Quotes about Surreal

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing. Votes: 6

I go to Florida sometimes for vacation. I actually really like Florida. It's a weird place, it's surreal. It's so close, but you feel like you're in another world or on an island. Votes: 6

I compose most of my tweets with care, as if they were aphorisms - they are not usually dashed-off. Sometimes I'm surprised by the high, poetic quality of Twitter - it lends itself to a surreal sort of self-expression. Votes: 6

One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential. Votes: 6

I find the past so fascinating. Photographs are strange, almost surreal, almost here yet gone. I slip into thinking what the past must have been like and I enjoy creating that ambience and atmosphere - 1730 to around 1870 is the most interesting period. Votes: 6

I have tried being surreal, but my frogs hop right back into their realistic ponds. Votes: 4

I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal, and frightening in at least a decade unprecedented in the history of cinema. Votes: 4

American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism. Votes: 4

Maybe I was just lucky, but I had the best pregnancy, and I loved giving birth. It was just the most amazing thing, so surreal but so real. Votes: 4

Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didnt just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there. Votes: 4

But I did 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.' They made a cereal out of it, so once you've had a cereal, it doesn't get much more surreal than that. Surreal cereal. Votes: 4

The biggest misconception usually is to assume that I am a scientist and that I work for scientists. I work for the public to access the surreal and fantastical in science. Votes: 4

Just because a thing can't be done doesn't mean it can't be did. We all look into mirrors and see phantoms. Our error is our Eros. Why is there something instead of nothing? The answer is reckless and surreal. Votes: 4

... You get surreal numbers by playing games. I used to feel guilty in Cambridge that I spent all day playing games, while I was supposed to be doing mathematics. Then, when I discovered surreal numbers, I realized that playing games IS math. Votes: 4

Surreal can be exciting and good, and it can be like living inside an alien landscape, and it can be completely interesting, or you can be alienated from your own life - inside your own life, it doesn't feel familiar any more. Votes: 4

A solid base for any comedy is just honesty and truth, and it coming from a real place. As surreal as this show gets and is, ultimately, we're dealing with a character that most can't see the way that I can see it. Votes: 4

I don't love horror movies with something surreal happening. That doesn't work for me. What's terrifying is something that could actually happen to me and what I would do. I don't know how to throw a punch, and I've never had to do it. Votes: 4

When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely. Votes: 4

Every kid dreams of playing in the NFL or MLB and I was that 27-year-old that dreamed of fighting in the UFC. It was kind of surreal to see that I have actually accomplished what I set out to do. It's better than I could have ever imagined. Votes: 4

Obviously, we suppress things, emotions, things during the day - thoughts that we obviously haven't thought through enough, and in the state of sleep when our subconscious, or mind just sort of randomly fires off different surreal story structures, and when we wake up we should pay attention to these things. Votes: 4

A record is something that isn't real or true. It's like cinema. It's a construction of something hyper-real and surreal and unreal all at the same time. You make a space that doesn't really exist. One of the big joys of being in this line of work is building the recorded versions of the songs. Votes: 4

When I started experimenting with fantasy and horror films and looking for characters who had some sort of emotional or mental difficulty, I saw opportunities to express my music - dare I say art - in a way that I could get a bit surreal - like Francis Bacon's screaming pope, or Edvard Munch with [The Scream]. Votes: 4

And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?' Votes: 4

The flow of people in a setting, their changing relationships to each other and their environment, and their constantly changing expressions and movements - all combine to create dynamic situations that provide the photographer with limitless choices of when to push the button. By choosing a precise intersection between subject and time, he may transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and the real into the surreal. Votes: 4

My dream was to become a rec league coach. I love basketball so much, I love playing it, I just never thought I'd make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me. I failed so many times and got back up. I got through the toughest times with my family, but I'm still standing. Votes: 4

Surreal. It was his word of the weekThis must be one of the circles of hell Dante accidentally left off the list. Votes: 3

Before I was cast on The Surreal Life my knowledge of Christopher Knight was pretty much he was on The Brady Bunch and I hated The Brady Bunch. Votes: 3

