Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
If you're neurotic and you think, I'm not where I deserve to be or my mother didn't love me, or blah, blah,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are… — David Hume Copy Share Image
To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go. — James Arthur Ray Copy Share Image
The once-surprising existence of non-Euclidean models of Euclid's first four axioms can be seen as a sort of mathematical joke. — John Allen Paulos Copy Share Image
Pornography, then, educates the male public. It would be very surprising if it did not. — Sheila Jeffreys Copy Share Image
He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel,… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
It is hardly surprising that children should enthusiastically start their education at an early age with the Absolute Knowledge of computer science;… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I don't think it's surprising we will have to look for them. I'm confident that when the Iraq Survey Group has done… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Just as producers often give consumers things they want but didn't think to ask for, consumers sometimes come up with surprising uses… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times. — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of things that are probably obvious, not much outside the box right now. But, I have been listening… — Hal Ketchum Copy Share Image
You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This naming of things is so crucial to possession - a spiritual padlock with the key thrown irretrievably away - that it… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
I'm kind of under the radar. Not a lot of people notice me. Which is surprising, because I'm so sexy. They're probably… — Will Forte Copy Share Image
This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
We know enough to be sure that the scientific achievements of the next fifty years will be far greater, more rapid, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
There are surprising turning points; there is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and you never know if your action could… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
