Best 516 quotes in «surprise quotes» category

Why is it always such a surprise? thinks Toby. The moon. Even though we know it's coming. Every time we see it, it makes us pause, and hush.

With the sensation that he was passing through the Looking-Glass, Max stared at his father as if he had never seen him before—simultaneously impressed and unnerved at the thought that, after all these years, he still knew so little about him.

You are my winter suddenness—a glass of red wine spilt across a white tablecloth

You don't have to be surprised when the end comes - just read the Word of God and get the full scoop!

You will never be surprised if you keep catching the easy fish.

Your name isn't Sniffles?" Ewan pretended to be surprised.

You may pray to God to remove the hills on your way and fill every pothole on your path; but don’t be surprised if God gives you a shovel to do so!

You need to wake yourself up and take a grab at life. No one is going to hand it to you.

You’re right. The fact that the entire party of fifty guests caught you and Jill Moench kissing in the closet was a complete misunderstanding." Theo snorted, turning to Penny, "His girlfriend certainly got a surprise at her party. And it wasn’t the kind where everyone jumps out from behind the couch to yell, ‘Surprise!

About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I do have a love of music and I do love to communicate it, and that's the best I can do, really. And I can raise a good family, too.

aken’ is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

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

A good joke provides tension, and then, release of that tension. You build the tension by saying things that are controversial. The release is the laugh. The bigger the surprise or insight in your joke, the bigger the laugh.

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

Alexey Brodovitch used to say, "Astonish me." We as the team at Bazaar hear that everyday because we want to surprise people.

A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.

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.

And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

And as I was sort of doodling, I was thinking, surprise and fear - probably fairly similar so let's just lose surprise. And that left us with five.

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

A lot interests me - but nothing surprises me particularly.

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

Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible.

Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.

"And you're worried, not because you're headed to meet a houseful of vampires, but because you think those vampires won't approve of you, correct?” “That's right,” I answered immediately, hiding my surprise at his casual use of the word. He shook his head. “You're incredible.

A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise!” he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face." - Rhett Butler

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.

Angels emerge from the presence of God and worship of God, are sent on mission for our redemption, so it doesn't surprise me to read in the Bible of angels leading us into the presence of God in worship.

A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.

A party like this isn't about the surprise factor. It's about someone going to so much trouble that it just... overwhelms you.

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

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.

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.

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

But what if you're wrong? What if there's more? What if there's hope you never dreamed of hoping for? What if you jump? And just close your eyes? What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise? What if He's more than enough? What if it's love?

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

Being a father is a surprise for me every day.

Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.

Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.

A woman's mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is ALWAYS something at the bottom to surprise you!

Bird Poop in the mouth is always a surprise.

By being fictions and, at the same moment, returning their subjects to us with a compelling fidelity, both photographs and poems work with the same surprise... both strike us as if they were simultaneously remembrances and revelations.

By doing what our assailant least expects us to do, we may throw him completely off. ... what he usually least suspects is instant, violent counterattack, so the principle of aggressiveness is closely tied to threat of surprise.

During a race where everyone holds their own truth, the finish line is a surprise.

Did not you? I did for you. But that is one great difference between us. Compliments always take you by surprise, and me never.

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

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