I was a production assistant in the post department on 'The Surreal Life.' And it's been reported before that I was an assistant editor on 'The Surreal Life.' That is not true. Votes: 3

Daemon clung to Surreal as she flew along the Winds, too weak to argue, too spent to care. His heart, howeverHis heart held on fiercely to Jaenelle's soft, sighing caress of his name.Everything has a price. Votes: 3

Surreal can be exciting and good, and it can be like living inside an alien landscape, and it can be completely interesting, or you can be alienated from your own life - inside your own life, it doesnt feel familiar any more. Votes: 3

My fiance and I had a few problems working through some of the things that he saw me say and do on the 'Surreal Life.' Considering the company that I was in, Ron Jeremy and Trishelle from 'The Real World,' I think I was pretty tame. Votes: 3

Everything is always a little surreal. Votes: 2

Designing a collection with Aeropostale was completely surreal. Votes: 2

Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams. Votes: 2

Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal. Votes: 2

Usually, when Nirvana made music, there wasn't a lot of conversation. We wanted everything to be surreal. We didn't want to have some contrived composition. Votes: 2

When I was a kid, I used to watch 'Laurel and Hardy' with my cousins all the time. I still think they're extremely funny and so surreal. Votes: 2

Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there. Votes: 2

At my first Golden Globes, I met people I was very much enamored by: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was surreal to see them in person. Votes: 2

There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population has to be dismantled. Efforts against the U.S. Postal Service are particularly surreal. Votes: 2

I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it's kind of surreal to have one in your house. Votes: 2

In this movie, you have all the things you love from Tim. All the magic and the whimsy and the surreal, but he also has a fantastic story of a father and son that really gets under your skin. Votes: 2

So I think it was a good thing It was a little surreal watching Leo scream 'I'm not going to die today!' with our music playing - that was the last thing on my mind when I wrote the song. Votes: 2

When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time. Votes: 2

Fame and stuff like that is all very cool, but at the end of the day, we're all human beings. Although what I do is incredibly surreal and fun and amazing and I'm really grateful for it, I don't believe my own press release, do you know what I mean? Votes: 2

It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific. Votes: 2

Right now I'm in 'Twilight' and I go around to signings and there are people screaming and crying, and it's so surreal. I know that when this is over in a month or two and whenever 'Twilight's no longer relevant, that doesn't live on for me. It's because of this. It's not very often that this happens for people. Votes: 2

There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of the population that are able to keep a story in their head and fight all the battles against self-consciousness and the surreal unnaturalness of acting in a movie. The technical aspects you can learn fairly quickly. Votes: 2

Funny story: I was hanging out with Adam Shankman for Samantha Ronson's birthday, and Lance Bass was there. I don't really know Lance, but he comes over to me and goes, 'Hey, I just wanted to let you know I'm a fan of 'Pretty Little Liars' and I'm rooting for your character.' It was surreal! That's how 'PLL' has changed my life. Votes: 2

It's so surreal being here. Votes: 0

Life is surreal and beautiful. Votes: 0

The whole trial seemed surreal. Votes: 0

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal. Votes: 0

It's surreal to know my dreams are coming true. Votes: 0

It's definitely surreal to watch yourself in a movie. Votes: 0

I share this interest in the weird, strange, unusual, surreal. Votes: 0

I try to make everyone's day a little more surreal. Votes: 0

New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations. Votes: 0

Being recognised on the street in New York is pretty surreal. Votes: 0

I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick. Votes: 0

You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic. Votes: 0

Sandra Kasturi's magical poems transform the ordinary into the surreal and exotic. Votes: 0

We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy. Votes: 0

I don't really want to make a stylized film or anything too surreal. Votes: 0

When you get praise from someone that you really admire it's really surreal. Votes: 0

My life feels so surreal. That's why I've made a shtick of being me. Votes: 0

My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality. Votes: 0

Spaghetti Westerns are really brutal and operatic with a surreal quality to the violence. Votes: 0

I love doing my surreal sing-along that had words that no one could follow. Votes: 0

Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe... Votes: 0

Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe. Votes: 0

It's really hard when a celebrity dies out of nowhere, 'cause it's very shocking... surreal. Votes: 0

