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Quotes About Surprise

I was not a jock in high school. I know, you're shocked.
~ Mo Rocca
I was expecting someone dark to play 'Dexter' - someone like Johnny Depp.
~ Jeff Lindsay
I win over Anthony Johnson six out of seven days. But, the only thing that wasn't supposed to happen, happened.
~ Alexander Gustafsson
I didn't have a clue how big a club Celtic were when I joined.
~ Henrik Larsson
Joining 'Dancing With the Stars,' you really don't know what you are in for or what to expect.
~ Chrishell Stause
By Timothy! By Timothy, if it isn't Scotland Yard!
~ Francis Durbridge
MARE'S NEST. He has found a mare's nest, and is laughing at the eggs; said of one who laughs without any apparent cause.
~ Francis Grose
Art must take reality by surprise.
~ Francoise Sagan
But I killed you," Alyss said. "Did you?" Red turned to The Cat. "Why wasn't I informed?
~ Frank Beddor
After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?'" -Dodge(obviously)
~ Frank Beddor
I think I speak for all of us when I say, "Huh?
~ Frank Beddor
A Glass Eye leaped out from behind a parcked smail-trasport, blocked thier way. "Did you drop something?" Dodge asked the assassian. "Caus I think I see you..." he unheathed his sword and swung, decapitating the Glass Eye in one blow, "...head over there.
~ Frank Beddor
Oh. My. God.' she said, pointing out of the window. 'Do you know what that is?' I nodded and said, 'I think I may have seen it before.' 'That,' said Florida, 'is the Moonyouidiot.
~ Frank Cottrell Boyce
If you don't understand it right away, don't worry, you're in good company. Many fund managers and corporate CEOs had only a limited understanding of the bond and derivatives markets until very recently. Even President Clinton reportedly admitted surprise when he discovered the importance of—in his words, according to one source—a bunch of "fucking bond traders.
~ Frank Partnoy
I walked back into the bedroom and, after all that, I actually was surprised. She lay on the bed, her hands nonchalantly behind her head, with the banana between her legs. Only half of it was alfresco. It was if we'd had sex and then, before heading for the bathroom, I'd bookmarked her vagina so as not to lose my place.
~ Frank Skinner
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny.
~ Frans de Waal
The science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov reportedly once said, "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny.
~ Frans de Waal
Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans.
~ Franz Metcalf
He dreamed he was eating shredded wheat and woke up to find the mattress half gone.
~ Fred Allen
It is not uncommon in the church for us to urge each other to witness to our faith and sometimes we do so as though it were easy to do. It is not. Our faith is so profoundly intimate and important that we draw our breath in pain to tell the story of our faith in God. And to find the appropriate word to speak even to a receptive mind is difficult. Especially if the opportunity that presents itself comes as a total surprise.
~ Fred B. Craddock
One of our friends asked Fred about his thoughts on heaven when she was taking a walk with him on a Nantucket beach a few years ago. I'll bet there was a twinkle in his eye when he told her, "Oh, I think there will be a lot of people surprised to see who's there!" Fred would never want anyone to think they might not be worthy of getting through heaven's gate. His God loved everyone—just the way they were!
~ Fred Rogers
I was walking this far off the ground,' Rogers said, smiling at the memory and holding his hand a foot above the floor. 'You know, there are special times and there are extra special times. I feel that the real drama of life is never center stage, it's always in the wings. It's never with the spotlight on, it's usually something that you don't expect at all.
~ Fred Rogers
Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. LESS
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche