Quotes About Surprise

Haga que su audiencia se ponga en el lugar de su héroe. • Dirija desde el corazón, no desde la cabeza. • Utilice el factor sorpresa. • Las historias con éxito convierten el «yo» en «nosotros»: ¡armonice sus intereses! • Asegúrese que su historia les deje claro cómo se van a beneficiar.

Siegel, who codirects UCLA's Mindsight Institute and is author of the scientifically acclaimed books "The Developing Mind: and "The Mindful Brain," broke down the essential sequence of surprise as expectation + violation of expectation. He quoted Jerome Bruner, one of the fathers of cognitive psychology, who said "narrative emerges from violations to expectations.

One thing we are learning to be sure of: life does not get less strange.

He was not surprised that a tear hit the page, nor that he spread it on the paper with his thumb as he had before.

She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

As they began emptying their sacks, there in each manís sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.

But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.

They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.

“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.

So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,

And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.

So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.

The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”

At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!

They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so.

But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”