Surprising Quotes

507 Surprising quotes by 449 unique authors

I just like surprising people. I never want to get to a place where people see that I am in a movie and they go… — John C. Reilly
Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once. — Tim Blake Nelson
Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history -… — Teju Cole
A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept at planning their… — Brendan I. Koerner
I prefer ugly things. I prefer things which are surprising. — Dries van Noten
If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best part… — Martin Jacques
Let the novelists fret about consistency - story writers should feel free to jam; to get things right in new, surprising ways by allowing themselves,… — Walter Kirn
The deployment of geolocating tags attached to ordinary garbage could paint a surprising picture of the waste management system, as trash is shipped throughout the… — Carlo Ratti
As brands become larger, the need to reach greater numbers of customers makes them less edgy and dilutes their unique positioning as they try to… — Nirmalya Kumar
The majority of my UFO diet consists of reports describing suspected encounters. This is not surprising, as there are thousands of sightings annually. The emailer… — Seth Shostak
In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of… — Stanley B. Prusiner
We have already discovered how quickly we become dependent on the Internet and its applications for business, government and research, so it is not surprising… — Vint Cerf
Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways. — Susan Minot
My children just want to get at the world; it is so pleasantly surprising to witness that. — Michael Leunig
It is surprising how many professional athletes, along with their families and friends, are gaga over movie and music stars, and the reverse is true… — Cheech Marin
Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different. — Antony Beevor
So much of memory comes from the beginning of our lives when we know the world for the first time with a kind of clarity.… — Susan Shreve
When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. — John McCarthy
Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because… — Michael Giles
Finally, I have to say that the most surprising aspect has been the speed at which the folks in India adapt to Western practices. They… — Sanjay Kumar
This death sentence is not surprising. It had to be. — Julius Rosenberg
Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions. — John Langdon
Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races. — Ellsworth Huntington
When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but… — Floyd Abrams
If you look at my life before I went into television, the struggle I went through coming out would be surprising to most people, given… — Andy Cohen

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