Quotes About Surprise

Turned out there was some big, bad Wolf in my good boy after all.

Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.

Like twinned with unlike is beauty's shock.

Rain could show up at your door and teach you how to dance.

Do not always expect good to happen, but do not let evil take you by surprise.

In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent; A thing brought forth that we didn't know we had in us, So we blink our eyes, as if a tiger had sprung out And stood in the light, licking its tail.

I'm not sure if he physically changes, or if he uses some kind of mind control to make you think he looks different, but the bottom line is you don't always see him coming. And make no mistake about it, the guy is evil.

Thunder and lightning!" cried the huge man when he came within speaking distance of the little minister — "thunder and lightning! if it isn't Mr Maclaren himself! Not a day older — man, you're a wonder!

Look here, Bel," he said. "I've got a car. Peter said I could have his car for the day. Where shall we go? Where would you like to go?" "You mean today?" asked Bel. She felt slightly dazed for she was not a "sudden" person. She had envisaged a quiet day doing various odd jobs for which she had no time during the week.

I see you brought along your violent little girlfriend. What a nice surprise!" - Saint Dane (The Reality Bug)

One moment they were in a Brandenyard street, the next running by wicket-fenced fields where stupidly dignified goats with great, flopping ears and fat, overlong noses stared at them solemnly.

Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I'm right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of the joke, because humor is 90% surprise. If they know what's coming, they won't laugh as hard.

Years ago, I was asked to come up to do a store signing in Vermont. The short version is the two younger guys who own the store pick me up at the airport and start driving me around Vermont, showing me the sights and the textile mills and the restaurants, and the punchline is there's no store. There is no store!

We want to see ourselves - but differently. We want to see these dream versions of ourselves. We want to be surprised; we want to be entertained. I think primarily, especially in this country, we ask that movies entertain us, which seems to be something they're less and less likely to do on a continual basis.

If you know what you want, you use Google. But if you don't know what you want, and you want to be surprised and find something you didn't expect, we want you come to StumbleUpon. Really, that idea of being a discovery engine versus a search engine.

Who would have thought that Shane McMahon would have any kind of a chance versus Undertaker?

It's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I had my first communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn't what I was after at all.

We never thought we'd be commercially viable, and we were proved wrong.

What makes 'Maybach Music V' so special was, of course, I put the album out celebrating my daughter's birthday as well, and DeJ Loaf is her favorite artist. So 'Maybach Music V,' I wanted a real airy type of feel. Just a real slow vibe to it that's also going to surprise my daughter. So that's real special.

I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I'm surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are.

We're surprised, ecstatic, vibrant and exultant about the success of '7 Years.'

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.

What you think is going to be a big break or opportunity can sometimes turn into the opposite, and vice versa.