Quotes About Surprise

One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.

I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it's because it's cold in there. And I'm like: How did my mother know that?

The mountain was in labour, and Jove was afraid, but it brought forth a mouse.

All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup.

We were worried that our main speaker wouldn't be able to make it tonight. But, fortunately, due to a hole in the prosecution's case . . .

The idea of thanking staff should mean giving them something that they would never buy for themselves.

A man surprised is half beaten.

There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.

In war, more than anywhere else in the world, things happen differently from what we had expected, and look differently when near from what they did at a distance.

You want to make God laugh? Tell him your future plans.

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.

There is space within sisterhood for likeness and difference, for the subtle differences that challenge and delight; there is space for disappointment- and surprise.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

God answers all our prayers. Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes the answer is no. Sometimes the answer is, you've got to be kidding!

If Noah found himself back on Earth, you can bet all he would recognize would be the jokes.

Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest.

The possibilities for tomorrow are usually beyond our expectations.

Some women blush when they are kissed; some call for the police; some swear; some bite. But the worst are those who laugh.

Shiver my timbers!... Bless your dear eyes, that sparkle with elation...

If at first you do succeed — try to hide your astonishment.

2020 — waiting to see what comes up next in Apocalypse Bingo

The nature of love is that it catches you off-guard, subjects you to rules you have never faced, some of them contradictory.

Hooting and hollering, the crowd reliably responded as if that were the height of humor, while Herman slapped me on the back and nearly fell off his gunnysack seat guffawing and I laughed as hard as if I hadn't heard that mossy joke at every rodeo I had ever been to. Life can tickle you in the ribs surprisingly when it's not digging its thumb in.

Tako obicno biva. Oni koje zelimo da vidimo ne dolaze u casovima kad na njih mislimo i kad ih najvise ocekujemo, a pojavljuju se u nekom trenutku kad smo mislima najdalje od njih.