Quotes About Surprise

Our relationship felt like a Christmas gift that you hadn't asked for and weren't expecting to receive, but the minute you saw it, you knew it was perfect for you.

[Donald] Trump is a [Hillary] Clinton Christmas gift.

Waiting for a special occasion to kill me? Christmas is coming.

Gazzy sniffed the air. "That's explosives. It smells like Christmas!" Okay, so we've had somewhat untraditional Christmases. With explosives.

You know what? From now on, I think I'm going to call you Mister Christmas.

One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing.

This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended.

I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.

The flow of writing is always a surprise and a challenge. Click the computer on and I am 17 again, wanting to write and not knowing if I can.

It just didn't occur to me, sitting at my computer, that I would end up travelling all over the world.

There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the other was the fact that the century would end.

Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.

You have to remain positive and just try your best and part of that is doing things that continually surprise people, including yourself, so that you don't get pigeon-holed.

Don't be surprised by your greatness. Be surprised that no one expected it.

Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

You never know where your next scare is coming from. You've just gotta find the courage to face it.

Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least, of the same courage in ourselves.

I spent many years not knowing where my dad was... Not knowing if my dad was alive, even. He turned up when I was 16 out of the blue.

Growing up, Santa Claus would cover the presents with a white blanket, so when we'd wake up Christmas morning, we had to wait for my dad to do the big reveal of all the presents Santa brought.

I'm a goof. I talk too much. I tell stories. I tell cheesy Dad jokes. I'm theatrical and I'll mix things up and I'll surprise people. Those are the things that I just do because that's who I am.

Dad? Um, listen. I have kind of a crazy story for you.

I can't get over this. Dad isn't Sam's dad? Dad is a friend? How was I supposed to know that? People shouldn't be allowed to sign themselves as Dad unless they are your dad. It should be the law.

Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea.

From someone whose dad buys him a spade for Christmas, I thought you'd be grateful!