The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. Votes: 6
VoltaireA Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens. Votes: 6
Robert Baden-PowellSociety is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense. Votes: 4
Ralph Waldo EmersonTime changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. Votes: 4
Thomas HardyThere is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. Votes: 4
Josh BillingsIt is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people. Votes: 4
Pamela AndersonThe only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us. Votes: 4
Francois de La RochefoucauldSurprise, unpredictability: these are the main materials of creativity. Votes: 3
Gueorgui PinkhassovSurprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth. Votes: 3
Bill WattersonI'll be clickin' by your house about two forty-five, Sidewalk Sundae Strawberry Surprise. Votes: 3
Tom WaitsSurprise, dickhead, Mama forgot to tell you a few things about me. (Zarek) Votes: 3
Sherrilyn KenyonI'm English and, as such, I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Votes: 3
Bill BaileyI'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh? Votes: 3
Nicholas SparksSurprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors. Votes: 3
John C. BogleSometimes the world sits at a corner and waits for you to fail! Surprise the world! Votes: 3
Mehmet Murat ildanSurprise is the tool of the Devil and it is the greatest power of the evil forces! Votes: 3
Mehmet Murat ildanEven a really bad creator would at least have started with Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Surprise. Votes: 3
Terry PratchettI try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed. Votes: 3
Bernard BeckettSurprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried Votes: 3
Yogi BerraIt's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people. Votes: 2
Pamela AndersonHuman can surprise you sometimes. An unpredictable species, Homo sapiens Votes: 0
Katherine ApplegatePrayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. Votes: 0
Abraham Joshua HeschelJesus Christ: A common exclamation indicating surprise, disgust, anger or bewilderment. Votes: 0
Chaz BufeForesight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise. Votes: 0
Karl SchroederThe secret of fashion is to surprise and never to disappoint. Votes: 0
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonNature, even in the act of satisfying anticipation, often provides a surprise. Votes: 0
Alfred North WhiteheadAnytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me. Votes: 0
Larry DavidSchooling ain't life." "Ain't it?" she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise. Votes: 0
Patrick NessIt's that element of surprise. When you lose control, you discover new things. Votes: 0
Daniel LanoisWe can depend on the world being a perpetual surprise in perpetual motion. Votes: 0
Stephen NachmanovitchThe most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognise your own worth. Votes: 0
Maxwell MaltzGod loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities. Votes: 0
Lysa TerKeurstThere's no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems. Votes: 0
James FallowsEach work is a surprise and has its own personal and intuitive meaning. Votes: 0
Fernando Araujo PerdomoI've always had volume on my side: the big-voice-in-a-small-package thing. I surprise people. Votes: 0
Anna KendrickSometimes I surprise myself with how dissatisfied I am with seemingly satisfying experiences. Votes: 0
Ezra KoenigGovern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death. Votes: 0
John MiltonTo no surprise, the theories and structures of naturalistic science affirm naturalistic assumptions. Votes: 0
Albert MohlerTaken' is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody. Votes: 0
Olivier MegatonTaken is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody. Votes: 0
Olivier MegatonWe like to kidnap them in a van, and take then somewhere dangerous... SURPRISE!! Votes: 0
Gerard WayHumor needs to come in under cover of darkness, in disguise, and surprise people. Votes: 0
Garrison Keillor'Taken' is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody. Votes: 0
Olivier MegatonThat's the hardest thing about doing sequels - you've lost the element of surprise. Votes: 0
Sylvester StalloneGreat thinkers often learn, to their surprise, that new ideas are less than welcome. Votes: 0
Gerd GigerenzerThe ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners. Votes: 0
Mark TwainVince Russo destroyed the Periodic Table as he only recognises the element of surprise. Votes: 0
Jim CornetteWhat puts me in a vulnerable state? Beauty, wonder, surprise, mystery. Stuff like that. Votes: 0
Damian KulashReaders regularly ask what can go wrong but almost never what could positively surprise. Votes: 0
Kenneth FisherThe single biggest surprise about arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here. Votes: 0
Ted CruzTo the issues of friendship, love, business and war, "surprise" is the optimistic solution. Votes: 0
Amit KalantriI like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. Votes: 0
Mikhail BaryshnikovHistory , as it comes into our daily lives, is charged with surprise and shock. Votes: 0
Robert HeilbronerThe fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise. Votes: 0
John DrydenMathematics - this may surprise or shock some - is never deductive in creation. Votes: 0
Paul HalmosThe future is bound to surprise us, but we don't have to be dumbfounded. Votes: 0
Kenneth E. BouldingI always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise. Votes: 0
Aishwarya Rai BachchanThe shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself by surprise. Votes: 0
Eugen HerrigelIf you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise. Votes: 0
William S. BurroughsUnless you want a horrible surprise, never go bird watching with an open mouth. Votes: 0
Kent Allan ReesDon't ever put anything past kids. They will surprise you in the best ways. Votes: 0
James Van Der BeekInvestigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise. Votes: 0
Tony SnowThey don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them. Votes: 0
Randy NewmanTo me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it. Votes: 0
Julian FellowesOccasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way. Votes: 0
John BarryIt's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people. Votes: 0
Henry Louis GatesThe politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. Votes: 0
Max LernerSometimes people can surprise you. Sometimes they have a great capacity to hear the truth. Votes: 0
Joe SenecaContinue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious. Votes: 0
Gordon GeeTo conclude, the tragedy of March 25 [1969] caught me by surprise. Yahya Khan fooled even me. Votes: 0
Zulfikar Ali BhuttoThe universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us. Votes: 0
Stephen HawkingNor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise By the stairway of surprise. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonMy childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life. Votes: 0
