Quotes About Surprise

This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.

A lot of shows, things will just simmer and simmer and maybe never explode into the open, or only risk exploding into the open when it's clear that the series has gotten to its endgame. So I'm always impressed - but not surprised - when 'Scandal' just completely goes for it.

I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.

We were very surprised to find out that Pluto is still geologically alive. It has upended our ideas of how planetary geophysics works.

I guess people might be surprised to know I read comic books. I'm a Marvel girl, as opposed to DC.

It's funny: I like being surprised as a reader, so it's difficult for me to spoil my own stuff.

When I began to write my books about Coalwood, I was surprised to discover, upon reflection, that it wasn't an ordinary place at all.

I always want to be surprised and just see what's going to happen next. But definitely next is going to be busy, too.

There's definitely a list of things I'd like to do. But there's been a lot of things I hadn't even thought would have been possible to do that I'd been able to do, so I think I'll surprise myself and keep breaking that glass ceiling to see what's next. Hopefully people get surprised - that's my main goal.

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

When I got married, my mother was very surprised. She said: 'What on earth is going on? I thought you were gay?'

I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.

People are always surprised when I say that I'm an atheist.

No doubt, my role in 'Urumi' has been one of my best so far. It surprised me as an actor and made me more confident.

I'm constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that's why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life.

At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.

I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.

I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised.

I'm very surprised at my success as a singing star because I can't sing a lick.

Many clubs wanted to know when I was leaving Inter, and Liverpool was one of those clubs, so people were surprised I chose Galatasaray.

Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'

I don't look backwards. I'm pleasantly surprised, and I feel really proud of the team and what we were able to accomplish together. But really, where I'm focused is the future and where Nest is going.

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.

Sometimes I am surprised by the kind of roles that are offered to me.