Surprising Quotes

507 Surprising quotes by 449 unique authors

Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they're actually more cheerful, when you look at… — Daniel Kahneman
When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New… — Ken Kesey
It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. — Barbara Kingsolver
We're learning how important it is both to preserve sibling relationships if they work and repair them if they're broken. We're also learning a lot… — Jeffrey Kluger
Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence. — James Madison
The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world. — Christopher Meloni
Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of… — Joyce Meyer
The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences. — Shigeru Miyamoto
It's not surprising to me that in a country born of racial genocide, the issue of race is still an open wound on the American… — Michael Moore
A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising. — Robert Morgan
It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or… — Barack Obama
The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to… — Barack Obama
Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does. — Conor Oberst
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. — Boris Pasternak
Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are… — Steven Pinker
Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release… — Plautus
El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I… — Dan Quayle
Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising… — Tariq Ramadan
Surprising people is the key to career longevity for someone like me. — John C. Reilly
I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving. — Ryan Reynolds
It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising. — Alan Rickman
Art must take reality by surprise. — Francoise Sagan
Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it… — Alexander Smith
Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give… — Tony Snow

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