Quotes about Surprises

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Votes: 4

People who think they know what is going to happen next are fools. Surprises - or what the brilliant author Nassim Taleb calls 'Black Swans' - are inevitable. Some are likely to be desperately unpleasant too Votes: 4

Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone. Votes: 3

Surprises, I feel now, are primarily a form of violence. Votes: 3

Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single. Votes: 3

Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something. Votes: 3

Surprises are good. I'm not of the thinking where you tell the audience everything. Sometimes I don't even want to see the trailers. You see the trailer, you've seen the movie. Votes: 3

Life is full of surprises. Votes: 2

Nothing surprises me anymore in the NFL. Votes: 2

I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people. Votes: 2

I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises. Votes: 2

Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens. Votes: 2

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny. Votes: 2

I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me. Votes: 2

Once a month, try something you don't think you'd be good at. You can find such happy surprises. Votes: 2

I think there's a part in each one of us that wants the impossible to happen, and that's what surprises are. Votes: 2

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises. Votes: 2

I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly. Votes: 2

Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second. Votes: 2

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. Votes: 2

Lionel Richie, love song, OK, thank you very much, good-bye. And all of a sudden I realized that, in my career, what has made my career has always been the surprises. Votes: 2

Whatever precautions you take so the photograph will look like this or that, there comes a moment when the photograph surprises you. It is the other's gaze that wins out and decides. Votes: 2

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends. Votes: 2

I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time. Votes: 2

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age. Votes: 2

I believe the only thing that we really have control over is our attitude. If we focus on the positive things in our lives and learn how to cope with all the surprises, we will be happier people. Votes: 2

Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find. Votes: 2

Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the joy and frustration in life. I'm finding as I get older that I don't mind, though. It's the surprises that tickle me the most, the things you don't see coming. Votes: 2

I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers. Votes: 2

I'm very good at delegating - people work much better when they have a real sense of responsibility. But at the same time, I don't like surprises. I don't pore over every shoot, but I do like to be aware at all times of what's going on. Votes: 2

The one thing I don't consume during 'Today' - which surprises many people - is coffee. I find that a lot of water helps wake me up, without the buzz. I love coffee, but usually reserve a double espresso as an afternoon pick-me-up before settling in to do the weekend 'Nightly News.' Votes: 2

Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, 'You're hip-hop!' You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things. Votes: 2

Nothing human surprises me. Votes: 0

Hindsight bias makes surprises vanish. Votes: 0

History is full of surprises. Votes: 0

Nothing about me surprises me. Votes: 0

... love, like destiny, loves surprises ... Votes: 0

God reveals Himself through surprises. Votes: 0

Bibles laid open, millions of surprises. Votes: 0

I think surprises make TV entertaining. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurship is the launching of surprises. Votes: 0

My brain surprises even me sometimes. Votes: 0

Nothing surprises me about the Lords. Votes: 0

Dickens is always full of surprises. Votes: 0

There can never be surprises in logic. Votes: 0

Life is full of challenges and surprises. Votes: 0

Life is full of surprises, isn't it? Votes: 0

I'm just not built for fairytale surprises. Votes: 0

I like the serendipitous surprises of reality. Votes: 0

Agreeable surprises are the perquisites of youth. Votes: 0

Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous. Votes: 0

Everyday Leo Messi surprises us with something different. Votes: 0

Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore. Votes: 0

Shoot for the secrets, develop for the surprises Votes: 0

Poetry surprises us with what we already know. Votes: 0

Man is never out of range of surprises! Votes: 0

My whole life has largely been one of surprises. Votes: 0

I'm dumbfounded, but nothing surprises me in this game. Votes: 0

Life brings with it strangeness and surprises and upsets Votes: 0

I do not believe they've run out of surprises. Votes: 0

Ninety-nine percent of all surprises in business are negative. Votes: 0

I believe in the surprises of the Holy Spirit. Votes: 0

There's not that many surprises that you get in life. Votes: 0

Variety is the spice of life. We all want surprises. Votes: 0

I love anyone who surprises me and makes me laugh. Votes: 0

I don't want to set the world up for surprises. Votes: 0

Life is full of surprises. Why is that always surprising? Votes: 0

Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises. Votes: 0

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me Votes: 0

A lot interests me - but nothing surprises me particularly. Votes: 0

Life is an aggregate of experience, which continually surprises us. Votes: 0

Everybody likes a few surprises; it's a perfectly natural human craving. Votes: 0

My love can't be purchased... Best gifts have been well-thought-out surprises. Votes: 0

