The timing of it absolutely reeks, but given the past conduct and record of that office is not surprising.

Jake Siewert

So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to squeeze the euro debate into the old language. But deep down it is a matter of deciding where one's future lies. It is a matter of political will and courage.

Romano Prodi

It's surprising there aren't more dog beaches. They love it out here. It wears them out so they'll sleep like babies.

Todd Walden

It is surprising that in early adolescence there is already evidence of this change, ... The fact that that is apparent even in young adolescents is of great concern.

Joann Manson

The reaction from Washington is somewhat surprising.

Peter Struck

We have picked up the pace pretty substantially. It is surprising the forecasters.

Art Ayre

We were met with a surprising amount of resistance.

Jennifer Conkie

Every time we look closer, we see surprising new things.

Richard Zurek

What's surprising to me is actually how close the dates were between different pages of this document.

Gregory Hodgins

I thought he was kidding when he told me he was going to do it. It was surprising.

Jacque Jones

The best thing about this horse is he keeps surprising me, and I hope he's got a few more left.

Mike Trombetta

The information I received from Jordan's prime minister and intelligence chief is dangerous and surprising at the same time.

Mahmud Abbas

We saw the market get so oversold that it's not surprising that we're getting a rebound. The market got too pessimistic about how rapidly the Fed will tighten next year.

Brad Stone

A surprising amount of fans were here for our alumni match and scrimmage. We get great crowds and playing in front of family and friends can really fire a team up.

Michelle Earl

I haven't seen the spirits of the 1970s and 1960s until now. This is really surprising. People are marching in the thousands everywhere. It indicates how deeply the immigrant and Mexican community in the United States feel about the attacks on immigrants.

Antonio Zavala

You just leave it all out there. The most surprising thing is that I caught the ball.

Ross Gload

I still have to crack the French market, though that isn't entirely surprising considering that the Sharpe novels are endless tales of French defeat.

Bernard Cornwell

The strongest comments are from the Chinese scientists. This is not at all surprising. . . . Chinese protests against high-profile visits of the Dalai Lama are routine wherever he travels.

Kate Saunders

It's not terribly surprising to me that it might take quite a marketing effort to interest shippers beyond the traditional base of prairie grain.

Paul Larson

I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising.

Lusia Strus

It was surprising to us.

Tim Ward

It's one of the most surprising mainstream films of the year. It feels more like an independent film. Paramount would have liked to have seen a little more, but I'm sure they knew it was going to have more of a niche appeal, something that needs to be nurtured.

Richard Horgan

The amount of shaking was actually surprising. We wouldn't expect this small of an earthquake to be felt as strongly and as widely as it was.

Yumei Wang

Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to accept sudden, surprising outbursts of affection, and not to be upset by a few scratches on your car.

Will Stanton

Looking at the results leads me to say that the probability for cell phone unit sales to continue surprising experts for a third consecutive year remains very high.

Albert Lin

Given the way the national board has been operating, it is not surprising that these are the results, ... We will not accept it. We will challenge it in court.

Berhanu Nega

This is important and squares well with what we come to realize in the past five years. It shouldn't be surprising that the brain benefits from exercise like the rest of the body, maybe even more.

Brian Robertson

It would almost be surprising to me if we didn't have a big group each year.

Jay Lewis

It's really not that surprising that the cost went up because construction costs such as concrete have increased so much.

Susan Harris

We didn't steal this, we earned it. We knew (Grafton) had improved, so a closer game wasn't all that surprising.

Wayne Burnette

Considering the company I keep in this place, that is hardly surprising.

Robert G. Menzies

The United States only accepts reports that are favorable. It is not surprising it continues to ignore the U.N. whenever convenient.

Ricardo Alarcon

25 points is locked in. The statement may have some very subtle changes in the language, but nothing surprising.

John Davidson

ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville.

Ambrose Bierce

It's a total Cinderella story because it's still gay cowboys. Try that at a pitch meeting. Try predicting to anyone (before the movie's release) that it would sweep all the nominations. One of the reasons the movie's surprising everyone is that they put it in a box, and it doesn't belong there.

