Surprising Quotes

507 Surprising quotes by 449 unique authors

Lose your schematic conventions by finding some surprising symbol or shape in the welter of shades, and draw that. — Adam Gopnik
Usually I draw in relation to my painting, what I am working on at the time. On a lucky day a surprising balance of forms… — Philip Guston
With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives.… — Bob Hayes
The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the moment, and it… — Rowan Williams
It is a little surprising given the strength of the economy that there is a perception - at least among some of the public -… — Edward Lazear
Keep pace with the times. . . . Find new and surprising ways to teach girls how to develop every gift and grace of true… — Elmina Shepard Taylor
Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the… — Julie Moir Messervy
When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them. — William Osler
It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and inspite of his… — Moses
I went through one period when I smoked a surprising, a really breath-taking, amount of grass almost every night. — David Letterman
This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate,… — Bayard Taylor
End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a… — Karen Thompson Walker
The image of the frontier is probably one of the oldest images of mankind, and it is not surprising that we should find it hard… — Kenneth E. Boulding
Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This is not a… — Robert D. Richardson
The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people… — Ricky Gervais
It is not surprising that in talking about uncertainty we should lean heavily on facts, just as the court of law does when interrogating witnesses.… — Dennis Lindley
Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly the… — Clare Balding
My writing has a lot of surprising twists, — Brent Weeks
It's not surprising, therefore, that the [Bisy] Backson thinks of progress in terms of fighting and overcoming. One of his little idiosyncrasies, you might say.… — Benjamin Hoff
The reality is that while heliocentrism was discussed and often accepted within Catholic circles - it was effectively the only place where it could be… — Michael Coren
Most players unfortunately go to the casinos with an attitude that makes it even easier for casinos to psyche them into losing. Most except to… — Henry Tamburin
L'univers?je l'en estime plus depuis que je sais qu'il ressemble a' une montre; il est surprenant que l'ordre de la nature, tout admirable qu'il est,… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
It is almost always impossible to evaluate at the time events which you have already experienced, and to understand their meaning with the guidance of… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
All creative art is magic , is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising, for the edification of mankind , pinned… — Joseph Conrad

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