Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight lines in our architecture? You'd be surprised when you go into a room that has no straight line - how marvelous it is that you can feel the walls talking back to you, as it were.

I think people will be surprised to find that I'm not as much of an idiot as they think I am. I'm not a real moron.

You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is.

Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan.

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.

Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

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

The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves.

I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.

Behind every successful enterprise, there is a supporting wife and surprised in-laws.

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

When I was a young student, I only listened to foreign music, mainly rock music and hard rock. Then I surprised myself by discovering ethnic music. Now I like to listen to music from different places, and in many situations. Even when you work, some ethnic music calms the nerves.

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

I guess I'm a pretty honest person, but I think my friends were surprised when they heard my stuff for the first time. I'm not super expressive when I'm just going about my life.

It's getting worse under Prime Minister Modi. The economic miracle has failed, to a degree, and people are reaching back to a kind of imagined Hindu past for a feeling of pride. And that feeling of pride necessarily comes from denying any kind of Muslim heritage. People my age seem to be becoming illiberal in a way that I'm surprised by.

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.

I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised.

Under promise and over deliver. People will be pleasantly surprised that you gave more than they expected. And remember that there is always room for us to be better and do better. That's what I am calling for. Not just everybody else - myself, too.

To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used.

In 2025, don't be surprised if a Chinese flag is placed on the moon.