Quotes About Surprise

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

Singing pop music was not something I planned, but I managed to do it.

It was like I was Hannah Montana! I was a normal girl from Pittsburgh one minute and then a pop star the next!

It's so funny when you're actually directing because things start popping that you don't expect to pop, and something that you think is going to pop, maybe doesn't quite have the impetus that you thought it might.

When my phone pops up with Dierks Bentley, I'm like 'Oh my gosh! Okay, wait. He's supposed to be, like, my friend. I'm supposed to be cool.'

I never thought I was going to be popular; I never thought I was going to be famous.

When I first started going to Portland, people told me about Stumptown. They were like 'Oh, it's the best coffee,' and I thought, 'How good could it really be?' I'm like, 'Sure, great, uh... I'd love to see it.' But then when I went, it truly, I am not kidding, is the best coffee I have ever had.

'The Lego Movie' did better than we could possibly have imagined. We were very nervous that people would discount it because it is called 'The Lego Movie.'

I was shocked, and I ended up contacting three academics to find out if it could possibly be that my grandmother was a courtesan.

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

I look for those moments that are 'gee whiz' moments. There's some 'gee whiz' stories in our show, and they can't be written like A-1 in the Times. They have to be written more like Page 6 in the Post.

I get notes posted on my windscreen wipers and through my letterbox.

When you see me up on a breaking-news story, it is not good news. I'm not about to give you the secret to my mom's sweet potato pie.

I'm at 23 feet, diving into 17 feet of water. I'm over 400 pounds. Who doesn't want to see that? I do. I'm always shocked that I can do it.

Cancer can catch even the best of us off guard. Sometimes the emotions come pouring out. Sometimes they stay locked inside.

Balk the enemy's power; force him to reveal himself.

I'll always keep you guessing. I'm living up to the name. It's powerful. That's just what I do.

I don't feel like consistency is in my life at all, but I honestly wouldn't have it any other way because it keeps my life interesting.

I didn't think I'd be getting a contract at 34. That wasn't in my mind.

I never really expected to be controversial.

I found out my husband can cook!

I'm cooking 42 years, and I didn't know bananas are good for my brain.

That's the cool thing about how my career has been - you never know where I'm showing up next.