Surprising Quotes

507 quotes by 449 authors

Every computer divides itself into its hardware and its software, the machine host to its algorithm, the human being to his mind. It is hardly… — David Berlinski
It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that it… — Edward Witten
The world has done that already - possessed the Congo and pillaged her and dominated her and robbed her of agency and occupation. Love is… — Eve Ensler
The theory of free speech, that truth is so much larger and stranger and more many-sided than we know of, that it is very much… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up. — Andrew Sullivan
Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. — Edward Charles Titchmarsh
Itâ€™s always surprising to me how many young women think they have to be perfect. I rarely meet a young man who doesnâ€™t think he… — Hillary Clinton
Religious faith in the case of the Hindus has never been allowed to run counter to scientific laws, moreover the former is never made a… — Romain Rolland
Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract subject in the early… — Raymond Louis Wilder
Not only in geometry, but to a still more astonishing degree in physics, has it become more and more evident that as soon as we… — Hermann Weyl
Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground,… — Plutarch
It's my mission to share this with the world and to let them know that there is life on the other side of those dark… — Demi Lovato
As with many other things, there is a surprising amount of prejudice against quality control, but the proof of the pudding is still in the… — Kaoru Ishikawa
I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying that goes on behind the scenes. They have… — Misty May-Treanor
Success and failure are equally surprising. — Daryl Hall
What is universal can be surprising. Over time you find the kind of stuff which has people thinking 'That is just something that occurred to… — Dylan Moran
I didn't know who my daddy was until I was 10 or 12. Surprising as it may seem, he was living right across the street. — Terrell Owens
Any serious man or woman in search of spiritual ideas will find a surprising challenge and an authentic source of inspiration and intellectual nourishment in… — Jacob Needleman
Being a football manager is no fun at all. You have to put up with all the hassle. It is not surprising that so many… — Ruud Gullit
This is one of those rare recipes, surprising in its flavors and wonderful in its simplicity -- an out-and-out favorite of mine. — Diana Kennedy

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