“I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant.” YearsLittlesStatesUnitedRoomsUnited StatesNew YorkSurpriseSpokesSouthernTradingAttorneyInsidersInsider Trading Author:Preet Bharara
“Every once in a while, someone would call me a foreigner or a Yankee, or whatever. In the United States, someone might say something, like how kids do, to point out that you're different. That would come as a surprise to me. As you get old, you either get defensive about it or you accept it and you reach out, because you realize the world's full of people like that.” PeopleWorldDifferentStatesMightKidsRealizingUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesSurpriseCall MeReach OutYankeesForeignersOld You Author:Viggo Mortensen
“We don't have a farm-to-table food safety system. I keep saying this. It came as a big surprise to the FDA that tomatoes were being grown in the United States, sent to Mexico for packing, and then sent back. I mean, they had no idea that our food chain worked like this.” MeanIdeasStatesBigsUnitedUnited StatesSafetyTablesSurpriseChainsNo IdeaFarmsMexicoTomatoesPackingFdaFood ChainFood SafetyBig Surprises Author:Marion Nestle
“The drilling idea is spherically senseless - it's senseless from whatever point of view you look at it. It'd take 10 years to bring any oil online, and it would probably go to Japan. It sure wouldn't help gasoline prices here. All the economists say gasoline is still too cheap in the United States anyway. So here we're having this huge debate over offshore drilling that is just straightforward nonsense, which won't surprise you.” YearsLooksStillsIdeasStatesHelpingUnitedViewsUnited StatesHugeSurpriseOilPoint Of ViewDebateNonsenseJapanOnlineEconomistStraightforwardGasolineDrillingOffshoreGasoline Prices Author:Paul R. Ehrlich