Surprisingly Quotes

Consumer spending has been surprisingly resilient, and I don't expect any kind of a drop-off. But, at the same time, this is a softer report than we've been expecting, given retail sales in April. - Peter Hooper

Chronic malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition over time directly contributes to three times as many child deaths as food scarcity. Yet surprisingly, you don't really hear about this hidden crisis through the morning news, Twitter or headlines of major newspapers. - Cat Cora

Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. - Martha Beck

Baker has a strong radio presence and has run a surprisingly strong campaign in the countryside. But there are still very deep political fault lines in Haiti that extend from Aristide. - Dan Erikson

Although many employers no longer offer character references, they will still confirm or deny an employee's dates of employment and overall role at the company. Surprisingly, these are the most common details for a job seeker to exaggerate. - Brad Fredericks

After World War I, Jewish architects developed a new style based, perhaps surprisingly, on Byzantine Christian church designs. - Samuel Gruber

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isnt it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am askedas I am surprisingly oftenwhy I bother to get up in the mornings. - Richard Dawkins

A majority of Americans living today, a surprisingly small majority because of the large youthful population, still remembers Watergate. And when we hear the word eavesdropping, those of us who lived during Watergate, we think of the nefarious activities of the Nixon administration. - Larry Sabato

A heavy heart but a surprisingly happy spirit. - Newt Gingrich