Quotes About Surprise

I read. I order books from the States. I literally go into bookstores, close my eyes, and take things off the shelf. If I don't like the book after a bit, I don't finish it. But I like to be surprised.

Yes, I'm always - I'm always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it.

People in New York are surprised when I open my mouth.

English people are always surprised I'm English.

People are very surprised when they see me. Here is this crazy Gothic woman, but when they speak to me in person, they realize I'm a nice girl. I love to interact with my fans.

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

Many fans were surprised when they learned that the little girl in drama 'Stairway To Heaven' was me.

One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.

I was really excited to land my first 1080. But I was surprised that it came a lot easier than I thought it would.

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.

I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've never heard of before.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.

I am surprised that anyone can profess to be an atheist.

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness.

I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.

I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American.

I never thought about having a daughter, and then I had a daughter, and it was a remarkable thing. It was very different from having a son and your response to it. With a son, it's much more complex. And it's probably because of my stuff in the past. With a daughter, I was surprised at how simple it is.

And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan.

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

I want to be surprised by what people do, I don't want to work with people who need to be told what to do. I want people to show me what they've got.