Ray Price

The spending philosophy of those consumers who 'live for today' is no surprise in light of soaring debt statistics nationwide. What is surprising are the types of people who actually live this big spending philosophy. While the strongly agreed/agreed response was spread fairly evenly over 18 to 54 year-olds, there was a definite division along income lines.

Joe Pilotta

It's surprising how many things live in that body of water. You wish the highway wasn't there, but there's nothing you can do about that.

Gregg Dancho

(Detroit) isn't the world's strongest economy and it was a little surprising to see it come up above the U.S. average, but that gap has narrowed since 2001.

Richard Rosen

What's surprising is how perfectly the process works.

John Badding

Going into the season, I definitely thought our defense was our strong point, but our offense has been surprising. I didn't expect it to be clicking this well early in season.

Ben Levine

It was kind of surprising -- a pleasant surprise -- to see him on the field after the game. He doesn't seek the public limelight.

Steve Leahy

It wasn't surprising that Arsenal made things hard for us because it defends well and it's difficult to score against them but I'm sure my teammates can overturn this result.

Alessio Tacchinardi

Any discrimination case today is volatile because it's such an important social topic. People are aware of the problem. It's not surprising that there would be some very large award at this stage.

William Lukens

Microsoft has gotten to a size where it's almost impossible to outgrow the market. The surprising 60 to 70 percent growth period is over.

Daniel Kusnetzky

To see this effect in such a large population is quite striking and is surprising.

Jennifer Lee

Today's ruling was not unexpected, but what was surprising is the blatant role American Express is playing in this litigation. In their arguments today, the government's lawyers relied almost completely on American Express' woes to make their case.

Kelly Presta

It is very surprising to me that they didn't give me these very important documents.

Paolo Ferri

It's not overly surprising given how much focus the Chinese have been putting on Iran in the last few years, but it does raise more questions about China's oil security and China's position on the ongoing situation with the Security Council and [International Atomic Energy Agency].

Gavin Thompson

It was surprising to see how many ghost stories downtown Nashville had. Kim tried to pick places that were fun to go to. You don't want to go to the haunted McDonald's.

Frankie Harris

It's surprising when a true freshman steps up like that. Both goals were just incredible goals. I knew he would be an athletic and dangerous player, but I didn't know he would come out and score two great goals like that.

Dwayne Shaffer

Shocking but, unfortunately, not surprising.

Timothy Sparapani

It's not surprising that there's been no response.

William Levada

I've been talking about bringing down the ring-fence for five years, so any delays now wouldn't be surprising.

Roland Nash

It's not that attention doesn't matter. But the surprising thing is that it doesn't matter more than it does.

Robert Frank

It's surprising at home that you would miss free throws the way we did, but it's part of the game. We played a better defensive game this time around than we did the first time at Winchester. We just didn't shoot as well.

Todd Plattner

To see a pullback now would not be all that surprising. When people are exuberant and expect the best, if results aren't good enough, it tends to be a disappointment.

Michael Panzner

It is quite surprising that Bush turned out to be more politicizing than Clinton. The Bush campaign was built around how they were the governors, not the politicians.

Terry Sullivan

We're sort of too old to die young now, ... so you have to sort of carry (it) off with what you've got. And you're surprising yourself still. I think that's part of the process is the surprises.

Paul Kantner

It's likely that they're dealing with two very similar attacks and two distinct code flaws. That wouldn't be all that surprising, because code that has one major bug will often suffer from some similar defects elsewhere.

Matthew Murphy

He broke the school record last year and he had 108 blocks this year coming into the regional. To get 20 in one game though is very surprising.

Rick Metcalf

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

George Sand

Some people are kind of dumb about it and it's just right there on their page. Some people have pictures of drug and alcohol use right on their page. It's kind of surprising that they can get away with it that long.

Bridgette Smith

Bruno (Heller) deliberately picked out stuff which is shocking, arresting, surprising.

