Quotes About Surprise

Great God, Vivien…Miss Manning. I didn't expect to see you here today." She tilted her head. "Nor I you. When I heard your voice, I thought I was dreaming." He arched a brow. "Do you often dream of me in bookstores?" She laughed even though the question was a loaded one. "You must know you are dreamed of by dozens of women. I could not say I wasn't one of them.

I guess I forgot we were going out tonight. We always go out on Fridays. It's Thursday, Alvis. You are so tied to routine.

Other women were like presents he was constantly disappointed in unwrapping

Sometimes, the unexpected happens. Sometimes, someone makes you break your own rules.

When he sees me coming, he joyfully holds up a box and yells, "See? I told ya! Coffee, toast, eggs, and bacon! All at once! It's a miracle!

Oh my God, what is going on? Did you just curtsy at someone?

What the hell? For what?' "That

She was like that, excited and delighted by little things, crossing her fingers before any remotely unpredictable event, like tasting a new flavor of ice cream, or dropping a letter in a mailbox. It was a quality he did not understand. It made him feel stupid, as if the world contained hidden wonders he could not anticipate, or see.

She was like that, excited and delighted by little things, crossing her fingers before any remotely unpredictable event, like tasting a new flavor of ice cream, or dropping a letter in a mailbox. It was a quality he did not understand. It made him feel stupid, as if the world contained hidden wonders he could not anticipate, or see. He

The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat the feat at someone's bidding.

Sometimes what someone else does is really not what you expected them to do, which to be honest, sometimes doesn't work.

I do love that discovery of when you're trying to figure out how to make something work, and it happens in a way that you didn't predict.

One of the things that made Star Wars work was the kids didn't know who their dad was.

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

I got you a present." "Did you?" "It's a book of poetry--romancy stuff. I thought, 'How schmaltzy is that,' so it seemed like the thing. Then I screwed up and left it in my desk at work

IT'S funny. It doesn't work the other way round !

I put a spell on people so they don't know they're working out... An enchanting spell, where they just don't think about it, or over think it, and then at the end they go, 'Wow, I feel good.'

The real artist's work is a surprise to himself.

Some people are much like blisters-they don't show up until the work is done.

Never take your eyes off your opponent. And never think you don't have to work for a victory. Even now, you could surprise me. (Takeshi)

The harder you had to work to open a package, the less you ended up caring about what was inside.

A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art.

I love to fool my readers, but in a good way. If you've read any of my work, there's a good chance that at some point I surprised you.

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality.