American secretaries of state have typically been more buttoned up than bon vivant, but John Quincy Adams's diplomatic successes - bigger than… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
I just think there's always room for humanity in acting, one can only hope, so when you bring in the whole life… — Lisa Edelstein Copy Share Image
People's life experiences shape their views, their values and, ultimately, their decisions. So it's no surprise that when we study women's leadership,… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
It's no surprise that hackers working for North Korea, Iran's mullahs, Vladimir V. Putin in Russia, and the People's Liberation Army of… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there's anything I know about directing, it's how to make actors comfortable. It's where I started and it's what I know,… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“I knew you were the next one the second I laid my eyes on you singing in that club, but you can… — Georgia Cates Copy Share Image
Women spend 30 percent more time doing household chores. No surprise. But women also spend more time volunteering in their community. And… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
I soon began to dream. ... I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. ... I left my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It should come as no surprise that writers take an interest in punctuation. I have been told that the dying words of… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
I am in a constant state of surprise these days. Actually, now that I calculate, I've been betrothed only one full day,… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
There's no time to be modest. Reason will not work here. Without warning, I kiss Kartik. His lips, pressed firmly against mine,… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
One thing that I don't think I do is play characters. Once you start claiming that you can do something that you're… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
Today we have a weakness in our education process in failing to understand the natural associations between the disciplines. We tend to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For people who've never seen me before, some of my material is quite a surprise. I look like your sister or neighbour,… — Sarah Millican Copy Share Image
To his surprise, she leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, a kiss so full of affection that it dispelled the… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we as adults must constantly cling to, affirm, and celebrate with our children those things we love, sunsets,… — Eliot Wigginton Copy Share Image
We feel surprise when travellers tell us of the vast dimensions of the Pyramids and other great ruins, but how utterly insignificant… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Here in a nutshell is why Google continues to get hyped by everyone including me (notice who I work for). Google surprises… — Robert Scoble Copy Share Image
Floyd Skloot’s Revertigo is a beautifully-written, moving account of one man’s off kilter life. Who would have imaged a memoir exploring months… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
“ Truly? That whole determined, dangerous saunter across the room was for me ? In that case, would you mind going back… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Adults can take a simple holiday for Children and screw it up. What began as a presentation of simple gifts to delight… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
It may come as a surprise to many that there are ciphers (coded messages indicated by a letter or group of letters)… — Chuck Missler Copy Share Image
The government believed that adherence to authority was human nature, so the Gezi protests were a real surprise to them. After the… — Safak Pavey Copy Share Image
“See, the human mind is kind of like...a pinata. When it breaks open, there's a lot of surprises inside. Once you get… — Jane Wagner Copy Share Image
What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
When I first redesigned the 'Surfer' magazine, a magazine about magazines took a copy to the famous American designer Milton Glaser, and… — David Carson Copy Share Image
To be an anarchist only means that you believe that aggression is not justified, and that states necessarily employ aggression. And, therefore,… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
There's some [films] where I do a lot of homework and then there's some, where it's supposed to take you by surprise.… — Ron Livingston Copy Share Image
Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
...I use primal imagery, so maybe it's fitting that I use the most primitive of cameras [pinhole cameras]. Since there's no viewfinder,… — Barbara Ess Copy Share Image
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My brother is like, "You are a Victoria's Secret Angel?" He cannot believe it. When I told him the first time he… — Elsa Hosk Copy Share Image
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Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder have created a compelling vision for a Clean Tech Nation and a roadmap for creating it, even… — Ralph Cavanagh Copy Share Image
![“Here in a nutshell is why Google continues to get hyped by everyone including me (notice who I work for). Google surprises [sic] you. Delights you. Gives you what you want (not always, but more often than the other engines).” quote by Robert Scoble](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/799/robert-scoble-26677_delight_here-in-a-nutshell-is-why-google-continu_1438977.png)
![“There's some [films] where I do a lot of homework and then there's some, where it's supposed to take you by surprise. So you kind of just want to get in there and have everything take you by surprise rather than just have him tell you how everything went down.” quote by Ron Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f59/ron-livingston-12284_film_there-s-some-films-where-i-do-a-lot-of-h_378063.jpg)
![“...I use primal imagery, so maybe it's fitting that I use the most primitive of cameras [pinhole cameras]. Since there's no viewfinder, the image is much more of a surprise - as if some outsider came and looked at earth for the first time.” quote by Barbara Ess](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/989/barbara-ess-72196_cameras_i-use-primal-imagery-so-maybe-it-s-fitti_1908833.jpg)
