Quotes About Surprise

there. I had thought we would have

The image was like finding an automobile factory in your closet.

I looked up—a sheer, flat, white rocky face (the kind you would take a ski lift to reach the top of or wear a parachute to jump from)—and thought: Oh, shit.

have any thoughts here?" She looks surprised that I'm asking. "You want to know what I'd do?" "Yes, Liz. You went to one of those

It is not a surprise that a person would want to be a prophet. What's ridiculous is that other people let him.

Irony--it's funny until it happens to you.

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.

You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet could be running loose in your pants.

MOMMMM, I'm thirsty... What's this, just water?

Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it.

Both Calvin and Hobbes are sitting on a carpet, a magic carpet. They're riding in the sky, among the clouds. CALVIN: Hey, let's fly into the city and buzz Dad's office. CALVIN: Ha! Won't he be surprised whenhe sees US out his 20th-floor window. HOBBES: What if he's mad that we took the hallway rug? CALVIN: What's to get mad about? We wiped our feet first. HOBBES: Yeah, but all this city mileage may hurt the resale value.

When we come across a natural style, we are surprised and delighted; for we expected an author, and we find a man.

You could pick out what felt surprising in a book or poem and then save it, as long as you also wrote down the name of the person who wrote it first

Last on the bill, not least ladies and gentlemen. Here he is, back from the grave, back straight from the grave

Simmons hadn't been too surprised to find Franklin a young bearded man who looked more like he ought to be doing a poetry reading at a college than leading people to look at a classified government facility.

No matter how much we plan, how well trained and prepared we are, there is always an element of chaos.

Caught by surprise, Kelly had gone dark for several hours. He'd had to call his wife and explain that he had no choice but to accept after being offered one of the most important jobs in the world via tweet.

L'Amour est une surprise qui nous arrache à l'insipide, l'attachement est un lien qui se tisse au quotidien.

Une chèvre, sur le bord de la route, fit un signe avec ses cornes et Angel s'arrêta. Monte, dit-il à l'animal. La chèvre sauta dans la voiture et s'assit sur le plateau, derrière eux. Elles font toutes de l'auto-stop, expliqua Angel. [...]

That's the strange thing about love. One minute you can have your tongue up someone's arse, and the next you can't even communicate.

I'm not saying I needed my life to be a symphony - I just never thought it'd turn out to be a country song.

if you think the worst you'll get the worst, but if you think the best... and then everything will blow up in your face anyway. Don't you get the punchline yet? Its the great cosmic practical joke: Knock knock, who's there? Big kick in the Ass.

Who knew librarians could be so dangerous?

Speed, surprise, and overwhelming violence of action.