Natalia VodianovaHave confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you. Votes: 0
Kofi AnnanDuring a race where everyone holds their own truth, the finish line is a surprise. Votes: 0
Akiane KramarikHatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyFor a person who lives 100 years in the future, the present comes as no surprise. Votes: 0
Viktor SchaubergerEvery battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerThe whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise. Votes: 0
Kenny GI guess even when you can see everything, some things will always be a surprise. Votes: 0
Robin BenwayI think it might surprise the average person how angry people can get over the comics. Votes: 0
Stephan PastisIt may surprise people to learn that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory. Votes: 0
Li Bingbingthe cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him. Votes: 0
Anais NinThis may surprise you, but there were a large number of valuable buys during the Depression. Votes: 0
Irving KahnIt will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise. Votes: 0
Elizabeth BergI am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise. Votes: 0
Criss JamiA reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested. Votes: 0
Tony GilroyExpect nothing at all and accept as a joyful surprise whatever good you find in matrimony. Votes: 0
Frank LeslieEnter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you. Votes: 0
Charles GhignaI love arguing with you, Claire. You always surprise me. And occasionally, you even make sense. Votes: 0
Rachel CaineI am the spirit of the morning sea, I am the awakening and the glad surprise. Votes: 0
Richard Watson GilderThe world changed while I slept, and much to my surprise, no one had consulted me. Votes: 0
Carlos EireThe biggest surprise to people is that I sang background on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' album. Votes: 0
Toni TennilleA sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. Votes: 0
Francis BaconIf you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you. Votes: 0
Nassim Nicholas TalebI just want to keep trying to surprise myself and I want to keep challenging myself. Votes: 0
Jennifer AnistonBetter to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise. Votes: 0
Jules VerneIn middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyYou think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise. Votes: 0
Henning MankellPerhaps the safest prediction we can make about the future is that it will surprise us. Votes: 0
George LeonardOnly way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary. Votes: 0
Georges St-PierreIt's not a huge surprise that there are habitations at the bottom of the Black Sea. Votes: 0
Robert BallardYou are such a chick."I widened my eyes in mock surprise."No way. Are you sure?" Votes: 0
Gena ShowalterThat's the thing with suicide pacts. Sometimes they only really work if they catch you by surprise. Votes: 0
R. K. MilhollandA nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art. Votes: 0
Wendy CarlosI surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up. Votes: 0
Miguel SyjucoI was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise. Votes: 0
Elie WieselThe marvelous thing about lack of planning is that failure comes as a complete and utter surprise. Votes: 0
Peter GreenWhy is it a surprise to find that people other than ourselves are able to tell lies? Votes: 0
Alice MunroA story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story. Votes: 0
Isaac Bashevis SingerUse justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world. Votes: 0
LaoziLove on the rocks, ain't no surprise. Pour me a drink and I'll tell you some lies. Votes: 0
Neil DiamondI've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority. Votes: 0
Trenton Lee StewartI went to the movie this weekend with a gun. And surprise, surprise, I didn't kill anybody! Votes: 0
Glenn BeckI search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. Votes: 0
Oscar NiemeyerWhen we play, every day is different. All three of my bandmates surprise me all the time. Votes: 0
Greg SaunierI worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise. Votes: 0
Jessica SavitchI find myself eating different kinds of chicken each and every day, even if it's by surprise. Votes: 0
LudacrisI've learned that some memories surprise you and reveal a sharp edge just when you least expect it. Votes: 0
Pittacus LoreIf they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page. Votes: 0
Chelsea Quinn YarbroYou don't want to buy a surprise, because then the surprise is how awful it looks on you. Votes: 0
Nan KempnerThe only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many. Votes: 0
Joseph StiglitzThere is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for. Votes: 0
Charles BaudelaireThere's no bigger surprise than to be tooling along at 200 MPH and suddenly get hit from the rear Votes: 0
Darrell WaltripThe depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men. Votes: 0
Maureen O'HaraEvery time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new. Votes: 0
Prince RoyceThe joy of living, its beauty, is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you. Votes: 0
Frank HerbertThe essence of humour is surprise; that is why you laugh when you see a joke in Punch. Votes: 0
A. P. HerbertIt seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise. Votes: 0
Jules VerneTo be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. Votes: 0
James P. CarseI like to surprise the listener a little bit and also surprise myself when I write the music. Votes: 0
TrentemøllerYou are such a chick." I widened my eyes in mock surprise. "No way. Are you sure? Votes: 0
Gena ShowalterOpen your eyes, I've got a big surprise, it will feel alright, I want to make your motor run. Votes: 0
Meat LoafThere is a child inside me that wants to come out and do something to surprise all the adults. Votes: 0
Philippe PetitIn moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door. Votes: 0
David Steindl-RastIt's much easier to have nothing to live up to. You surprise people when you form a full sentence. Votes: 0
Pamela AndersonIn real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all. Votes: 0
Krzysztof KieslowskiAlways, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you " and give it to you. Votes: 0
James A. OwenAn engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeNo, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise. Votes: 0
Anne BronteI don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me. Votes: 0
Lee ChildI HAVE NO IDEA WHATS COMING NEXT OR WHERE IT WILL COME FROM; I ENJOY THE SURPRISE OF IT ALL. Votes: 0
Mandy PatinkinI am really pleased to hear each of my songs described as a total surprise. This is what I want! Votes: 0
Erin McKeownIt was a bit of a surprise when I became a Tory MP. My friends said it was a stupid idea. Votes: 0
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