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Quotes About Surprise

You suddenly find yourself somewhere and you wonder, how did I get in this room? That happens to me all the time, every day!
~ Shirley Henderson
The news of Mr. Breitbart's death came as a surprise to me when I was informed of it this morning. My prayers go out to Mr. Breitbart's family as they cope during this very difficult time.
~ Shirley Sherrod
Usually when fans find out about my music for the first time, they're like "Oh this guy's actually for real!" And it's just like yea, you found Waldo.
~ SonReal
Good news!" she chirped. "The doctor says this time it's triplets!
~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept up on me.
~ Suzanne Collins
Who could have predicted what would happen in the time it takes to boil an egg?
~ Timothee de Fombelle
I mean, if Pearl Harbor came along, you could have said the planning was wrong by the military ahead of time or maybe the battleships shouldn't have all been in the harbor and all that kind of thing.
~ Warren Buffett
This might surprise you, but I do feel like I have, because the shooting of all these films was spread out, for the most part. They just happen to be coming out at the same time.
~ Zoe Kravitz
When I'm making a movie, I don't like to know what's going to happen next. I like to watch something and be surprised all the time, and just not know, and let it take me wherever.
~ Julian Schnabel
He looked again. Longer this time. She may have 'forgotten' to put a bra on that morning. Another oops. "Are you kidding me with that?" he asked.
~ Julie James
Give me a mirror.Or holy water. I'll drink it,even!" I gasped as someone threw water on the side of my face. "A little warning next time would be nice.
~ Kiersten White
I thought I'd learn a few new words, but the men were too shocked to even swear this time.
~ Kiersten White
It seems to me divorce is so common now. It ought to be more institutionalized. It's like a head-on collision every time. It's supposed to be a surprise but it's commonplace.
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Um, yeah 15-year-olds don't lead at an LPGA event all the time. But like I said, I'm very surprised. I've been playing really good golf and I'm confident with my game.
~ Lydia Ko
I love spoilers, and I read spoilers all the time. I make people tell me the endings of movies before I go to see them, and yet I refuse to give spoilers. It's kind of unfair, but that's how I roll.
~ Mariko Tamaki
But they never notice the following inconsistency: this so-called worst-case event, when it happened, exceeded the worst case at the time.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today!
~ Mark Twain
You cannot surprise an individual more than twice with the same marvel
~ Mark Twain
The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn't do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn't prepared for him; he does the thing he ought not to do; and often it catches the expert out and ends him on the spot.
~ Mark Twain
The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger. The lad fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board-fence, and disappeared over it.
~ Mark Twain
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.
~ Mark Twain
I'll give you a marvel.
~ Mark Twain
Artemus Ward used that trick a good deal; then when the belated audience presently caught the joke he would look up with innocent surprise, as if wondering what they had found to laugh at. Dan Setchell used it before
~ Mark Twain
B Y AND BY, WHEN WE GOT UP, WE TURNED OVER THE TRUCK THE GANG had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.
~ Mark Twain