Jonathan Stamp

We were not expecting a lot from the broadcast side, but the fact that creative content was down that much was a little surprising.

Brian Eisenbarth

. . .the most astonishing, the most surprising, the most marvelous, the most miraculous. . . the greatest, the least, the rarest, the most common, the most public, the most private till today. . . I cannot bring myself to tell you: guess what it is.

Marie de Sevigne

It's not surprising (that) we haven't seen an enormous movement in the share price. The company is much bigger than just Kerry and the market has certainly demonstrated that in the way it's reacted.

David Halliday

It shouldn't come as any surprise that ING is interested in buying the financial services and international business. I think the surprising thing is that Aetna would consider selling the financial services and international businesses because it generates a huge tax liability for them, whereas they could have done a deal two months ago that was tax positive.

Todd Richter

I think the statistics bear out its negative impact and harmful impact on families. We feel an obligation to stand on their behalf. When you see something that is so detrimental to the family, I don't think it should be surprising that people of faith are united.

Paul Chitwood

It was quite surprising to me and my team to make this observation.

Thomas Breuer

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place to-day, it is vain to seek it there to-morrow. You can not lay a trap for it.

Alexander Smith

I'm surprising myself. I'm surprised at the way I've been pitching. This is the first time in my whole career that I'm pitching the way I'm pitching now.

Hector Carrasco

It's not surprising that in four years we haven't seen real changes.

Christopher Cross

That was somewhat surprising because ground-based observers had been trying for more than a decade to find new satellites around Pluto. But I felt almost certain even when I first saw them that they were real objects - not any sort of artifact - and that they were exhibiting orbital motion around Pluto.

Max Mutchler

I think it was surprising to me that this type of incident happens in general, whether it's John or anyone else. When these types of issues happen, it surprises anyone.

Police Chief Richard Vidaurri

You can't give up 15 offensive rebounds and I feel like Missouri State played hard, on a mission. And for us to have 16 turnovers against a team that doesn't press, that's not good. But the bottom line is we have to knock down shots. We had open looks and didn't hit them. It's surprising that we've struggled with that because of the shooters we have.

Robin Pingeton

This is a complex and rapidly changing industry, and it is not surprising that some additional time is required to fully understand and fairly evaluate it.

Jeff M. Fettig

What is most surprising is the scale of the administration's efforts in selling the deal to Congress. The administration's active lobbying for the deal is quite unprecedented.

Lalit Mansingh

Six months later (after Katrina), I expected things to be pretty normal. So many still didn't have electricity. It was surprising. Restaurants were still not functioning. It still looked like it just happened a few days ago.

Charlotte Cipparone

It would be very surprising if we went through the next five years without some contractions or sluggish growth.

Robert Reischauer

It's a very disabling condition, and it's perhaps not surprising that people come to see us desperately looking for a quick fix for a problem that is ruining their lives.

Dr Sarah Jarvis

[It's] not surprising, ... given that advertising is the business model.

Jeff Chester

This is history. It took a little research, surprising one lives right here in Savannah.

Theresa Johnson

It is even more surprising when the Ukrainian foreign minister gathers Western European ambassadors and tells them that the result of the talks was a fiasco for Russia.

Konstantin Kosachev

It wouldn't be surprising if there was a little bit of a pullback in consumer spending in the first quarter as well because of the zero-percent financing in the fourth quarter, which makes for a very difficult comparison.

Charles Lieberman

Nobody expected this but us. We're still surprising people, but we've always believed we could do this.

Sara Kelley

There are two stories at work. The first is that we see surprising strength in exports. But imports are definitely weaker than I expected.

Ben Simpfendorfer

A surprising number of respectable people, which includes the press corps, diplomats, civil servants, and the military, too, were involved, to some degree or other, in both drugs and gold.

Robert Stone

The big curry boom started 30 years ago and curry has almost become a staple food in this country. We now have British parents who have eaten curry all their adult life exposing their children to it at a very young age. It's not surprising they love it; it's the best food there is.

