face of Big Data' will bring tears to your eyes; others are so surprising or memorable that you just have to show them to your friends and family. Votes: 0

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all. Votes: 0

It shouldn't come as any surprise that those who choose acting as a profession are phonies who live in a fantasy world. What is surprising is how many of them are blissfully unaware of it. Votes: 0

When air conditioning, escalators, and advertising appeared, shopping expanded its scale, but also limited its spontaneity. And it became much more predictable, almost scientific. What had once been the most surprising became the most manipulated. Votes: 0