Top 534 Surprised Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Surprised Quotes from famous people such as Isaac Hanson, Burt Reynolds, Mal Peet, Ernest Cline, Pete Rozelle, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many peopl

I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
Isaac Hanson
Sometimes I’m surprised people even know who I am.
Burt Reynolds
What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled.
Mal Peet
I’m surprised that VR has come about so quickly. It’s lucky I just happened to write a book imagining virtual reality right on the cusp of it actually happening.
Ernest Cline
At last, someone came to tell me I’d been selected as commissioner, which gave rise to the line that I took the job with clean hands. I was then taken downstairs to a press conference, and the reporters were as surprised as I was.
Pete Rozelle
I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn’t, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don’t think any of my relatives are surprised.
Amy Lee
Voters who disregarded Richard Nixon’s involvement in the questionable ethics issue that led to his Checkers speech should not have been surprised when he orchestrated the Watergate cover-up as president.
Ronald Kessler
You’d be surprised. Drummers ape each other. The way every rock n’ roll record sounds like something else but not all together. Everything other drummers play, if you’re playing drums, they all hear.
Miles Davis
We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire folks who have taken responsibility for their crimes and have done their time.
Greg Boyle
I get a sense that we’ve all been educated into one school of thought. I’m not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that’s all they’re exposed to.
Thabo Mbeki
It’s difficult for people to visualize from my drawings what it’s going to be, so I often find myself talking them into things that they go along with, and when they see what’s been made, they are surprised.
James Turrell
As with early internet startups, some token models don’t make sense. For every 1 huge hit, there will be 3 minor successes and 100 failures, so we shouldn’t be surprised when some fail.
Fred Ehrsam
I think all my films can be enjoyed. In fact, they’ve often surprised me with how they’re received.
Todd Haynes
Once my ears were open to hearing mentions of ‘Shark Tank’, I was surprised by how many people in our world, even in our industry, tech and finance, loved the show.
Chris Sacca
I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.
Patrick deWitt
When people meet me, many times they’re very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I’m not.
Augusten Burroughs
I was really surprised at the success of ‘House of Sand and Fog,’ because it is so awfully dark. Believe it or not, when writing it, I never had the word ‘tragedy’ in my head – I wasn’t trying to write a dark book at all.
Andre Dubus III
When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver for 45 seconds. I’m surprised that this is not done, and I would make it compulsory.
Jackie Stewart
You can’t be lazy in fashion. You’re always going to be surprised.
Pat McGrath
I just have been so surprised and delighted with what has happened with ‘Hamilton.’ It really has been one of the most enchanting experiences of my life.
Ron Chernow
People like to know you’re listening, and something as simple as a clarification question shows not only that you are listening but that you also care about what they’re saying. You’ll be surprised how much respect and appreciation you gain just by asking good questions.
Travis Bradberry
And I’m very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor.
Terrence Howard
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn’t into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I’m still surprising people.
Bobby Vinton
People would be surprised to see the real Sudha. I am gawky and not well dressed in my real life.
Sudha Chandran
As an actor, I think it’s really important to be as anonymous as possible. It’s your job to convince people that you are somebody else, and so any recognition I’d get away from the screen – well, it’s not something I actively seek. To be honest with you, I’m surprised anybody does.
Jodhi May
Longest book was ‘2666’ by Roberto Bolano, and it was an irregular reading experience. I read the first four parts during a cross-country plane trip, reading at slightly slower-than-usual speed but surprised at how accessible the book was compared with ‘The Savage Detectives.’
Sarah Weinman
I’ve been surprised at how much an unknown like myself can accomplish just by reaching out to people and pleading my case. Quotes for the book cover, reviews and interviews, readings and radio appearances – all this by simply moving ahead and making contact with folks I thought might enjoy the writing.
Patrick deWitt
Some people come to our shows and think they’re gonna spend the night just listening to love songs, and they’re pretty much surprised cause we do a lot of rock and roll.
Bobby Hatfield
I have to say I really was surprised on my first world tour. It was amazing to see what we’ve always dreamed of, right before our eyes.
G-Dragon
I wasn’t surprised to find Samsung’s OLED screen to be bright, vivid, and clear. It’s beautiful, although in viewing some photos and videos, I found, as I have in the past, that – to my eye, at least – Samsung tends to oversaturate colors.
Walt Mossberg
I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.
Edward Dmytryk
Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That

Don’t be surprised at Fortune’s turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
Hafez
The thing that surprised me the most is just how much money women that weren’t rich were paying for their hair. When you’re in a beauty parlor in Harlem next to abandoned buildings and somebody’s paying five grand for a weave, that’s a bit much.
Chris Rock
I myself identify as a recovering Blockhead. You’d be surprised how many twenty- and thirty-something hipster chicks have the NKOTB skeleton in their closet, albeit artfully concealed by stacks of Ksubi skinny jeans and ironic Judas Priest T-shirts.
Diablo Cody
I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they’re vulnerable. Women are more surprised by their strength.
Courtney A. Kemp
You’d be surprised how many times I’ve had to have that conversation with heads of state who want to say to me, ‘Well, look, I know you can have some influence on the president. I need you to go back and tell him this.’
Rex Tillerson
I was pleasantly surprised that south directors started creating roles for me after watching ‘Rakta Charitra.’
Abhimanyu Singh
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.
Jennifer Hudson
I hope people listen to black people more. You’d be surprised how little people listen to black people when it comes to racial issues. It’s weird.
Daniel Kaluuya
I’m surprised that we’re around still. A lot of the bands that we came out with are not around.
Mike McCready
I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I’m surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are.
Ivan Reitman
The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.
Enya
I went in for a checkup, and when my doctor had me stand on the scale, even he was surprised. Seeing that number (which I’ll take to the grave) was a turning point. I knew I needed to make a change. I cut out white flour and starches and worked with my doctor and a nutritionist to develop a plan.
Adam Richman
Looking back, I’m surprised I had the nerve to do it, but I’m glad I did. Performing the songs and performing in film was just a part of my personality, just like football and boxing at one point in my life. I was able to lose myself in both of them, and that was a good feeling.
Kris Kristofferson
Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much better than vice-versa.
Peter Straub
For ‘Pariah,’ people were surprised Kim Wayans was there, but comedians have a dark streak; they’re comedians for a reason.
Dee Rees
We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn’t be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control.
Seth Lloyd
That is simply that Marxism has been tremendously fashionable in our time, so it has infected a very large number of major institutions in many countries of the world. So I suppose that we shouldn’t be too surprised that it should infect the church as well.
Jeane Kirkpatrick
I think everyone is always so surprised to see the friendship that I have with The Vixen. We are very supportive of each other.
Aquaria
I was surprised to know I had so many hits on YouTube.
Hyuna
People would be surprised to know I had a flip phone until 2015.
Laurie Hernandez
I’m always surprised that I’m still around funk and that people are still into it.
George Clinton