And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were…

I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore Im always pleasantly surprised.

— Lianne La Havas

I have looked at public opinion polls in France in the late 1940s and early 1950s during the height of Marshall Plan aid. They…

— John Bolton

I was pleasantly surprised that south directors started creating roles for me after watching 'Rakta Charitra.'

— Abhimanyu Singh

I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score.

— Rocco DiSpirito

“I'd rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised.”

— Ben Franklin

I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.

— Tom Petty

I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised.

— Lianne La Havas

There's so much nonsense tossed around about L.A. and how horrible it is and 'don't go out there' and all that stuff. So I…

— Josh Radnor

I've been sort of pleasantly surprised, by the extent to which a lot of people in D.C. are honestly just trying to figure out…

— Sam Bankman-Fried

I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed.

— Julia Glass

“expect nothing, be pleasantly surprised.”

— cindy pon

The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10…

— Ted Rall

In the past, Americans have brought forth their best in times of crisis. After Trump abased our country on the world stage for four…

— Jake Auchincloss

Theoretically, you can make, obviously, a powerful argument that centuries of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination are the primary cause for all those gaps. That…

— Barack Obama

“under the Marshall Plan, the United States offered aid to any country needing it, provided that they were not affiliated with Communism.”

— Hourly History