Quotes About Surprise

No hay sorpresa más encantadora que la sorpresa de ser amado; es el dedo de Dios sobre el hombro del hombre. Charles Morgan

leaders are born in crises and accidents happen when you least expect them.

But it was option three that won out. Always one to savor new adventures, I opted to bathe Oscar the old-fashioned way — shampoo and water, in the shower. Weighing the situation, I concluded that Oscar had the advantage of quickness, cunning, claws that could remove all skin from my body, and a lack of concern for human life. I had the element of surprise, strength, and the advantage of battlefield selection.

Speed. Surprise. Violence of action.

Failure Is Not Predictive

For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me.

Oh sweet cheeze-us!" I wailed, and dropped butt-first onto the table. "Ohhh! Cheeze-us-crust!" I

Josy Barthel came first in the 1500m at the 1952 Olympic Games. This was a real triumph, as being from the tiny country of Luxembourg, no-one had expected him to have a chance - especially the band, who hadn't brought the music for Luxembourg's national anthem with them. They were forced to improvise, causing Barthel to put his head in his hands and weep.

One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.

If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what really throws you into a panic.

If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming.

Kids are life's only guaranteed bona fide upside surprise.

Here comes Johnny!

It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

Readers know full well that when a writer takes pains to tell them a character doesn't expect the worst, she's about to get it.

There's a formula to my films-people expect certain things out of a Jackie Chan film-but within those expectations, I want to give people a shock

Expecting conceit they found courtesy. Expecting arrogance they found a man concerned with people's thoughts and feelings.

Love does not appear with any warning signs. You fall into it as if pushed from a high diving board. No time to think about what's happening. It's inevitable. An event you can't control. A crazy, heart-stopping, roller-coaster ride that just has to take its course.

unaware of the fate around the corner.

And oil's not supposed to mix with water. But then someone invented mayonnaise, and wham - instant mixing.

Trying to force Seneca's approach: believe the worst and you will be prepared when it takes place; by believing the worst, he actually thought he was earning a happy surprise.

He raised and lowered his eyebrows several times as if he were planning to do something Mom would not approve of. Something fun. Something exciting. Jessie felt her stomach flip then flop.

old lovers? Why didn't you tell me?

The extraordinary hides behind the camouflage of the ordinary. Assume nothing, Maisie.