Surprised Quotes
1260 quotes by 1026 authors
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No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.
— Chuck Close
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Tragedy, loss, and hurt often arrive unanticipated. How we react when we are surprised will tell our families whether what we have taught and testified…
— Henry B. Eyring
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I…
— Beau Willimon
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I was totally surprised by the spread of the legalization of same-sex marriage. In just my lifetime we have gone from a taboo to even…
— John Naisbitt
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Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it.
— Demetri Martin
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Pop music can absorb so many peculiar talents, ranging from the completely nonmusical poseur who just uses music as a kind of springboard for a…
— Brian Eno
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought…
— Edmund Hillary
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People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff.
— Joe Trohman
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One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and…
— Eddie Trunk
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I am very surprised by someone like Alexander Wang. I am amazed how he is good with fashion, with business, with public relations himself, with…
— Carine Roitfeld
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A lot of people are surprised by my love of heavy metal. I fell in love with heavy metal almost before any other genre. One…
— Jamie Cullum
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I think people would be most surprised to know that I love scary movies.
— Olivia Holt
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I am not expecting anyone to feel sorry for me, but when friends ask how it feels to be a debut novelist who has also…
— Rachel Joyce
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Give warm greetings and farewells. I was surprised by how much this resolution changed the atmosphere of my home.
— Gretchen Rubin
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Nobody should be surprised that Republicans vote for Republican policy. Just like Democrats vote for Democrat policy.
— Reid Ribble
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To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if…
— Richard Dawkins
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I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian…
— Andrew Scott
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I keep being surprised by the amount of archaeological sites and features that are left to find all over the world.
— Sarah Parcak
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When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. After only a week, I began to…
— Noam Chomsky
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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed. It matters little, at…
— Noam Chomsky
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