It's always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene. Votes: 0

I just love the ideal of the surreal quality of putting it on a shoe. Votes: 0

Its always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene. Votes: 0

When you see an Alexander McQueen fashion show, you are taken on a journey. It's surreal. Votes: 0

I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal. Votes: 0

I'll get mobbed by literally 40 school girls. It's like being a full fledged star, and that's surreal. Votes: 0

If you have a surreal life like I do, you've got to have fun along the way. Votes: 0

Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time. Votes: 0

It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things. Votes: 0

I'm getting offered roles that aren't designed for aboriginal people; they're designed for anybody. It's pretty surreal and mind-blowing. Votes: 0

Even my nighttime dreams are very, very rooted in reality. They just start to become surreal, little by little. Votes: 0

Everyone just screams and screams and screams. I have accepted it as real now, but it still feels surreal. Votes: 0

Carlton Mellick III is one of bizarro fiction's most talented practitioners, a virtuoso of the surreal, science fictional tale. Votes: 0

Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience. Votes: 0

Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way. Votes: 0

I'm not a drama person, but when you can make a movie in song form in three-and-a-half minutes, it's surreal. Votes: 0

It is so surreal to come into a shop and see pictures of myself everywhere and hear my album playing. Votes: 0

I don't shoot kittens with balls of wool. I don't shoot sunsets. What draws me? Ironic, surreal, unexplained, timely moments. Votes: 0

Any time you are put in the same category as Jane Fonda, a real legend, it feels surreal, perhaps even undeserved. Votes: 0

Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time. Votes: 0

The moment was surreal. A sometimes-autistic young man with two identities lecturing a room full of zombies on feelings and realities. Votes: 0

Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that. Votes: 0

In general, watching children's television is a dark and surreal descent into madness where the characters on the screen talk directly to you. Votes: 0

At least for me personally, drugs aren't an essential part of having a surreal experience, or what you might call a higher experience. Votes: 0

By choosing a precise intersection between subject and time, he may transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and the real into the surreal. Votes: 0

It's such a surreal experience, being shot out of the cannon for any kind of first season show. It all seems very dreamlike. Votes: 0

I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me. Votes: 0

Survivor Series is something that was very surreal to me to be a part of, but now, I just want to do it again. Votes: 0

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. Votes: 0

I think that standing onstage on January 19th, and my father had just defied all expectations and won Iowa, was by far the most surreal moment. Votes: 0

There's going to be a Halloween costume [of lavash from Sausage Party]. The whole thing is just so ridiculous. It's nice. It's silly, and it's surreal. Votes: 0

Being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside the names of some of my childhood heroes is slightly surreal and incredibly awesome. Votes: 0

When you have a kid, it changes your life. It reminds you, this is my life now: I'm responsible for this tiny person. It's so surreal. Votes: 0

It was surreal to think the Queen of England not only knew who I was but thought enough of what I do to give me an award. Votes: 0

Criticism is a surreal state, like a good drug gone bad. When it's bad you wish it would stop, and when it's good, you can't get enough. Votes: 0

A surreal and ultimately disgusting facet of the Iraq fiasco is the lag between when a fact becomes obvious and when the fiasco's architects acknowledge that fact. Votes: 0

Skiing not only for yourself and your family, but for your country, was surreal. The amount of support I got from back home in Indiana was insane. Votes: 0

When you work in such a surreal environment as movies, just listening to some tunes or hanging out with friends is what you crave. Even time alone. Votes: 0

I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It was really surreal. Votes: 0

I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It was really surreal Votes: 0

I dream in colour, and its always very surreal. My dream world is complete Hieronymus Bosch and Dali. I love it, I look forward to it every night Votes: 0

To be able to work with people who I have respected and admired, to be a part of something like the Cannes Film Festival, is surreal and brilliant. Votes: 0

The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal. Votes: 0

It's still pretty surreal. I wake up every day and just pinch myself and kind of think about how far I've come and all the stuff I have done. Votes: 0

In these surreal days, there is one truth. Nothing justified the killing of innocent people in America last week and nothing justifies the killing of innocent people anywhere else. Votes: 0