Dr. Sanjay K. Jha

It's not so surprising that BT has agreements with both (RealNetworks and Microsoft). BT tries to be pretty platform agnostic.

George Fraser

This year has been very strong for the e-commerce industry. Every indicator in this space, from online sales, broadband growth and domain registration is up. It's not surprising that individuals, small businesses and even the bigger brick-and-mortar retailers who didn't have an online presence before now have a Web site.

David Berkowitz

It's unfortunate, but it's not surprising. She faces ethics and pay-to-play questions, and she wants to dodge those questions.

Terri Hickey

Negotiation seems like dancing the Tango, two steps forward, two steps back and suddenly three surprising steps forward.

Margot Wallstrom

What's surprising is to see the decline in health across such a large array of outcomes.

Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris

I don't think it's surprising that we're seeing the disappearance of these native species given the changes that have occurred in the delta.

Robin Grossinger

It's not surprising at all. When the economy is down, nobody is completely immune to poor sales.

Scott Krugman

It is not surprising that because of the combined effect of the double-whammy, falling assets/rising liabilities, average state pension funding levels, as of June 30, 2004, had fallen to approximately 84 percent of their previous apex four years earlier.

Parry Young

Sadly, it is not surprising that Americans' knowledge about the First Amendment is clearly lacking and inadequate.

Clay Calvert

What's somewhat surprising is that you hear people talking about holding off on spending cuts.

Maya Macguineas

We are glad we had such a large turnout and it is surprising but I understand why they are here. People are tired of what's going on in our schools.

Larry Wilson

It's a very safe area, that's why it's all so surprising and upsetting to us.

Jack Dunn

It's not surprising that we haven't heard of many other large business users making the switch. There are still a lot of challenges with in-building coverage, lack of features such as four-digit dialing, and poor [device] battery life.

Phil Redman

Death can sneak up on you like a silent kitten, surprising you with it's touch and you have a right to act surprised. Other times death stomps in the front door, unwanted and unannounced, and makes it's noisy way to your seat on the sofa.

Hugh Elliott

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

Bill Watterson

It's not surprising. Through her mother's whole illness, Bernice is the one that's been looking after her mother.

Lynn Cothren

These numbers are not surprising to us. We've got the momentum.

Carlos Castillo

It was very surprising - I thought it would take a combination of mutations. But a single mutation makes it much easier, and since these viruses are very mutable, this is something that must be happening all the time.

Scott Weaver

It was surprising to me because [shooting free throws] is focus and concentration. And with all the hype going on today, our team showed that we can concentrate and we can focus through almost anything.

Sharnee Zoll

The surprising thing was how well the offense came together.

Rick Spielman

We're able to judge attractiveness with surprising speed and on the basis of very little information.

Ingrid Olson

Life sends you angels sometimes when you're in need and, in my theory, it's usually never the people you expect to be there, ... They are often gone the people that appear with a piece of advice or something they want to give to you to help you through are generally surprising people and I wanted Kirsten's character to be that.

Cameron Crowe

I don't have to pinch myself. I knew it was a good team from the beginning. It's just surprising to all of y'all.

Chris Richard

It was surprising because I felt we were ready. We were pretty excited for this game.

Coby Karl

The results were surprising, ... We thought there'd be job loss to China, but we didn't expect it to be higher than job movement to Mexico in the same period. When we started the project, we have no idea what we were actually going to find, even though we were hearing anecdotally that jobs were moving.

Stephanie Luce

We're able to judge attractiveness with surprising speed and on the basis of very little information. It seems that pretty faces 'prime' our minds to make us more likely to associate the pretty face with a positive emotion.

Ingrid Olson

SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certain Orientals attain a surprising proficiency, as the incident here related will serve to show. The account is translated from the Japanese by Shusi Itama, a famous writer of the thirteenth century. When the great Gichi-Kuktai was Mikado he condemned to decapitation Jijiji Ri, a high officer of the Court. So.

Ambrose Bierce

Given what the U.S. Supreme Court did with similar issues, it really isn't surprising that the Ohio Supreme Court followed that.

