Surprise Me Quotes - Page 5

• May it not suffice for me to say ... that of course like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Believe, Men, Presidential

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1993). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• I judge wisely...as if nothin ever surprise me,
  Loungin, between two pillars of ivory.
  I'm lively, my dome piece is like buildin stones in Greece.
  My poems are deep, from ancient thrones I speak.

  Killah Priest

  Rap, Two, Ivory

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• That I had never heard of such a bird did not surprise me.... But others more experienced also did not know of the Carolina Parakeet. The more I spoke of the bird, the more it seemed that, somehow, its existence had been a chimera. Admittedly, my survey was small and unscientific, but intelligent people who could reel off the names of various dinosaurs and identify sparrows at epic distances could not name the forgotten parakeet. I realized, forcefully, what I suppose I knew abstractly: Histories, like species, can go extinct.

  Christopher Cokinos

  Distance, Epic, Intelligent

  Christopher Cokinos (2009). “Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds”, p.12, Penguin

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• It surprises me what the girls are capable of doing for me.

  Enrique Iglesias

  Girl, Surprise, Capable

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• Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there would be some Al Qaeda there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing gee, I wonder since I don’t have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of Al Qaeda? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me?

  Wesley Clark

  Talking, Iraq, Risk

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• The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of what teaching requires would say such a thing.

  Taylor Mali

  Teacher, Teaching, Understanding

  Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.76, Penguin

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• What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed.

  Rita Hayworth

  Succeed, Surprise, Failing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me.

  James Denton

  Men, Stories, Saws

  "James Denton: Desperate Plumber". Interview with Dan Kapelovitz, Men’s Edge Magazine, kapelovitz.com. February 2005.

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• Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

  Sherilyn Fenn

  Hollywood, Stories, Way

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• I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.

  Les Ferdinand

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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• It never ceases to surprise me, the people I get to work with. I'm in a French film with Sandrine Bonnaire? I adore Sandrine Bonnaire. I'm doing a picture for Robert Redford? The Sundance Kid? I have to pinch myself sometimes.

  Kevin Kline

  Kids, People, Sometimes

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• I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

  James Lovelock

  Nuclear, Campaigns, Surprise

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• I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time.

  John Dyer

  Sky, White, Sea

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• It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

  Jesse Helms

  Mad, North Carolina, Surprise

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• I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

  Ben Kingsley

  Waiting, Scripts, Honest

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• One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.

  George R. R. Martin

  Book, Things I Love, Surprise

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.

  Robert Morgan

  New York, Cities, Long

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• I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?

  Andy Rooney

  Mean, Thinking, Numbers

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• What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

  Rick Warren

  Want, Surprise, Should

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Nov 01, 2015

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• When someone doesn't show up, the people who wait sometimes tell stories about what might have happened and come to half believe the desertion, the abduction, the accident. Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown. Perhaps fantasy is what you fill up maps with rather than saying that they too contain the unknown.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Believe, People, Worry

  Rebecca Solnit (2006). “A Field Guide to Getting Lost”, p.85, Penguin

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• All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that which made me has ceased to exist

  Nicole Krauss

  Parent, World, Surprise

  Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.10, W. W. Norton & Company

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• If I've learned anything in twenty-nine years, it's that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. My gift - bad choice of words - is that I can look at you, him, her, them, whoever, and tell right away what is keeping them awake at night: money; feelings of insignificance; overwhelming boredom; evil children; job troubles; or perhaps death, in one of its many costumes, perched in the wings. What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.

  Douglas Coupland

  Jobs, Children, Night

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• What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.

  Douglas Coupland

  Humanity, Plight, Moral

  "Hey Nostradamus!". Book by Douglas Coupland, 2003.

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• I expected something a little more castle-shaped," said Jamie. Nothing lasts forever," Nick said. "Except demons, of course." Has anyone ever told you that you're a charming conversationalist?" Jamie asked. No," Nick replied honestly. I cannot tell you how much that surprises me," Jamie told him, and Nick gave him a half smile.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Forever, Castles, Half

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Lexicon”, p.74, Simon and Schuster

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• Even I make mistakes." I put on my brash, overconfident face. "I know it's hard to believe—kind of surprises me myself—but I guess it has to happen. It's probably some kind of karmic way to balance out the universe. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to have one person so full of awesomeness.

  Richelle Mead

  Mistake, Believe, Balance

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.46, Penguin

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