Nature is full for us of seeming inconsistencies and glad surprises. Votes: 0

The world is like that -- incomprehensible and full of surprises . Votes: 0

My love can't be purchased Best gifts have been well-thought-out surprises. Votes: 0

I don't know why it surprises people that I surprise them. Votes: 0

Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one. Votes: 0

Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good. Votes: 0

The biggest failures come round and spring ultimate surprises of survival. Votes: 0

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more. Votes: 0

Passion surprises. One doesn't search it. It can happen to you tomorrow. Votes: 0

That Dick Cheney is pro-torture surprises no one; he freely admits it. Votes: 0

In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises. Votes: 0

Most archivists don't like surprises. That's why we work in the past. Votes: 0

I find life so shocking in general. Everything about it surprises me. Votes: 0

What surprises me about getting older is that I remain so young. Votes: 0

When you've lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you. Votes: 0

Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people. Votes: 0

I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football. Votes: 0

It surprises me what the girls are capable of doing for me. Votes: 0

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. Votes: 0

A truly great magazine cover surprises, even shocks, and connects in a nano-second. Votes: 0

That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises. Votes: 0

Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners. Votes: 0

Quotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust. Votes: 0

There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie. Votes: 0

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views. Votes: 0

I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me. Votes: 0

The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises. Votes: 0

Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. Votes: 0

Life is full of little surprises. Time travel is full of big ones. Votes: 0

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are. Votes: 0

One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself. Votes: 0

When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation. Votes: 0

It always surprises me in films that killers seem so gleeful about killing people. Votes: 0

Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory. Votes: 0

I love the live cut part of making records the surprises are the prizes. Votes: 0

Two lines must meet at a point. Therefore there are only two surprises here. Votes: 0

Life is nothing but surprises. Even our tragedies turn out different than we expect. Votes: 0

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life. Votes: 0

Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones. Votes: 0

There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me. Votes: 0

With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us. Votes: 0

I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't see that coming!" Votes: 0

We do not always get what we want. Sometimes life presents us with surprises. Votes: 0

It surprises me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice. Votes: 0

Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand. Votes: 0

[Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises. Votes: 0

Economics is like gravity: Ignore it and you will be in for some rude surprises. Votes: 0

Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect. Votes: 0

Most are expecting 5 percent to 10 percent hikes, but there are rumblings of far nastier surprises. Votes: 0

Ah, life's little surprises! They can make any day unforgettable... or make it your last. Votes: 0

Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them. Votes: 0

Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind. Votes: 0

The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. Votes: 0

The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable. -Bobby Goodspeed Votes: 0

Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment. Votes: 0

What I like is a life that is full of surprises and [that has] no routine. Votes: 0

An essential part of the magic involves turning everyone into an enemy, to ward off surprises. Votes: 0

What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed. Votes: 0

You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self. Votes: 0

Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always. Votes: 0

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant. Votes: 0

Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless. Votes: 0

I'll take a quiet life And a handshake of carbon monoxide And no alarms and no surprises Votes: 0

Science is about predictions based on predictable fact. Life is about surprises based on the unpredictable reality. Votes: 0

I always love to be careful with my expectations so that life has pleasant surprises for me. Votes: 0

When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises. Votes: 0

It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner. Votes: 0

History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. Votes: 0

I vaguely remember doing [all my] photo sessions, but definitely there were some surprises there for me. Votes: 0

Compared to dreams, reality can be truly cruel. But it can also come up with beautiful surprises. Votes: 0

Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos. Votes: 0

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody. Votes: 0

there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for. Votes: 0

I asked for her hand in marriage, but instead got the whole body. Love is full of surprises! Votes: 0

We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition. Votes: 0

Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not. Votes: 0

Normally I wouldn't spoil anything because I love surprises - I don't even shake my presents at Christmas. Votes: 0

Do something that surprises yourself cause if you don't surprise yourself, you're not going to surprise anybody else. Votes: 0

God is always faithful to His promises, but He often surprises us in the way He fulfills them. Votes: 0

Magic is a very beautiful mystery. Even the ages old magic effects still surprises the most modern men. Votes: 0

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises. Votes: 0

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me. Votes: 0

Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable. Votes: 0

America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises Votes: 0

Life is full of surprises, but the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them. Votes: 0

I'm looking for the surprises, you know, and the unexpected moments of technology, the unexpected moments of musical creation. Votes: 0

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does. Votes: 0

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us. Votes: 0

Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises. Votes: 0

With an eco-mind, we get ready for surprises, for we realize it's just not possible to know what's possible. Votes: 0