David Diroll

I don't think it's very surprising that financial stocks would be up in this kind of environment, they often lead a turnaround. If the rally continues, they will continue to rise.

Reilly Tierney

The market is now waiting for the U.S. government's oil stocks data. If there are any surprising declines in U.S petroleum stocks, crude futures will likely try to breach the $62 mark again.

Ken Hasegawa

[Everything in Tideland is surprising.] But it's tough what we're doing here -- selling a movie, ... I like to know to as little as possible about movies that I'm interested in seeing.

Jeff Bridges

There's no cuddle corner anymore, and Germany is adapting to what's already common in Anglo-Saxon regions. It's surprising how quickly this has been happening.

Thomas Meier

This is a surprising surge by AMD.

Jane Snorek

We had never been in better shape. It was surprising, but the minute they saw it, they sent samples out and we knew what it was within two or three days, and we were able to treat it. It was a great catch by the staff. If they hadn't got it, we'd have been in real trouble.

George Burger

It's not surprising. But it's going to be weird not working all of those games.

Joe Simpson

We want things to be beautiful, surprising to see, but they also have to be functional. One without the other doesn't make any sense.

Philip Schiller

We've had a surprising number of elementary school students absent.

Pat Nelson

I'm proud of some of the surprising wins we've had, but we've also had some disappointing losses.

Randy Moore

It?s a great car, easy on brakes and tires. It?s extremely surprising.

Joe Aquilante

Our results, although not surprising, are worrisome. If the trend continues, our country will continue to face substantial health problems related to excess weight.

Ramachandran Vasan

It was a serendipitous discovery, something very surprising to us.

Arul Chinnaiyan

I'd call it flat. This comes after pretty steady growth after 2000. So it's probably not surprising that we've leveled off a bit.

Linda Johnsrud

The fact that he's giving bonuses is not surprising. But the scale is quite amazing.

Dick Dadey

Considering what took place in the market during August, it's not surprising to see a slowdown in fund flow.

Carl Wittnebert

This is not surprising since representatives of the [drug] industry helped to write the laws.

Cedrick Wilson

I've been bullish on the market for some time, but the strength of the market is surprising even to me.

Pat Callahan

There has been only one confirmed sighting of a right whale in the Gulf of Alaska since 1980, so discovering them is not only surprising, it is fairly significant. We picked up the sounds of one whale off Kodiak Island, and several others in deep water, which is also something of a surprise, since most right whale sightings have been near-shore.

David K. Mellinger

Coming off last year, yeah, it's a little bit surprising.

Jim Baron

For me, it was surprising. Which is not to say I knew some people had some concerns, but I was surprised.

Brian Mcfadden

It is not surprising that we need to do more. I mean, this is child abuse. There is always more to be done.

Andrea Ingram

It was surprising that almost one half were previously healthy. We don't know if there's something about these healthy kids that put them at extra risk.

Niranjan Bhat

We were on board and rolling as soon as we got into town. It's really surprising how it's gotten into my head. The more I do, the more I have fun with it.

Ken Evans

With insufficient supply to meet consumption, with uncertain political developments in the Middle East, with inflation worries slowly but surely increasing, and with emerging markets, who are historically strong buyers of gold, also booming, it is hardly surprising that gold is rising.

Clem Chambers

This is a surprising finding, given what we know about tool use in gorillas.

Patrick Mehlman

It is outrageous and shocking, but not surprising, that Pat Robertson once again has suggested that God will punish Israel's leaders for any decision to give up land to the Palestinians.

Abraham H. Foxman

What is surprising, ... how little attention [the memo] has received in some of the most important news media in the United States despite its being an official document that contradicts the North American version of the beginning of the war.

Jorge Ramos

It's surprising in a way. We worried about him after playing 32 minutes in that semifinal that he may be a little bit tired, but he's always told us, 'That other guy is going to get tired before I will.' He's had that mentality that he's not going to get tired. He has a real strong mind and we have to have him on the floor. He's been a pleasant surprise for us this year.

