Surprising Quotes
I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics.
It's surprising that readers don't see challenging writing as morally hazardous, when it might be pushing the same kinds of boundaries as art does.
I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India.
Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told that it is foolish to seek greatness; that is most remarkable.
There's nothing surprising about me. I'm dull. I am a fan of the New York subway. I love it.
But if everybody's trying to stay safe, then you never really create something new and different and surprising.
I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.
It's not surprising to me that books ended up playing a central role in my life, but it is somewhat mysterious that poetry did.
The secret of literature, which conventional people don't guess, is that writers are forever looking for the surprising revelation - not for reinforcement of collective wisdom.
You're not surprised when alcoholics act like alcoholics. It's more surprising when non-alcoholics start acting like alcoholics.
I was amazed that what I needed to survive could be carried on my back. And, most surprising of all, that I could carry it.
Most surprising is probably that I thought I had experienced most of the low points life has to offer... but you reach new lows when you are hungover changing a nappy and throw up into it.
There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important.
When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly surprising to find how few real descriptions of the experience our literature can boast.
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 right thing.
It's true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it's not surprising that it's so difficult to address.
But Saudi Arabia is surprising in a lot of ways. Like any place, or any people, it relentlessly defies easy categorization.
New York is vibrant, sexy, naughty, always surprising, and has great live music and great fashion.
The often-surprising truth for many people is that we all integrate faith into our work, but most of the time we're completely unaware of what faith underlies our attitudes and responses to our work.
I went through one period when I smoked a surprising, a really breath-taking, amount of grass almost every night.
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. And yet, this neat progression can still be surprising.
I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed.
God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come.
Those...who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves.
I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing.
It's funny how things happen in life. Sometimes, you just take the opportunity when it comes. Life can be surprising.
I hate it when, by page 30, I know what the lead's going to do and then what the bad guy's gonna do. Mostly it's just scripts by the numbers where nothing's surprising, nothing's interesting.
It is a little surprising given the strength of the economy that there is a perception - at least among some of the public - that the economy is not very good.
Children do not see themselves as shocking or surprising and do not want other people to do so.
The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.
We live in a time where it's more surprising if people are actually together than if they're having affairs.
Because one has to be an optimist to begin an ambitious project, it is not surprising that underestimation of completion time is the norm.
The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking... Is Where It's Taking Her.
It is not surprising that honest and well-informed experts can disagree about facts. But beyond the disagreement about facts, there is another deeper disagreement about values.
At such close range, even she could hit a vampire full force in the shoulder, surprising him considerably. He paused in his attack. “Well, my word! You can’t threaten me, you’re pregnant!
Time is like an enterprising manager always bent on staging some new and surprising production, without knowing very well what it will be.
I love Hank Williams. Who doesn't love Hank Williams? So my choices are not that surprising.
I'm a creature of routine, and I hate feeling incompetent, so I avoided novelty and challenge. Making an effort to push myself in that way has brought me surprising boost.
The world could bring you poison in a jewelled cup, or surprising gifts. Sometimes you didn't know which of them it was.
It is a surprising and memorable, as well as valuable experience, to be lost in the woods any time.
I am wholly in favour of 'dull stodges'. A surprising large proportion prove 'educable': for which a primary qualification is the willingness to do work.