A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
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… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
In my talks in organizations around the world I ask, "What kind of leadership do we need now?" The most common responses… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful,… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
There's a stronger and more kind of controversial element of Plotinus' view of matter, which is that he actually identifies it with… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
Drug companies spend more on advertising and marketing than on research, more on research on lifestyle drugs than on life saving drugs,… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
In our truly remarkable an unexampled civil peace, where there are rarely fist fights; where no one is born, is gravely ill,… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
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… — Stromae Copy Share Image
Considering that we live in an era of evolutionary everything---evolutionary biology, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary economics, evolutionary computing---it was… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right… — Terrell Owens Copy Share Image
Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to… — Michael Giles Copy Share Image
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
I often find things at thrift stores and library sales that I never could have been looking for. In those cases, the… — Michael Dumontier Copy Share Image
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
After the initial critical learning period of youth is over, the areas of the brain that need to be 'turned on' to… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
People often find it surprising that actors find photo shoots difficult, because you're very concerned about what's going on externally in those… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions. — John Langdon Copy Share Image
