#surprised

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

#bread #cast #comes #floating #human

I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet. ↗

— Anne Bancroft

#am #beyond #body talks #dismayed #good

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

— Josh Billings

#evidence #greater #nothing #superior #surprised

The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me. ↗

— Chili Davis

#bat #effortless #first #first time #game

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#am #i #i am #know #popular

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now? ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#champagne #competition #deserve #entitlement #i

There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way. ↗

— Jane Campion

#artist #bad #difficult #dream #enjoy

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden. ↗

— Martin Gore

#find #i #i think #me #meet

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised. ↗

— Bill Paxton

#disappointed #expectations #film #good #pleasantly

I was not surprised by the results of the Horizon experiments, but I remain willing to observe and consider any and all other tests that are done under similarly precise conditions. ↗

— James Randi

#conditions #consider #done #experiments #horizon