People constantly express surprise that Americans are so hot for Shakespeare. But Britain's culture is American culture, too.

It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others.

I am surprised that anyone can profess to be an atheist.

I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.

I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

Winning Wimbledon in 2011 was a bit of a surprise for everyone, including me. It was like I was in a dream, and I didn't realise what it meant.

I love the surprise element of being a mom.

I guess that's just the life of an inventor: what people do with your ideas takes you totally by surprise.

I tend not to get too excited and surprised about things.

You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality in stage adaptations of Shakespeare and Brecht. I graduated from Yale. When I moved to the U.S., I realized with some amount of surprise that I was seen as an ethnic actor.

While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome surprise of higher taxes on tax day.

I still get surprised that people don't know that I sing.

I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has.

After 'Jewel In the Crown,' I hardly worked at all for about six months - which came as a bit of a surprise, I have to admit.

Winning the Absa Cape Epic already was a wonderful surprise. The World Cup was, for sure, my main goal, but winning all of them was nothing I had planned on.

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.

Italy was a surprise in my life. I went there just to make money and then go back to Israel and study psychology. The arts wasn't something I grew up with or thought I could be part of.

My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.

I understand, as an artist as well as a producer, the need for there to be mystery and surprise.