If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
The element of surprise wasn't allowed near the Periodic Table. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
“So much for the element of surprise,” I said. She sniffed. “I’d rather have the element of naked threat any day.” — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
The director Steve McQueen has found a way to constantly include the element of surprise in his work, both as an artist… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Can there be allowed - are we allowed to have any more in the military, General, the element of surprise? You know,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The stupidity of a stupid man is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent man has a much wider… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of pre-meditated music. Things like free-styling, the element of surprise - I think people need to scale… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
“At least we have the element of surprise." "FQ$k surprise, sir. I'd rather have artillery!" - Sergeant Major John Brown (Power Games,… — Richard Peters Copy Share Image
The element of surprise is the most important thing and what keeps me interested in writing. I can feel it if I've… — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
“Although this table contains a great many elements, from the element oxygen, which is found in the air, to the element aluminum,… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was… — Dorothy Cottrell Copy Share Image
I think the Occupy movement will, or at least should, become a protean movement of ideas, as well as action, where the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
So much of television is incredibly predictable. You watch the first five minutes and you know where it's going to go. If… — David Nevins Copy Share Image
“Because from what I've seen of marriages and relationships, there aren't any rules. You deal with what comes, like anything else in… — Kristin Walker Copy Share Image
You shouldn't strategize your career if you're in a creative realm. You can't either. I love the unknown. I love the element… — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
I think if you're doing a play, you're rehearsing enough that you get to a point where it's freeing again. But in… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays… — Mark Taimanov Copy Share Image
On the sequel, you've lost the element of surprise. Usually, on the first one you may not go very, very deep into… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, there has always been an element of surprise. Sometimes there are moments of disappointment; sometimes there are moments of… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
As I began to perform - songs, poems, sketches or conjuring tricks - I began to learn what children run with and… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some people say If you cant beat them, join them. I say If you cant beat them, beat them, because they will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I try to hang on to as much mystery as possible. How can we go through our lives not wanting to have… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Being a magician taught me how powerful the element of surprise can be. In each book, I've tried to work that in… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.'… — T.I Copy Share Image
I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from… — Sam Claflin Copy Share Image
Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
When I go to the cinema, I'm often frustrated because I can guess exactly what is going to happen about ten minutes… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
When conventional tactics are altered unexpectedly according to the situation, they take on the element of surprise and increase in strategic value . — Sun Bin Copy Share Image
every actor knows that tragedy, being linear and inevitable, is taxing - but comedy, which depends on the element of surprise, is… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
For me, what is most important is the element of surprise. If I can surprise you with every film of mine, that… — Arjun Rampal Copy Share Image
That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
