#surprising

It is one of the more striking generalizations of biochemistry - which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical textbooks - that the twenty amino acids and the four bases, are, with minor reservations, the same throughout Nature. ↗

— Francis Crick

#amino #bases #biochemical #biochemistry #ever

It's weirder and more surprising than the other books. I think there are more places where it's just more reality bending, deliberately so. I think it's a lot more emotionally raw. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#books #deliberately #emotionally #i #i think

I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive. ↗

— Colin Firth

#aggressive #air #constantly #find #humour

The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations. ↗

— John M. Ford

#audience #deliberately #dislike #expectations #goes

I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying that goes on behind the scenes. They have nightclubs at the Olympic Village. It's like college all over again. ↗

— Misty May-Treanor

#again #amount #behind #college #goes

It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more. ↗

— Matt Groening

#bit #cast #characters #explored #few

Being a football manager is no fun at all. You have to put up with all the hassle. It is not surprising that so many turn grey or have heart attacks. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#being #football #fun #grey #heart

I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult. ↗

— Deidre Hall

#dialog #difficult #flow #i #know

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#determined #ever #feelings #go #how

But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share. ↗

— Trip Hawkins

#big #big change #change #disruptive #effect