'Kidnapping is a strong word. I prefer to think of it as 'Surprise Adoption' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me. — Larry David Copy Share Image
“What a surprise. That boy doesn't have the sense God gave a cactus.” — Kathleen Peacock Copy Share Image
“WHEN YOU'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW, YOU'RE TORN BETWEEN ANTICIPATING A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE AND THINKING YOU'RE A FOOL TO IGNORE WHAT YOU KNOW… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
They also work as half-hours. The stories are all different but include elements of revenge, or the supernatural, or some sort of… — Bryan Brown Copy Share Image
The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
That was my first introduction to BMWs in 1978, when my friend bought it for me as a surprise with my money.… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
When life gets you down, stand up and surprise those around you who expected you to fall. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To conclude, the tragedy of March 25 [1969] caught me by surprise. Yahya Khan fooled even me. — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
With solos, I don't like to be too prepared going in - I like to surprise myself. — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The beauty of facing life unprepared is tremendous. Then life has a newness, a youth; then life has a flow and freshness.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You have to think of a new way to completely surprise people who think they're hip. I always said you could make… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Life was mostly made up of things you couldn’t control, full of surprises, and they weren’t always good. Life wasn’t what you… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer… — Edie Falco Copy Share Image
I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
There's a sureness to good writing even when what's being written about doesn't make all that much sense. It's the sureness of… — Anne Bernays Copy Share Image
My chest tightens: seeing him so upset breaks my own heart. 'Don't you ever wish you could make that bit go away?"… — Alexandra Potter Copy Share Image
Holding onto and manipulating physical objects is one of the things we learn earliest and do the most. It should not be… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
All great tasks test our motivation. It's easy to court ideas over beers and change the world with napkin sketches, but like… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
The key here is that with planning, you can take advantage of opportunities, where without this planning, you may just watch them… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
The Girl With Many Eyes One day in the park I had quite a surprise. I met a girl who had many… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
Given [Donald] Trump's polling deficit, his reluctance for ads until very recently in his near total lack of any ground game to… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
Women spend 30 percent more time doing household chores. No surprise. But women also spend more time volunteering in their community. And… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
You can't reinvent the wheel. You've got to just take the best from all the other shows and try to make it… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
“In fight, by 'knowing what to do next', element of surprise can be overcomed.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
Love' is finding the familiar dear. / 'In love' is to be taken by surprise. — Mona Van Duyn Copy Share Image