Kafka's evocations are, rather, unconscious and almost sub-archetypal, the little-kid stuff from which myths derive; this is why we tend to call even his weirdest stories nightmarish rather than surreal. Votes: 0

The first few weeks of school were always surreal, like you landed on an alien planet with strange teachers and unfamiliar classrooms, even though the lockers and cafeteria seemed familiar. Votes: 0

Not only is America a country where torture is now policy. It's now outsourced. It's given to companies at a cost-plus basis. It's a triple whammy of surreal, absolute madness. Votes: 0

There's an element of clowning and entertainment to Trump, that makes it surreal and hard to understand to what extent he is pretending to be a fascist or an authoritarian. Votes: 0

The truth is not being aired in the West. It’s a surreal perversion of history that’s going on once again, as in Bush pre-Iraq ‘WMD’ campaign. Votes: 0

All this stuff is kind of surreal to me - Ididn't think I'd be in the league or none of that. It was making it to college. That's about it. Votes: 0

My first celebrity crush was Jonathan Brandis. I even got to talk to him on the phone. I wrote a fan letter, and he answered. Talk about a surreal experience. Votes: 0

My first celebrity crush was Jonathan Brandis. I even got to talk to him on the phone. I wrote a fan letter, and he answered. Talk about a surreal experience. Votes: 0

I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever. Votes: 0

Robert Preston in 'The Last Starfighter' had an aura. It was almost a surreal experience meeting him. He exuded charm, warmth and that movie star magnetism that is impossible to describe. Votes: 0

Pierrot le Fou is something I keep coming back to. Its so surreal but still really engaging - it proves narratives within narratives are a landscape that can be pursued well. Votes: 0

Pierrot le Fou' is something I keep coming back to. It's so surreal but still really engaging - it proves narratives within narratives are a landscape that can be pursued well. Votes: 0

At home, Danes try to resolve their problems amicably so it's just surreal to see these violent pictures on TV. But as the prime minister, I can't be controlled by my emotions. Votes: 0

I think everyone practices their Oscars acceptance speech with a shampoo bottle, and I've done my fair share of them. It's really surreal to be able to do it in real life. Votes: 0

I think that 'Heroes' really is about family. I mean, sure, it's this surreal story, and it's about people with powers, but the story behind that story is a story of family. Votes: 0

We did want it ["Mary and Jane"] to feel a little different and have some surreal weird touches, which we try to do every episode. That is what we took advantage of. Votes: 0

When we created 'Goodness Gracious Me,' it was quoting 'Python' and Woody Allen lines that really bonded the writers, and the 'Spamalot' material is so utterly, wonderfully surreal that it hasn't dated. Votes: 0

I've only made short films and two features, which are very different. One is a surreal comedy, and the other is a period tragedy. I'm curious to know what misconceptions this could trigger Votes: 0

My spirit had been broken a bit over the years by my having to work on films I didn't love. Hollywood's a surreal place, and it really is an assault on your spirit. Votes: 0

No one could have predicted on day one of rehearsals, that a year and a half later we would have shot a film and all be living in New York. It was surreal. Votes: 0

I find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird and surreal about it that I find energizing. Votes: 0

The real news has gotten more surreal and absurd, and my fake news, if you want to call it that, has gotten more plausible. And at some point, those two trend lines crossed. Votes: 0

When I'm drafting, I suppose it's an intuitive process - figuring out when something just has a surreal glaze on it and when it grapples with something that could threaten a character's day-to-day reality. Votes: 0

I did shoot a movie called Mother's Day, and I really can't wait for everybody to see that. I had so much fun shooting that with Jennifer Aniston, which was kind of surreal in itself. Votes: 0

I have these surreal moments where I'm like "˜I'm pregnant with Jake Gyllenhaal's baby' and "˜I'm telling Robert Pattinson that he smells of sex.' But you're acting, so the focus is on the work. Votes: 0

People recognize me all the time. I think it's really nice. I don't mind it at all. It feels kind of surreal when people know who you are and I think that it's really cool. Votes: 0