Quotes About 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.

There are no words to describe Messi; he always surprises you.

On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I'm often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I'm back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way.

The biggest surprise to me is many members in Congress don't actually work.

When you're auditioning, hold on loosely. Work hard on it at home, like you always do. But when you're in the room, let a choice happen to you rather than forcing a choice that's not ready to come. You'll surprise yourself and, hopefully, the people in the room.

I always try to plan things out, but they never work out the way I expect.

Who would imagine, at Coachella, thousands of people singing in Korean?

Anytime you go back and listen to old material, there's always the threat of being surprised.

There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in.

I dated a guy for over a year who lied about his age the entire time. I found out after the fact and couldn't believe it! I even threw him a birthday party for the wrong age... I couldn't get over how hard he had tried to keep it a secret!

Harry Styles threw a cream pie at my face in front of 15,000 people to thank me for the months we spent on the road.

Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.

There's always a thrill to see a guy's face when you sent 'em packing because you're gonna be the last person they thought about, the whole offseason.

I don't have a favorite fruit. There are things that thrill me each turn of the season.

There's no bigger thrill than beating the guy you're not supposed to beat or winning a race you're not supposed to win.

I love the thrill of putting on a record and feeling like you got the wrong one from the factory.

I like the thrill of not knowing what's happening.

I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled.

I've always wanted to buy a sports car. After the England series, I went up to my dad and said that I wanted to buy a sports car and got his consent. On his birthday, I surprised him by bringing it home. It's a Porsche Boxter Limited Edition, and my family was thrilled to see it.

When I was happily married and found myself pregnant, I just thought that this would be just the next, normal chapter. I was absolutely thrilled. So what a surprise it was when it turned out to be the hardest thing I've ever done.

The very name of the thriller '89' suggests that there is suspense.

I love a psychological thriller, particularly ones that are written by women. I've just finished 'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn, which was so creepy and never failed to surprise me, particularly the end.

There's a lot of similarities, I think, between a thriller and a comedy because it's all about tension. It's about building tension and setups and payoffs and misdirections and surprising people and sort of pushing the boundary.

People love a good thriller that makes them sit on their edge of their seats.