There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence. — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
“A good story feels both surprising and inevitable, fresh and familiar.” — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
Your sex have such a surprising animosity against one another, when you do differ. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Follow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them. — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“It's surprising how much free time and productivity you gain when you lose the busyness in your mind.” — Brittany Burgunder Copy Share Image
The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics. — Allison Silverman 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
It's funny how things happen in life. Sometimes, you just take the opportunity when it comes. Life can be surprising. — Denise Di Novi Copy Share Image
Maybe it's the culture, maybe it's the cliché of Latino machismo, but the Mediterranean male character is more dull than the female… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
It's surprising how soon you can get used to having money. It's much easier than getting used to not having it. — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
If an unusual necessity forces us onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain point, when, gradually… — William James Copy Share Image
I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life.… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
But in school I remember hearing that for the second Quarter Quell, the Capitol demanded that twice the number of tributes be… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I like the lad who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant worm by early… — John Godfrey Saxe 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
What is surprising is that almost all the trends that developed within the sciences, Aristotelianism and an extreme Platonism included, produced results,… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
I'm a person who's been in a long-term relationship. It's not surprising that a lot of my friends - whether they're in… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
And here's the surprising truth: As you gaze at yourself in the mirror held by another, you will see far more than… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
I had always been impressed by the fact that there are surprisingly many individuals who never use their minds if they can… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time. " I turned and met the amused eyes of Christian Ozera,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Mathematical study and research are very suggestive of mountaineering. Whymper made several efforts before he climbed the Matterhorn in the 1860's and… — Louis J. Mordell Copy Share Image
The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. If it never surprises it… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I think I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't… — Lorde Copy Share Image
The pain, so unexpected and undeserved, had for some reason cleared away the cobwebs. I realized I didn’t hate the cabinet door,… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Suppose one who had always continued blind be told by his guide that after he has advanced so many steps he shall… — David Berman Copy Share Image
I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
“Finally, the illusions of validity and skill are supported by a powerful professional culture. We know that people can maintain an unshakable… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
It's true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it's not surprising that it's so difficult to address. — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
There are no surprising facts, only models that are surprised by facts; and if a model is surprised by the facts, it… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I never expected a camera was going to follow all of my moves, and that was surprising when I saw it for… — Yalitza Aparicio Copy Share Image
“When moral posturing is replaced by an honest assessment of the data, the result is often a new, surprising insight.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
Having lots of members of my family who were in ministry in one form or another, I suppose it shouldn't be surprising… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Science is founded on uncertainty. Each time we learn something new and surprising, the astonishment comes with the realization that we were… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Keep pace with the times. . . . Find new and surprising ways to teach girls how to develop every gift and… — Elmina Shepard Taylor Copy Share Image
After a while, a surprising theme emerged. The single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
