Poems allow us not only to bear the tally and toll of our transience, but to perceive, within their continually surprising abundance,… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I always like to be a step ahead of the audience by surprising them and the best way to do that is… — Anna Camp Copy Share Image
It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force,… — Meles Zenawi Copy Share Image
Rule 1. You can't tell where a program is going to spend its time. Bottlenecks occur in surprising places, so don't try… — Rob Pike Copy Share Image
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once. — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
I grew up with a lot of cats like that and they always were so surprising, magnetic, and electrifying. You can't be… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
What's surprising to me now is that now that I'm talking to a lot of women about this, so many women are… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been quite surprised with the stuff that I'm doing on my own, which shocks me because I've… — Melanie Chisholm Copy Share Image
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. — Edward Charles Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
It's a little surprising to me that I'm the first Houstonian to be an astronaut. — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
I think what drives me is a sense of, well, who is going to do it if you don't do it? I… — Eugene Puryear Copy Share Image
Even the great scientists have reported that their creative break-throughs came at a time of mental quietude. The surprising result of a… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one… — George Sand Copy Share Image
Tolerance is thin gruel compared to the rapture of absolute truths. It's not surprising that religious people are often better protected by… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise. — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
It is an odd fact that what we now know of the mental and emotional life of infants surpasses what we comprehend… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“Orion sniffed. "Good. Then, worthy centaur, perhaps you could give me a ride to the village on your back. Then I can… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
At my 30th birthday party, one of my best friends gave a toast and said I'd been waiting for that day since… — Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of poet who arranges treasure-hunts to please the academics and keep them busy. Poetry should be surprising in… — Michael Longley Copy Share Image
