Surprised Quotes · Page 16

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

— Ivan Illich

Don’t be surprised. There is nothing new under the sun. Only endless repackagings

— John Piper

“You'd be surprised what poison is often hidden in the most beautiful camouflage.”

— Evelyn Klebert

“Mickelsson looked at her, surprised to discover that she was stupid.”

— John Gardner

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.

— Kim Kardashian

I'm always so surprised when people fill their homes up with stuff.

— David Karp

Never expect things to happen. It's better to feel surprised than to feel disappointed.

— Pacifiersucker

Vinicius surprised me for the better and the improvement he has shown has been spectacular.

— Dani Carvajal

I didn't expect this award [the 2008 MVP] would come to me. I'm surprised. I've played pretty well in other seasons. Our…

— Kobe Bryant

My wife's a loving, funny, Irish-spirited person, and I'm still surprised at some of the things she says. She makes me laugh…

— Gary Sinise

When I first started, I was kind of surprised that anyone would ever hire me at all. So I took everything that…

— John Slattery

I have not betrayed Barca, and I'm surprised anyone would doubt my commitment to Barcelona, because I've been a fan since birth.

— Gerard Pique

I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

— Aaron Neville

I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the…

— Shuji Nakamura

I would not be at all surprised to find out . . . that the dimensions of buildings affect us in ways we don't guess.

— Doris Lessing

I was born gay, OK? I've always known. I don't think my family were the least bit surprised.

— Sandi Toksvig

I'm so surprised it's worked out that way. I was just thinking the whole time that I've never had the personality to…

— Robert Pattinson

You'd be surprised how cold you get in the water, especially surfing a place like Pipeline. If the tradewinds are blowing, it…

— Rob Machado

“Only then, by a ricochet mechanism that totally surprised me, did it hit me. Had Oliver been doing the same with me?…

— André Aciman

For most of my adult life, I dreaded the day I woke up and saw my mother in the mirror. It never…

— Jane Leavy

Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'm quite sure that any…

— Tracy Letts

I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life…

— Taylor Spreitler

I don't know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It's so much more fun…

— Oscar Isaac

Once I found out that I was playing 'Deathlok,' I unearthed my old comic book collection. I was going home for Christmas,…

— J. August Richards

I'm not surprised that my books appeal to adults.

— Chris Van Allsburg

“I want to survive this. She is surprised by the depth and clarity of her desire.”

— Gabriel Tallent

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

— Lianne La Havas

People are surprised to find out that an awful lot of people think that they're idiots.

— Eric Schmidt

The West is duly terrified. But it should not be surprised. ...

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised.

— Ellie Kemper

I've never made a movie I wasn't surprised to see.

— Christopher Walken

I'm surprised I still have so much hair after all the things I've done with it.

— David Beckham

I'm very surprised at my success as a singing star because I can't sing a lick.

— Divine

Whenever I've surprised my audience, I've gained something out of it.

— Taapsee Pannu

I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.

— Eva Gabor

Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan.

— Hidetoshi Nakata

“You be surprised what a person got in them to do when the time come.”

— Lalita Tademy

Let us forget the past - this is the only way to be genuinely surprised.

— Steve Aylett

“I have one talent," he wrote, "and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas.”

— Diane Ackerman

Just the idea of seeing a type of narrative we've not seen before is a chance to be surprised.

— Elvis Mitchell