#surprised

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#been #find #got #into #just

They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be surprised to still be alive. ↗

— C. S. Forester

#alive #being #chance #find #i

We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure. ↗

— Shane Leslie

#declined #equally #failure #glad #office

Those who closely watched the campaign should not be surprised by Obama's hostility toward Israel, given his relations with pro-Palestinian, virulent critics of Israel and his voluntary membership in Reverend Wright's decidedly anti-Semitic church. Furthermore, his campaign website featured anti-Semitic posts. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#campaign #church #closely #critics #decidedly

I think airports are places of huge human drama. The more I see of it, the more I am convinced that Heathrow is a secret city, with its own history, folklore and mythology. But what has surprised me is the love the people who work there feel for the place. Everyone seems to think they are plugged into something majestic. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#city #convinced #drama #everyone #feel

I was horrible at science and math. I couldn't pass a test to save my life! I'm surprised that it didn't take me until I was 20 to graduate. That's why my role is so cool - Grissom is the complete opposite of me. ↗

— William Petersen

#complete opposite #cool #graduate #grissom #horrible

I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does. ↗

— Tom Petty

#audience #does #had #i #idea

When he asked me, with obvious self-satisfaction, what I thought of the scenario, I hardly knew how to answer. I asked if he had seen the play and was hardly surprised when he said no. ↗

— Elmer Rice

#asked #had #hardly #how #i

I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a normal teenager and wear black nail polish and I'm just a little bit more edgy than the person I play on television. ↗

— Brittany Snow

#bit #black #edgy #good #i

Everyone here says in a surprised manner that I have grown... they are so stupid and do not notice that I am standing up straighter! ↗

— Anna Freud

#everyone #grown #here #i #i am