Doug Boxell

It's a little surprising when you look in the phone book. You think you are in Germany.

Dieter Hermsmeier

Overall, to me it's surprising it has not gone down more than it has. The goal obviously is zero, but of course that's not realistic.

Dave Benson

One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults.

Melanie Klein

What good decision-makers do is really surprising. There is all that stuff, but they think about the one thing that is most important, and that's what they base their decision on.

Charles Foster

What's very surprising is how quickly this is catching on.

Tim Ditlow

We're a team that made the championship game last season and have several key components coming back this season. Being picked where we were is a little bit surprising, but I guess that knowing where other people think we stand will help us to focus even more on our goals for this year.

Tony Ditucci

The liver takes up foreign substances in the body, so it's not surprising that that's where we saw the particles. But we ultimately want to be able to make these particles to go to the mammary glands or other tissues we're interested in.

Thomas Rosol

That area is solid with refining capacity. There's an element of panic in the market but that's not surprising given the lack of capacity worldwide at every level, refineries and oil wells.

Gerard Burg

It's a little bit surprising. The party has shifted very quickly away from someone who is very experienced toward someone who is young and can show future potential.

Shigenori Okazaki

It's surprising that these chemicals are still being strongly emitted seven years after their production was banned.

Dale Hurst

I think it would be surprising if my name was on it. It?s always the same guys. A guy on the third line who plays against the best lines every night. It?s tough to tell.

Simon Gagne

Honestly, it's not surprising at all in the city of Waterbury. Somewhere else they might have done something, but not in the city of Waterbury.

Rob Serafinowicz

It's not very surprising that gang members would lie to police. What's surprising is that police would lie to gang members. What you end up with is this whole group of deceivers, operating in this shadowy underworld.

Chris Collins

Not surprising but a disappointment.

Dave Easter

It is surprising. Since Bush did not carry New Jersey in either election, you would think he would shy away from the state. A few of these folks are pretty conservative and that's not the reputation that New Jersey has.

Joseph Marbach

It is a surprising report in just about all respects. But I think it is something that we have to expect in times like these that the data doesn't always fit into a neat little model of what we think ought to be happening.

Tim Evans

It's not that surprising that Apple wasn't up to par because they went through the transition from Power PC (chips) to Intel.

Samir Bhavnani

It's real surprising because I know they were a high competing team and they were ranked nationally.

Steve Carpenter

[Whether Thursday's announcement relates to the] unconventional ... we are preparing a new product which will be surprising and unique ... we'll be able to tell you specifics next spring.

Satoru Iwata

We are already seeing problems from the introduction of the euro. At the moment it's mainly Italy that's complaining, but there's nothing surprising in that, seeing how standards of living have fallen there since the currency was brought in.

Lech Kaczynski

What's surprising is the instability of coverage across low and moderate incomes. There is a sense of some risk and some high cost burdens among both low- and moderate-income working households in this age group.

Sara Collins

We knew they played good defense, but that zone was even better than we ever could have thought it would be. It was incredible. It was surprising we didn't turn it over more than we did.

Jason Runde

Teachers were not surprising because kids are so darn germy. Some of the others kind of surprised us, like the DJ.

Charles Gerba

It was definitely kind of surprising to see us come out and run the ball because we usually like to pass to start the game and put up some quick points. But tonight, we had real good balance offensively. We ran and passed the ball well, which kept them off balance all night.

Jack Taylor

It was very surprising. He's obviously a great baseball mind, and he incorporated everybody in the meeting and collaborated a thought, and we're going with it. We came up with a game plan, watched some video. It was nice.

Gavin Floyd

The rocky and rough surface of the asteroid was surprising. The 16-minute light travel time [between Earth and the spacecraft] makes real-time communications very difficult.

Donald Yeomans

This is a very surprising turn of events.

Dmitri Alperovitch

It's a market of stocks, not a stock market. A lot of [the gains] are corporate driven, which is surprising, given that all of the news isn't good.

