Top 1200 Surprising Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

Sometimes surprising an actor in a good way like that can actually create a response you're not expecting.

Here's some news you might find surprising: By and large, the French like Jews.

There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence.

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.

Writers usually don't get to pick our own covers. I know it's surprising to hear that.

The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.

Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions.

A flood of emotions rushes into me. Pain and anger. Sadness and pity. But most surprising of all, hope.

All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.

One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.

And truly, O man, if you concentrate hard on the state you are in it will be surprising if you have time for anything else.

I love doing stuff in a harness. It's surprising what you can actually do. I'm reasonably coordinated, so I can do flips and the flipping kicks.

Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has.

I hadn't looked at all the Nobel Prizes and thought, my goodness, there's no women. So it was a little bit surprising to me.

They that go down to the sea in ships' see strange things, but what they tell is oft-times stranger still. A faculty for romancing is imparted by a seafaring life as readily and surely as a rolling gait and a weather-beaten countenance. A fine imagination is one of the gifts of the ocean-witness the surprising and unlimited power of expression and epithet possessed by the sailor. And a fine imagination will frequently manifest itself in other ways besides swear words.

A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?

Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.

We live in a time where it's more surprising if people are actually together than if they're having affairs.

The key to finding your remarkability is to think about what makes you surprising, interesting, or novel.

Elena?" "Yes, unless Nick found a woman in the forest, which I suppose wouldn't be too surprising.

It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.

Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

You're...a demon hunter?' 'It's not as exciting as it sounds,' he said. 'There is a surprising amount of paperwork involved.

Pornography, then, educates the male public. It would be very surprising if it did not.

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted.

One question we'll ask is, 'Who are you grateful for,' and a surprising number of people can't name anyone beyond their mother.

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 whole experience of 'Eastbound' has been completely unexpected and super-surprising every step of the way.

I kind of put myself out there as is. I'm a quiet person. I don't know if that's surprising. I'm a Pilates junkie.

Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.

The image of the frontier is probably one of the oldest images of mankind, and it is not surprising that we should find it hard to get rid of.

Follow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them.

I never expected a camera was going to follow all of my moves, and that was surprising when I saw it for the first time.

We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived.

Those...who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves.

I simply cannot get over what a surprising and wonderful life God has given me.

I always like to be a step ahead of the audience by surprising them and the best way to do that is to not hold back.

Playing Lissa was the most thrilling, terrifying, uplifting, fulfilling, surprising, and experience of my life.

It is indeed a surprising and fortunate fact that nature can be expressed by relatively low-order mathematical functions.

I've recommended girls for jobs that I had a different part in, and agents have been like, "No, don't ..."It's so surprising to me.

Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.

It is a surprising and memorable, as well as valuable experience, to be lost in the woods any time.

Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races.

Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising.

I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult.

Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.

The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world.

Their quarrel was no more surprising than are most quarrels — inevitable at the time, incredible afterwards.

I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.

Humor connects us, especially in politics. It's a way of surprising one another with shared context and experience.

Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go.

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.

There's nothing surprising about me. I'm dull. I am a fan of the New York subway. I love it.

The aftermath of this extraordinary election [2016] could be just as surprising as the race itself.

It's been a struggling school for many, many years, and [that's] not surprising since it's serving some of the most disadvantaged kids in the city. It wasn't the only one by any means, but it was among those. It shows that things like good, steady, stable leadership makes a huge difference; focusing on the culture of the schools as a place where kids feel supported and want to be; supporting the teachers, so they want to stay and work hard.

What people might find surprising: I taught my wife to change diapers when we had our first.

Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.

Is it surprising that modern English land law should resemble a chaos rather than a system?