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises. Votes: 0

I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works. Votes: 0

Surrender is a state of living in the flow, trusting what is, and being open to serendipity and surprises. Votes: 0

Comfort and familiarity were wonderful but they also dulled passion and excitement. Predictability and habit made surprises almost impossible. Votes: 0

There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do. Votes: 0

One needs to fully accept that surprises sometimes happen and complete control over outcome is not necessary or even desirable. Votes: 0

Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. Votes: 0

It always surprises me when I see the director's versions of films released separately, long after the film's theatrical run. Votes: 0

Learning to live with ambiguity is learning to live with how life really is, full of complexities and strange surprises..: Votes: 0

The only secrets that are good are the ones with an ending. Keep surprises instead of secrets in your home. Votes: 0

What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives. Votes: 0

Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises? Votes: 0

I don't like planning, because it robs me of freedom, so I'd like a 24 hours that was full of surprises. Votes: 0

Once a month, try something you don’t think you’d be good at. You can find such happy surprises. Votes: 0

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something. Votes: 0

I await joyous surprises while working, an awakening of the materials that I work with and that my spirit develops. Votes: 0

I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find. Votes: 0

Korean audiences are amazing. The fans scream so loud, and that really surprises skaters when they first perform in my shows. Votes: 0

Economists must always be prepared for surprises: they find many in trying to find order in the universe of their study. Votes: 0

I want a church I can stay in for years. I don't want surprises, scandals, or secrets from my church leaders. Votes: 0

No Time For Goodbye is a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I'm jealous I didn't write it. Votes: 0

To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises. Votes: 0

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me. Votes: 0

I don't really like surprises. Not big ones anyway. Just having a pack of Revels holds enough of a surprise for me. Votes: 0

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. Votes: 0

It surprises me every day that this (Eddie Haskell) character is still so popular. I don't completely understand it but it's nice. Votes: 0

The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results. Votes: 0

The speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies abdicate, and social structures dissolve once the autocrat is removed frequently surprises American Policy makers. Votes: 0

It surprises me that more people don't take a look in the mirror a little more often and assess their own relationships. Votes: 0

The thrills, the turmoil, the passion, the stunning surprises of that roller coaster ride in '72 caused our emotions to run wild Votes: 0

You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general. Votes: 0

The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from this. Votes: 0

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you. Votes: 0

It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility. Votes: 0

It delights me to find something that kids are doing that surprises me that seems new. That's the best feeling you can have. Votes: 0

My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand. Votes: 0

I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven. Votes: 0

To avoid surprises later, spend enough time to know people initially. Don't just ask the obvious. Go the extra mile... Be creative and unconventional... Votes: 0

Familiarity with nature never breeds contempt. The more one learns, the more one expects surprises, and the more one becomes aware of the inscrutable. Votes: 0

But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt. Votes: 0

But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt. Votes: 0

When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit. Votes: 0

I think you're where you have to be and I'm not a person who wants to control things too much because I love surprises. Votes: 0

What surprises you in life? The marvel of consciousness -- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidts the night of non-being. Votes: 0

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government. Votes: 0

Ignorance makes for weakness and fear; knowledge gives strength and confidence. Nothing surprises an intellect that knows all things with a sense of discrimination. Votes: 0

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises. Votes: 0

I know that there are some people who don't like me, and that kind of surprises me more than the people who love me. Votes: 0

Writing a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me. Votes: 0

To expect wickedness from human beings is the best way I know of to avoid surprises. And when I am surprised, it's always pleasantly. Votes: 0

But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway. Votes: 0

We can know a lot. And still, no doubt, there are rash and wonderful ideas brewing somewhere; there are many surprises yet to come. Votes: 0

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f***ed. Votes: 0

In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises. Votes: 0

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises. Votes: 0

Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then. Votes: 0

I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say. Votes: 0

Probably if you look like Tyra Banks, it probably is hard, even if you are really smart, for people to take - it surprises some. Votes: 0

It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security. Votes: 0

Sometimes I do an automatic songs, songs that you don't really think about, or work on. You just look back and it sorta surprises you. Votes: 0

Life ... is never the way one imagines it. It surprises you, it amazes you, and it makes you laugh or cry when you don't expect it. Votes: 0

As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises. Votes: 0

When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a precious treasure. Votes: 0

Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises. Votes: 0

The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises. Votes: 0

There are so few surprises left in life. We've gotten so addicted to knowing. It's the Google generation. We want the answer to everything right now! Votes: 0

I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise. Votes: 0

I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don't like surprises. I don't even like good surprises. Votes: 0

I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Votes: 0

If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there's a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting this to be natural. Votes: 0

