Surprising Quotes

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Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like that, big eyes, tiny nose,… — David Attenborough
I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I think people will find it surprising.… — Christian Bale
The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later… — Daniel J. Boorstin
It shouldn't come as any surprise that those who choose acting as a profession are phonies who live in a fantasy world. What is surprising… — Julie Burchill
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. — Jean Cocteau
On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the only prominent specific… — David Lack
One thing that's really interesting is not only the magnitude of the recent immigration into this country, but also its distribution and its investment in… — Kenneth Prewitt
Most of us carry at least one device, all the time, every day. In fact many of us would feel naked without our smartphone. It's… — Larry Page
Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless… — Bobby Jones
If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when… — Tom Robbins
If an unusual necessity forces us onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain point, when, gradually or suddenly, it… — William James
There is seemingly so little love shared in this world, it is not surprising that we ask, "Where have all the lovers gone?" Since love… — Leo Buscaglia
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. — Doug Larson
Time is like an enterprising manager always bent on staging some new and surprising production, without knowing very well what it will be. — George Santayana
Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous… — James Madison
To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full… — George Orwell
If biologists so often forget the most universal of all biologic principles [variation], it is not surprising that men and women in general expect their… — Alfred Kinsey
What I think is coming instead are much more organic ways of organizing information than our current categorization schemes allow, based on two units -… — Clay Shirky
The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to… — Seneca the Younger
A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way "trivial" mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however original and surprising the moves, there… — G. H. Hardy

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