Quotes About Surprise

Nessuno mi stava aspettando. Ma mi aspettava ogni cosa.

A disconcerting image of the cameraman thrown in a shallow grave passed through my sights; he sat up in the dark and noticed the blanket of his bed was made of sod.

It was a good day to arrive in New York City. No one expected me. Everything awaited me.

To be original, seek your inspiration from unexpected sources.

When you've lived as long as I have, you tend to think you've heard everything, that there's nothing left that can shock you anymore. You grow a little complacent about your so-called knowledge of the world, and then, every once in a while, something comes along that jolts you out of your smug cocoon of superiority, that reminds you all over again that you don't understand the first thing about life.

the big thing no one was expecting to happen, that no one had ever imagined could happen, was happening in all the unexpected and unimaginable ways that big things tend to happen.

Amy fu il premio degli Schneiderman, il regalo di Natale nascosto sotto un mucchio di carta appallottolata che non lo trovi finché la festa non è finita e gli ospiti sono andati tutti a casa.

Expect the unexpected, they say, but once the unexpected happens, the last thing you expect is that it will happen again.

Ha az ember annyi id?t megélt, mint én, hajlamos azt hinni, már mindent hallott, nincs már, ami megdöbbentse. Önelégülten hiszi, hogy ismeri a világot, aztán id?nként jön valami, ami kirántja a fels?bbrend? önelégültség gubójából, ami újra emlékezteti, hogy kutyagumit se tud az életr?l.

Quando hai vissuto a lungo come me tendi a pensare di aver ascoltato di tutto, di non poterti più stupire di nulla. Ti viene pure voglia di vantarti della tua esperienza del mondo e poi, ogni tanto, ti ritrovi di fronte a qualcosa che ti catapulta fuori dal bozzolo di goduta superiorità, ricordandoti da capo che della vita non capisci un bel niente.

I would not go so far as to say that he was a good person … but Boris had his own set of rules and he stuck to them. Unlike everyone else I had met here, he managed to flat above his circumstances … It was as if he had imagined every possibility in advance, and therefore he was never surprised by what happened. Inherent in his attitude was a pessimism so deep, so devastating, so fully in tune with the facts, that it actually made him cheerful.

So," he said to Sefton, "you knew that ghosts were real...and you led us to the 'most haunted building in London.' What's up with that?

The surprise of situational distress has produced deeply emotional questions that have led them to deeply theological conclusions, but it's been nothing like the sort of theological debate found in a classroom.

As you struggle, you must not view your marriage as bad luck, or poor planning, or as a mess that you made for yourself. No, God is right smack-dab in the middle of your struggle. He is not surprised by what you are facing today. He is up to something.

First, God is not shocked or surprised that you are discouraged

As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

We will never forget those sombre valleys where the mist never lifts. The sudden ambuscade, arrows whipping like a swarm of hornets from the trees. Silent assassins crawling on their bellies, axe in one hand, knife in the other.

The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing, it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go, 'Hey, there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!'

Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected.

Kittens can happen to anyone.

When people go looking for something, they often find something else.

One day something will come through that will amaze us all.

Romance can be as simple as leaving a note on the refrigerator that says "I love you" or giving an unexpected hug. It can include heroic gestures like helping your partner do his taxes or scouring the tile in her skanky-looking shower or taking a whole day to organize a lover's Nightmare-on-Elm-Street closet.

There's another element in the euro crisis, another weakness of a shared currency, that took many people, myself included, by surprise. It turns out that countries that lack their own currency are highly vulnerable to self-fulfilling panic, in which the efforts of investors to avoid losses from default end up triggering the very default they fear.