Quotes About Surprise

Episodic TV is notoriously brutal because just when you think 'I've got this, I know this character' you can pick up the script for series four and you die in the first episode - or your character suddenly transitions from a woman to a man.

The whole world was surprised by this war. We, the citizens of Yugoslavia, were even more surprised. When I think about it, I am still angry with myself. Is it possible that the war crept into our lives slowly, stealthily, like a thief? Why didn't we see it coming? Why didn't we do something to prevent it? Why were we so arrogant that we thought it could not happen to us? Were we really prisoners of a fairytale?

Damn son, where'd you find this?

Do not disclose ur secret weapon to ur enemy before you use' em

U wanna prove ur enemies wrong, then make it happen, take' em by surprise!!!

The only thing worse than not getting what you want, is getting it.

Grace's eyes bigger than DVD's, Rachel's mouth hanging open so wide you could reach right in and perform a tonsillectomy.

The food at Pleasant's was almost as good as the coffee. Indeed, when he considered the two together, Poirot found it hard to believe what he knew to be the case: that everybody who worked in the kitchen here was English. Incroyable.

Here is my recommendation: wherever possible, treat anything you can as a mystery. Why? Because mysteries make life better. I love mysteries, including the desperately-craving-an-answer part, more than I love their solutions. Definite answers shut down possibilities, while an unsolved puzzle ignites our imagination and invites us to think, 'What if it turns out to be something shocking and unguessable that will well and truly blow my mind?'.

Hi," I return, gesturing to the fish. "Nice catch." "Yeah. I'm kind of impressed with myself. I always thought redheads were sexy." "Ha-ha. I meant the fish." "Ah. Yes.

Cassian's not a bad sort. He's not . . . quite like his father." Not quite. I pull back, certain my mother has been snatched by aliens. "Are you serious?

A good many things happen without planning or consent. I wager no one consulted you before dubbing you a termagant.

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

Russell will never forget the reaction of Dantzel's mother when she discovered that he was having Dantzel work two jobs and bleeding her in between. I was said that behind every successful man is a surprised mother in law.

Russell will never forget the reaction of Dantzel's mother when she discovered that he was having Dantzel work two jobs and bleeding her in between. It was said that behind every successful man is a surprised mother in law.

Your diet must be about fifty-fifty, carrots and locoweed," Annie said softly. He froze. "I can't figure out what in the name of God's labia majora you think you're doing...but I'm impressed by how well you're doing it in the dark. You must have eyes like a cat.

Mensch tracht, Gott lacht. (Man plans, God laughs.) —Yiddish proverb

Waiting for the operation, there was a gentle tap on the door. In came a strapping nurse. 'Good morning', she shrilled, whipped back the bedclothes, upped with his nightshirt, grabbed his willy, lathered furiously around it till it looked like the Eddystone Lighthouse in a storm, then shaved the whole area till it looked like an oven-ready chicken. 'Excuse me, nurse', said Looney, 'why did you knock?

Sweet mother of crap, what the hell has he done to my house?" Why did you never tell him to stop doing that stupid shit with his facial hair? "It's his face." Well, now it's his house.

The next time you're faced with something that's unexpected, unwanted and uncertain, consider that it just may be a gift.

When Sister Bear received a beautiful golden locket for her birthday, she was surprised and pleased. It was shaped like a heart, and it had her name on it. "Happy birthday, dear!" said Mama and Papa Bear, giving her a big hug.

An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret.

Your enemy is presenting you with new options and challenges every day. If you respond in a wholly expected way each time, you will become predictable, and a predictable enemy is much easier to defeat than one who treats his adversaries to a surprise on a regular basis.

Even in my dreams I never imagined that I should find so much love on Earth.' (Prince Albert)