Quotes About Surprise

in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer VI. Triumph VII. A Knock at the Door VIII. A Hand at Cards

Her first proceeding there was to unlock a tall press, bring out several bottles, and pour some of the contents of each into my mouth. I think they must have been taken out at random, for I am sure I tasted aniseed water, anchovy sauce, and salad dressing.

It was a great surprise to Scrooge, while listening to the moaning of the wind, and thinking what a solemn thing it was to move on through the lonely darkness over an unknown abyss, whose depths were secrets as profound as death – it was a great surprise to Scrooge, while thus engaged, to hear a hearty laugh.

Murder hornets: because 2020 wasn't bad enough.

You lie dead and cold— Unsuspecting. Who could fathom what you hold?— Bones of poets, castles, carved marble— A doll's head. You lie dead and cold— Unsuspecting.

Little Mary was visiting her grandmother in the country. Walking in the garden, she chanced to see a peacock, a bird she had never seen before. After gazing in silent admiration, she ran quickly into the house and cried out: "Oh, Granny, come and see! One of your chickens is in bloom."

What is taken from you before you get it? Your photograph.

But somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

"That's what." —She

– What the hail? – For the hail of it – Hail yah!

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..."

Don't worry, it only seems kinky the first time.

The best parts of life can come unplanned.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

Your perfume. . .' His tone held a faint hint of surprise. 'I'd somehow expected you to wear something more. . .sultry. I don't recognize this fragrance.' 'It's new," Courtenay said tersely. 'It's called Get Lost. You've probably never encountered it before.

The court had handed her over to his charge. What a mistake! He should have had her when she was young if he was ever to hope to do anything with her. But he must do something. He reached out suddenly and took possession of the cigarette and case before the surprised girl had time to protest.

When I was born I was so surprised I couldn't talk for a year and a half.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

Well, just like the feller said when he showed up at the fancy-dress ball with a rubber johnny on his beezer and the doorman asked him what he'd come as –"fuck nose".

Second, culture is the breeding ground of cataclysmic change, a North Sea out of which commotion constantly storms. Without a working knowledge of culture, the corporation lives in a perpetual state of surprise, waiting for the next big storm to hit.

Frost knew we don't win contemporary markets by adding a feature or shaving the price point. The trick is to make innovations that make people blink with surprise and perhaps shiver with desire.

e tutte le cose intorno ascoltavano sorprese che oltre il lieve mormorio degli alberi al vento altre voci esistessero.

Something unpredictable but in the end it's right, I hope you have the time of your life.

My grandfather had two boys, my uncle had three boys, my dad had me and my two brothers, each of my brothers have had two boys. Then something happened with the chromosomal experiment and suddenly I've got three girls.