Reminiscing, with obvious emotion, on his long career: It's like the size of the crowd here today. It always surprises me. But I do appreciate it. Votes: 0

There are some sins which are more justly to be denominated surprises than infidelities. To such the world should be lenient, as, doubtless, Heaven is forgiving. Votes: 0

It's fun to deal with the terror and the huge highs and lows of things. We're still getting massive surprises, anytime there's any Twilight-related event or anything. Votes: 0

The "happening" operates by creating an asymmetrical network of surprises, without climax or consummation, this is the alogism of dreams rather than the logic of most art. Votes: 0

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons. Votes: 0

The Lilly girl is always full of surprises. She lives everyday like it's a celebration, never has a dull moment, and makes every hour a happy hour. Votes: 0

First of all, there is absolutely an order that we have put together to create the maximum number of surprises, but that's just part of our storytelling. Votes: 0

What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones. Votes: 0

I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises. Votes: 0

One cannot help but be impressed by this music. The musicianship is top-notch, the performances unpredictable and full of surprises, and Eric Starr's writing is consistently inventive. Votes: 0

We made a film about the need for silence and withdrawal... and here we are at the epicentre of noise and excitement. Life is full of surprises. Votes: 0

The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty. Votes: 0

Flavour your life in such a way that anyone who thinks he or she is biting or back-biting you, will rather take smiles away unexpectedly and with surprises. Votes: 0

My own preference is for mixed (beds) where there are ...groups of larger shrubs on corners and elsewhere to give shape to the views and to create surprises. Votes: 0

Then I went home to continue my life, which had changed a little, as lives do every day, inching by microspecks forward toward whatever surprises are coming next. Votes: 0

The exciting thing about seeing a new show is that you are taken on a journey of surprises, if you know what's coming it takes away the fun. Votes: 0

That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different roles in his other work. Votes: 0

Nature gives us all, including Prof. Lorentz, surprises. It was very quickly found that there are many exceptions to the rule of splitting of the lines only into triplets. Votes: 0

You think you're developing and getting better and then you see something you did years ago. Looking at your early work.. sometimes it has a depth that surprises you. Votes: 0

It's this mood, these sentiments - the excitement of exploration and the surprises and delights of travel to foreign locales - that I hope to inspire with this book. Votes: 0

Having done several of them and also loving other kinds of movies, I'm also tougher on suspense stories in terms of finding one that really excites and surprises me. Votes: 0

That's one of the surprises in the research, that's it's not young people who are smitten with their phones. It's their parents who are not paying attention to them. Votes: 0

If the past, by bringing surprises, did not resemble the past previous to it (what I call the past's past), then why should our future resemble our current past? Votes: 0

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath. Votes: 0

When one has made his demands upon the Universal, he must be ready for surprises. Everything may seem to be going wrong, when in reality, it is going right. Votes: 0

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics. Votes: 0

The monotony of staying in one place is the best thing for writing a novel. Having regular habits, a kind of security, but especially no big surprises, no shocks. Votes: 0

I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck. Votes: 0

M is for magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly. You can make magic with them, and dreams, and, I hope, even a few surprises... Votes: 0

What surprises me most in architecture, as in other techniques, is that a project has one life in its built state but another in its written or drawn state. Votes: 0

Life was mostly made up of things you couldn't control, full of surprises, and they weren't always good. Life wasn't what you made it. You were what life made you. Votes: 0

One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not inevitable.The victory of evil is not certain. Votes: 0

The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of what teaching requires would say such a thing. Votes: 0

Everything has changed now. The world has changed. It surprises me to be on the forefront. I've lost all dignity! I give interviews! I make movies! I'm amazed at myself. Votes: 0

It is possible--indeed possible even according to the old conception of logic--to give in advance a description of all 'true' logical propositions. Hence there can never be surprises in logic. Votes: 0

It surprises me constantly that my sometimes-unorthodox approach has such a large following, but I'm very grateful to my readers for allowing me to continue writing 10 or 12 hours a day. Votes: 0

When you have traveled the world, won Olympic gold, and gone through a very public court battle against your parents all by the age of seventeen, surprises don't come easy. Votes: 0

The loathing of mankind is a force that surprises and overwhelms one, fed by hundreds of springs concealed his subconsciousness. One only detects its presence after having long entertained it unawares. Votes: 0

There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens up that strange dynamic that's involved in romantic love. Votes: 0

Our psychological reality, which lies below the surface, frightens us because it endlessly surprises us and drives us in a direction which society's rules and organizations define as wrong or dangerous. Votes: 0

