#surprise

With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He likes the danger of acting. ↗

— David Morse

#although #danger #likes #necessarily #penn

It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think I would've given a better reply when he asked me. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#reply #seriousness #surprise #love

Knowing is not simply a material act, since the object that is known always conceals something beyond the empirical datum. All our knowledge, even the most simple, is always a minor miracle, since it can never be fully explained by the material instruments that we apply to it. In every truth there is something more than we would have expected, in the love that we receive there is always an element that surprises us. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#learning #love #spirit #surprise #truth

I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#being #big #big surprise #dream #had

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#am #any #awaits #aware #book

It's to surprise people about something that is extremely well known. I mean human reproduction, the human body, nature and so on. To surprise them with a new technique. ↗

— Lennart Nilsson

#body #extremely #human #human body #i

You're obviously conscious of being brash or big-headed but I always knew I was going to be a footballer when I was seven or eight. I didn't just think I wanted to be one, I knew I was going to be one. Nothing ever surprised me really. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#being #brash #conscious #eight #ever

I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock. ↗

— Brad Paisley

#big #big fan #blues #cd #classical

Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#ever #every #every time #i #i always

We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater! ↗

— William Petersen

#episode #good #knew #magnitude #making