George Hodgson

It is clear that California must do more to improve student achievement. The scores released today are not surprising and are another indication of the challenges we face.

Jack O'connell

Certainly the Fed has voiced more concern over inflation for public consumption that it has in previous years, so it's not surprising that markets would respond accordingly. It just really doesn't jive very well with the facts on the ground.

Tom Schlesinger

Losing three guys was surprising, but, as a staff, we've been through this before. As coaches, we know that sometimes you have to wait until the first day of class to see who is staying. We've had guys leave up to three days before classes in the past.

Mel Pearson

After two really heavy down days, where we lost over 375 points (on the TSE 300), it's not surprising that we enjoyed a bit of a correction today.

Katherine Beattie

What Russia has done recently is surprising and unusually drastic -- I can't remember such practices against diplomats even in Berlin when Hitler was in power.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

These kinds of rumors are not surprising given the number of large utility mergers announced lately. Progress Energy has a responsibility to our shareholders, and our company will continue to listen to good ideas others may present. However, the important thing to remember is that we control our own destiny. We are fortunate that our company has desirable, fast-growing service territories.

Robert Mcgehee

It's surprising. I really wasn't expecting it. It's cool that Bethany and I both made it. It was a good season, and we have a lot to be proud of even if we didn't quit get all that we wanted out of it.

Andrea Mortimer

Obviously, the results of this research show that there is a need for education. Given this information, it's not surprising that Health Canada estimates that there are 2 million cases of foodborne illness each year and proper food handling could reduce the risk of illness.

Brenda Watson

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

David Hume

It's been six quarters of surprising on the upside. If people expect on the high end of the range, anything else will move people off the stock.

Andrew Speller

It's not surprising there was a blunted response.

Robert Heaney

Whether or not Clarence Norman has formally endorsed Sampson, he's certainly been telling people to vote for him, so it shouldn't be surprising that he's handing out flyers for him, if that's what happening.

Mark Peters

It was a bit surprising because of the neighborhood we live in, and where the school is located, it's a pretty nice neighborhood and that's not something you would expect to hear.

Dan Mahoney

I think it was a big catalyst as far as our moving ahead this time. I'm expecting a sympathetic picture about building a barrier. It sounds like it would be surprising if he were not to depict it as something important and necessary to the area.

Mel Blaustein

It was not a surprising result. They're very talented and we are kind of ground down. We're on the road and we've played seven matches in six days. We came out a little flat. We couldn't push the button and put it in overdrive.

Marc Walters

Every stop we take we think half the town has turned out and we appreciate it so much. Surprising, but also very pleasant.

Bill Jenkins

It's surprising that we're shooting so well, then again it's not. I felt like if we didn't shoot so quick and made better shot selections, we could improve.

Charles Pattillo

The forecast for 2005 calls for plenty of flavor. From global influences to hot combos, surprising seeds and unexpected tastes, this year's report truly offers something for everyone.

Laurie Harrsen

It's surprising the number of people who come here without jobs.

Janet Miller

Demand is vastly outstripping supply. It's not surprising that some of the dealers are going to the DMO because it's difficult to make a market in these conditions.

Stuart Thomson

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it's surprising to find that nearly half of Californians believe that state, local and federal government are prepared for a major disaster. Let's hope they're right.

Phil Trounstine

The presence of crystalline ice is surprising.

David Stevenson

The stuff is surprising. Every song we do now is, like, totally amazing.

Scott Storch

Given that the Internet is a great one-to-one marketing tool for consumers, it's not surprising that -- if non-profits do their jobs well -- people are happy to donate online.

Harry Gruber

It's not surprising that Republicans endorse Republicans.

Blake Zeff

The price strength has been a little surprising given the magnitude of the surplus in U.S. corn inventories. However, over the past 32 years, the central Illinois cash price has never established a marketing year high in February, suggesting that even higher prices might be expected sometime over the next six months.

Darrel Good

The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the moment, and it would be surprising if it weren't - indeed it would be wrong if it weren't.

Rowan Williams