Have the capacity to adapt to change, it's your healthy growth, intelligently and emotionally.Our life can be full of extrinsic surprises, your flexibility is a key when you accept changes. Votes: 0

It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with layer upon layer of sound... it's like musical landfill. Votes: 0

The Drop's unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. The movie doesn't pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an audience - it lets them develop naturally. Votes: 0

I think beauty is youth; it's energy. I'm attracted to imperfection, style, confidence, and experimentation. So beauty, to me, is really a lot of things. It's kind of unexpected-what surprises you. Votes: 0

Laughter lifts our spirits, surprises and sometime shocks our expectations, allows us to cross boundaries, reorders our priorities, and gives us access to ideas and associations we rarely ever thought to have. Votes: 0

When one door closes another opens. Expect that new door to reveal even greater wonders and glories and surprises. Feel yourself grow with every experience. And look for the reason for it. Votes: 0

Maggie Shipstead's prose is so graceful and muscular, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe. Astonish Me is a treasure of small surprises. Votes: 0

Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our days and fill our eyes with light. Votes: 0

As the writer of this book [Lincoln in the Bardo], what I loved was the feeling of having so many surprises come at the end that I hadn't really planned or planted. Votes: 0

Let us not have a computer psychology that makes us think we know it all. All answers on computers - but no surprises. The challenge of love. God reveals himself through surprises. Votes: 0

All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that which made me has ceased to exist Votes: 0

What to do? We yanked the dress up over her lovely attributes and with the addition of a scarf, the problem was solved. Sorry, guys, blame that stuffy censor. He hated surprises. Votes: 0

Cognitive science is a rapidly developing area, so it could be that there are some surprises around the corner. That does seem to be kind of where the trend line is leading. Votes: 0

I love a sense of humor, I love intelligence, I love specificity, I love surprises. I'm inspired to get out of bed in the morning and fill my day with good things. Votes: 0

Life always holds in store surprises that are more complex and unforeseeable than any dream, and the secret is to let them come and not block them with castles in the air. Votes: 0

Life always holds in store surprises that are more complex and unforeseeable than any dream, and the secret is to let them come and not block them with castles in the air. Votes: 0

I don't really get hate mail, which surprises me, but people have better things to do than to write hate mail to somebody who writes a book about hating everything, I guess. Votes: 0

There is scarcely an aspect of the American character to which humor is not related, few which in some sense it has not governed. ... It is a lawless element, full of surprises. Votes: 0

I'm a believer in just open, free-form creativity, and you never know the surprises that life has in store, and that, purely on a creative level, there's no such thing as rules. Votes: 0

Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown. Votes: 0

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else. Votes: 0

It is all a question of weeding out what you yourself like best to do, so that you can live most agreeably in a world full of an increasing number of disagreeable surprises. Votes: 0

The hardest thing about movies is doing take 12, 13, and 14, and finding new ways to do the same lines. So the early takes are actually easier and I think there's more surprises in them. Votes: 0

My favorite part of any event is a Q&A. I do get asked a lot of the same questions but every now and then someone surprises me - and I LOVE that. Votes: 0

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it. Votes: 0

I love surprises and coincidences. I love them even more when I don't pass them off as luck, but rather recognize them as a sign that my life's course is right on track. Votes: 0

It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious. Votes: 0

Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so I am obsessed with hockey since I was a little kid. Votes: 0

Science is exploration. The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don't know what's there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises. Votes: 0

There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if there were no exceptions, no sunny days, no acts of random kindness. Votes: 0

What attracts the photographer is precisely the chance to penetrate inside phenomena, to uncover forms... He pursues them into their last refuges and surprises them at their most positive, their most material and true. Votes: 0

I'm thinking that it might actually be possible for things to work out sometimes. Definitely not everything and maybe not the way you imagined. But sometimes, when you least expected it, life surprises you. Votes: 0

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans. Votes: 0

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know. Votes: 0

Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home. Votes: 0

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books. Votes: 0

I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I don't have to prepare it, and sometimes I have a concert grand! Votes: 0

I've been blessed with some lovely scripts and a character that people could truly identify with. It's one of those surprises in life that makes you think, 'God was smiling on me that particular day. Votes: 0

Others are to us like the characters in fiction, eternal and incorrigible; the surprises they give us turn out in the end to have been predictable and unexpected variations on the theme of being themselves. Votes: 0

The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one it becomes necessary to have an accurate knowledge of the enemy's camp. Votes: 0

You will be fine,' the fortune teller says. 'There may be decisions to make and surprises in store. Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that. Votes: 0

Life is a series of surprises. Votes: -1