“ Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. ”
- Marquis de Vauvenargues- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Back of every achievement is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law. ”
- Brooks Hays- Copy
- 2.2K
“ I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me. ”
- Elizabeth Hurley- Copy
- 1.3K
“ You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone. ”
- Adrien Brody- Copy
- 1.6K
“ When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were. ”
- John F. Kennedy- Copy
- 233
“ When I decided to go into politics I weighed the costs. I would get criticism. But I went ahead. So when virulent criticism came I wasn't surprised. I was better able to handle it. ”
- Herbert Clark Hoover- Copy
- 2.8K
“ War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost. ”
- Karl Kraus- Copy
- 3.8K
“ They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods. ”
- Edith Wharton- Copy
- 2.3K
“ There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever. ”
- Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues- Copy
- 520
“ I'm always amazed that peole take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously. ”
- David Bowie- Copy
- 2.8K
“ If all the girls who attended the Harvard-Yale game were laid end to end, I wouldn't be surprised. ”
- Dorothy Parker- Copy
- 1.6K
“ You would be surprised how many people quit when faced with obstacles. As every good salesman knows, everything may not be possible today, but sooner or later, it is possible. ”
- Earl Graves- Copy
- 2.2K
“ If a man carefully examines his thoughts, he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 772
“ The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. ”
- George Will- Copy
- 896
“ We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. ”
- Desmond Tutu- Copy
- 1.1K
“ The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. ”
- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Well, I learned a lot… I went down to Latin America to find out from them and their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries. ”
- Ronald Reagan- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Well, I learned a lot - I went down to Latin America to find out from them and their views. You'd be surprised. They're all individual countries. ”
- Ronald Reagan- Copy
- 345
“ It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised. ”
- Bill Paxton- Copy
- 2.3K
“ I am part man, part cyborg. You'd be surprised at the parts I've had inserted in me. Perhaps that's why I walk a little stiffly. ”
- Graham Norton- Copy
- 708
“ Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children. ”
- Judith Martin- Copy
- 3.9K
“ A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 1.1K
“ A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised. ”
- Napoleon Bonaparte- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Nor need we be surprised that men so often embrace almost any doctrines, if they are proclaimed with a voice of absolute assurance. ”
- Learned Hand- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them. ”
- William Clayton- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways. ”
- Samuel McChord Crothers- Copy
- 1.8K
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