Surprise Quotes · Page 34

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

My decision to go to Duke wasn't a surprise to people who really knew me because I was always a Duke fan…

— Brandon Ingram

The good thing about being stuck at the airport for an extra hour, is that it gives you a chance to give…

— Eugene Mirman

That might surprise people how actually cool Brock can be if he likes you - key words if he likes you.

— Shelton Benjamin

I think you're where you have to be and I'm not a person who wants to control things too much because I…

— Marion Cotillard

I am thrilled to be an Olympian, and I think that although we will be underdogs we can beat many teams and…

— Steve Nash

KIDNAPPING is such a strong word. I prefer to think of it as a SURPRISE ADOPTION

— ALYSSA

Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even greater one.

— Vladimir Nabokov

Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very…

— Ari Marcopoulos

Something that would probably surprise my fans is that I wear contact lenses, and nobody really knows that because I guess I've…

— Laurie Hernandez

In retrospect, I can see that President Brezhnev was quite proud of the limited agreement that he had concluded in Vladivostok; and…

— Jimmy Carter

Lionel Richie, love song, OK, thank you very much, good-bye. And all of a sudden I realized that, in my career, what…

— Lionel Richie

I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on…

— Lusia Strus

Because we all know one of the main factors of war is the element of surprise. And what could be more surprising…

— Eddie Izzard

Someone who surprises me, someone who makes me laugh, and someone who has her own life and wants to share that with…

— Diego Luna

The bristling eyebrows shot up in mock surprise. Mesmerized. the boy watched them disappear under the hanging white thatch of hair. There,…

— Jonathan Stroud

Some economists became obsessed with market efficiency and others with market failure. Generally held to be members of opposite schools-freshwater and saltwater,…

— George Gilder

I always went in with a very specific idea of the sound I wanted, and once I'd recorded I'd try and make…

— Iggy Pop

Because I'm a "strong person," the symptoms hit me by surprise. It was, as I write in the book, stinging in my…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

I don't like to be constrained to any one medium. I like to surprise and amuse - and indeed, torture - myself…

— Phoebe Gloeckner

The modern world has far too little understanding of the art of keeping young. Its notion of progress has been to pile…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

[And on going from character to leading actor] I don't approach anything differently; I just approach it as a character. I'm always…

— Steve Carell

It shouldn't surprise any American to know that Russia uses its money and its intelligence services to spread disinformation, use subterfuge and…

— Tom Cotton

There's something about the sci-fi genre that gets an audience interested in it, so maybe you can take some risks that you…

— Rian Johnson

You can't surprise LeBron any more. He's such a smart player. His intellect has caught up with his athletic ability.

— Dwane Casey

It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports…

— Hannah Storm

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

— Rick Warren

Schooling ain't life." "Ain't it?" she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise.

— Patrick Ness

“For surprising me. Best surprise ever.” I smile. “I’m glad you think so. Laura might not agree with you.”

— N. Michaels

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room.

— Lisa Alther

Well, I was already so happy being chosen to do the issue itself, that when I got on the cover, it was…

— Heidi Klum

That's the thing with suicide pacts. Sometimes they only really work if they catch you by surprise.

— R. K. Milholland

To no surprise, the theories and structures of naturalistic science affirm naturalistic assumptions.

— Albert Mohler

No other area offers richer opportunities for successful innovation than the unexpected success.

— Peter Drucker

Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.

— W. S. Gilbert

Dont Judge someone before you get to know him; know them and their stories may surprise you and your perception about them.

— Collins Adoma Asante

Confidence, to me, is just pushing yourself a little bit further than you think you can go, and you'll always surprise yourself.

— Tess Daly

I never liked clashing heads - I always liked catching someone when they were distracted, to surprise them.

— Rickson Gracie

We cannot depend on change, but we can depend on surprise. However, we cannot always depend on surprise either. This keeps us…

— Vivian Gornick

Rising from the dead? Glowing at sunrise? What did that make him, the god of cheerful mornings and macabre surprises?

— N.K. Jemisin