surprise quotes

• There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror. (William Maugham) [life/surprise/horror]
• No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. (Robert Frost) [tears/tears/surprise/surprise]
• The secret to humor is surprise. ( Aristotle) [surprise]
• A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. (Francis Bacon) [question/surprise]
• None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events. (Vaclav Havel) [spirit/surprise/right]
• The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. (Eric Hoffer) [pleasure/feeling/surprise]
• Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity --it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. (John Keats) [poetry/surprise/strike/thoughts]
• The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us. (Francois De La Rochefoucauld) [thing/surprise/surprise]
• One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a strong and powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies. (Michel Eyquem De Montaig) [surprise/willpower/willpower]
• Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged to some one, I, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself. (Oscar Wilde) [health/willpower/surprise/matter]
• It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people. (Pamela Anderson) [surprise/people]
• [Combine those conspiracy theories with the unfounded but persistent rumor that Cobain was actually murdered, and it is no surprise that, in the song] Celebrity Skin, ... A walking study/in demonology. (Courtney Love) [surprise/celebrity]
• The sweetness and the niceness of the guy. That continued to surprise because the project seems to be huge, the film, and yet, he seemed to have time for everyone and as Jessica said, the way he ran about was funny. (Albert Finney) [surprise/film/time]
• Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying "Wow, this is it. I guess I'm happy. I got a home I love. A career that I love. I'm even feeling more and more at peace with myself." If there's something else to happiness, let me know. I'm ambitious for that, too.” (Harrison Ford) [being/surprise/housing/love]
• I had a lot of people saying to me, to my surprise, thank you for making it. (Jake Gyllenhaal) [people/surprise]
• A few people have mentioned it, and it kind of took me by surprise. I really didn't expect that, ... Michael Jackson was not a sort of ingredient or inspiration for the character at all. (Johnny Depp) [people/surprise/inspiration/character]
• Classes were always a bore to me. I wanted to learn things on my own, not by presentations.I was a loudmouth and a clown. It came as a surprise to me, later, that I could be serious and still get attention. (Nicolas Cage) [surprise/attention]
• “It's a total surprise. But I don't have any concerns about the product.” (Ann Miller) [surprise]
• “It's not something that Lex planned or that the audience may have known or have hints about in the future like sometimes happens in episodic television. This is a complete surprise for everyone. And I literally didn't know who it was until I read the script. I actually thought it was between two different people until I read the scripts. And I was right, this person was one of those two people, but I didn't know for sure.” (Tom Welling) [future/television/surprise/people]
• “This show did a really good job, leading up to this episode, to not hint toward it at all. And when the death occurs, it's a complete surprise to every single character.” (Tom Welling) [death/surprise]
• “It wouldn't surprise me if Pier 1's ongoing situation leads to some management shuffle unless things improve, ... Pier 1 has called itself a growth company, not a value company. For that it needs to grow its top line and profits.” (William Baldwin) [surprise/situation/growth/company]
• “Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.” (Adolf Hitler) [surprise/war]
• I thought what an interesting choice Waddington was for Duncan. Such a complete surprise to me. While I didn't know it at the time, Daniel had suggested to Michael that I play Cora before we had ever met. (Madeleine Stowe) [choice/surprise/time]
• One day, during preproduction he called me into his office. I thought that he was displeased with something and asked him, "What is it?" He said, to my surprise "I just wanted to hang out". And that was it. I don't even recall that we had much to say at that point. (Madeleine Stowe) [day/office/surprise/point]
• It wouldn't surprise me if some time in the next 20 years or so, you see a white-haired Ripley hobbling around out there. (Sigourney Weaver) [surprise/time]
• A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me. (Chevy Chase) [surprise]
• “The biggest surprise was we found out Eva is one incredible shot. We used live ammo, and let me tell you, the girl can shoot a gun.” (Michael Douglas) [surprise]
• I could make an ultra-violent movie. I could make one that would surprise a lot of people, because I believe in violence, in the vulgarity of it, I believe in how clumsy it looks. And I believe with a good script, I could make it. I haven't found that particular movie yet. (Kevin Costner) [movie/surprise/people/vulgarity]
• And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about. (Vanessa Carlton) [surprise/people/thing/people]
• “The coach said he'd be bringing players on and off so it wasn't a surprise, ... It's just one of those things.” (David Beckham) [surprise]
• “I didn't expect to win. It was a big surprise. Especially with the draw, I couldn't really think I would make even a set. I was coming out to play a few games and make sure I was moving okay and get back the rhythm.” (Marat Safin) [surprise/think]

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