Surprising Quotes

507 quotes by 449 authors

Blumenthal goes straight to the heart in these poems. Gorgeously wrought, surprising, true, wise, elegiac, they leave me with a sense of having listened to… — Lynn Freed
It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were OK, and know in thirty seconds of daylight… — Gillian Flynn
Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light. — Ken Macrorie
The pornographers are not a deviation from the norm. Their presence in the mainstream shouldn't be surprising, because they represent mainstream values: The logic of… — Robert Jensen
So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some… — Saul Perlmutter
Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all… — Iain Pears
Abundance flows into my life in surprising and miraculous ways every day. — Cheryl Richardson
Surprising, I know. Everyone thinks I'm older. — Sarah J. Maas
No educated person believes the Adam and Eve myth nowadays, but it's surprising how many parents think that it's somehow fun to pass on this… — Richard Dawkins
I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient,… — Lusia Strus
Keep your life so constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any point. — Oswald Chambers
There are no surprising facts, only models that are surprised by facts; and if a model is surprised by the facts, it is no credit… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
Rule 1. You can't tell where a program is going to spend its time. Bottlenecks occur in surprising places, so don't try to second guess… — Rob Pike
Photography makes one conscious of beauty everywhere, even in the simplest things, even in what is often considered commonplace or ugly. Yet nothing is really… — Alvin Langdon Coburn
Keep your life in its constant contact with God that his surprising power may break out on the right hand and on the left. Â… — Oswald Chambers
Over and over, we are broken on the shore of life. Our stubborn egos are knocked around, and our frightened hearts are broken openâ€”not once,… — Elizabeth Lesser
Putting a rheumatologist at the head of a committee that arguably was going to have more influence over brain research than any particular institution in… — Steve Fainaru
Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing. — Eli Siegel
Surprising and interesting things happen to those who keep their eyes and their minds open and alert! — John Templeton
The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would. — John Edensor Littlewood

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