Surprised Quotes

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

Bad, Saying, Find

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.
Jim Rohn

Said, Promised, Easier

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
Voltaire

Husband, Wife, Often

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
Thomas Hardy

Change, Time, Within

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
Thomas Sowell

Work, Political, Find

Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Successful, Wife, Proud

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Him, Sometimes, Against

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
James A. Baldwin

Human, Treat, Less

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

Successful, Behind, Stands

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

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
George Will

Nice, Either, Pessimist

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.
Isaac Asimov

Men, Number, Pregnant

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.
Kim Kardashian

Love, Become, Pleasantly

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Denis Waitley

Best, Plan, Expect

Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away.
LL Cool J

Love, Simple, Pretty

You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!
Dolly Parton

This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face.
Marilyn Manson

Kids, Face, Culture

Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.
Charles M. Schwab

Life, Happy, Friendly

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
Gracie Allen

Talk, Year, Born

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
Samuel Butler

Long, Find, Cannot

You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.
P. J. O'Rourke

May, Rich, Broke

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.
Phil Jackson

Game, Away, Approach

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.
Adele

Money, Care, Focus

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.
Malcolm Forbes

Nothing, Expect, Apt

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

Nothing, Greater, Evidence

People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.
Carmen Electra

Happiness, Home, Art

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.
Desmond Tutu

Fact, Quite, Shy

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.
E. M. Forster

Beauty, Best, Her

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.
Desmond Tutu

Angry, Revenge, Before

I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
Neil Armstrong

Successful, Ecstatic, Elated

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