Surprising Quotes

507 Surprising quotes by 449 unique authors

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
And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race. — Murray Walker
Michaelangelo said the mirror is our greatest teacher. My use of mirrors in my work helps me uncover psychic layers. Often, the face is distorted… — Joyce Tenneson
I believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for the reason that… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Out of my general world-pattern-trend studies there now comes strong evidence that nothing is going to be quite so surprising and abrupt in the future… — R. Buckminster Fuller
It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain. — Henry David Thoreau
Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising. — Robert Menzies
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark… — Norman Douglas
I want to show the world that there is life, surprising, wonderful, and unexpected life...after diagnosis — Demi Lovato
I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it. It reminded me… — Ronald Reagan
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or… — Mary Wortley Montagu
... the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives. — Billy Graham
Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what… — Barbara Ehrenreich
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is… — Mark Strand
Your powers are dead or dedicated. If they are dedicated, they are alive with God and tingle with surprising power. If they are saved up,… — E. Stanley Jones
We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived. — Richard Leakey
Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting.… — Marisha Pessl
I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just… — Albert Oehlen
If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that. — John Polkinghorne
That was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort… — Jon Postel
One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in… — Kathy Reichs

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