Surprising Quotes

507 Surprising quotes by 449 unique authors

Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times. — Terry Goodkind
Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down… — David Levithan
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was simply to find… — Douglas Adams
But women are very differently situated with respect to eachother - for they are all rivals (...) Is it then surprising that when the sole… — Mary Wollstonecraft
It is a surprising fact that those who object most violently to the manipulation of behaviour nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate minds. — B.F. Skinner
The pain, so unexpected and undeserved, had for some reason cleared away the cobwebs. I realized I didn’t hate the cabinet door, I hated my… — Philip K. Dick
It's always surprising to be reminded that while you're watching and thinking about people, all knowing and superior, they're watching and thinking about you, right… — Terry Pratchett
The most understandable thing in the world should be how minutes lead to hours, how hours lead to days, how days can make a year.… — David Levithan
Humans were always surprising me. — Stephenie Meyer
I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of… — Benedict Cumberbatch
His eyes were frighteningly alive, the curve of his mouth savage and pleased. It suddenly didn't seem at all surprising that he should be able… — Maggie Stiefvater
You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general. — Daniel Kahneman
Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a total klutz." She smirked.… — Rick Riordan
Desperation can make a person do surprising things. — Veronica Roth
Seas of blood have been shed for the sake of patriotism. One would expect the harm and irrationality of patriotism to be self-evident to everyone.… — Leo Tolstoy
Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to take an interest in the event, keeping that event suspended, and surprising at… — Joshua Reynolds
Such is the role of poetry. It unveils, in the strict sense of the word. It lays bare, under a light which shakes off torpor,… — Jean Cocteau
I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that… — John B. S. Haldane
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The body is a reservoir of all sorts of tensions and dark forces. And it's also the potential source of amazing energy. This thing wants… — Bill T. Jones
At my 30th birthday party, one of my best friends gave a toast and said I'd been waiting for that day since I was 13.… — Unknown Author
...is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder… — Alice von Hildebrand
What is both surprising and delightful is that the spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game...There is… — George Bernard Shaw
I have had close relationships with three species of wild pigs, each a chance encounter on a different continent, and all continue to enrich my… — Lyall Watson
When one begins, as I did, to analyze men after a fairly long experience of analyzing women, one receives a most surprising impression of the… — Karen Horney

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