Quotes About Surprise

You have this ability to find beauty in weird places.

But just then Aneeka shrugged in response and he experienced one of those terrifying moments in which a person you thought you knew reveals a new aspect of their character that has taken hold while you weren't looking.

I always like the idea of doing interviews with somebody but completely seriously not ever mentioning what that person is generally known for.

Let me be very frank. I didn't expect to be introduced and elected.

When Arjen Robben introduced himself to me, I just couldn't believe it. I mean, I didn't think it was the real guy.

When I started on my research, I never expected I could invent the LED and laser diode.

I'm always shocked when I get an invitation. People are always shocked when they see me at a party.

I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up.

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.

I remember I hadn't bought anything for my Mum for Christmas and I actually won an iron, so I was excited that I could take that home for her.

From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.

Life is full of ironies and absurdities.

I was playing 25Ks in Japan, and now I'm the... champion of Indian Wells. It's crazy.

I got to travel to Japan. I never in my life thought I would go to Japan.

The only reason I even learned Japanese was to figure out what my parents were getting me for Christmas.

I used to keep a coin jar and would cash it in when I was pinched a little, back-in-the-day. I would always be shocked when the amount totaled $200 to $300.

Jason Statham is funny, I never knew that.

In person, I wear jeans and flip-flops, and people are so shocked. They tell me I look so much younger than they expected.

I never, ever thought Jeremy Corbyn would be quoting me!

Jerry didn't know he wanted to get married until he was married.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

Most people are blown away by the fact that Beck is Jewish... and Billy Joel. I didn't know he was Jewish.

Interestingly that some of the characters did not turn out the way Jim and Allen had envisioned them.

It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.