Quotes About Surprise

OK, publishing a book and releasing a movie is all very well, but Tottenham beating Man. U. 3-2... priceless.

The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.

Arré Ahmed!" Amina Sinai yelled, "Janum, the baby! It's coming—bang on time!

it came anticlimactically, without any warning, wearing soft shoes…

But the jungle, like all refuges, was entirely other - was both less and more - than he had expected.

Sometimes, quite out of the blue, sport will throw up a tender moment, when hostility ceases and an opponent is acknowledged.

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. This is the sport, the luxury, special to the intellectual man.

I met a guy yesterday, 7 feet tall. Yeah, handsome, great big guy, 7 feet tall! ... I figured he had to be in sport, but he wasn't in sport.

Miracles are great, but they're so damn unpredictable.

Go jogging? And get hit by a meteor?

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.

There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. You may (possibly) all live to thank me yet.

The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted it and we could do something better.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

Success and failure are equally surprising.

As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success, which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time.

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.

I never planned on becoming a brand name. The success of the Trump name worldwide has been a surprise.

I'm not so much surprised by the success of 'Ugly Betty' as I am feeling so blessed by it.