I only started singing at about 15, and it came as quite a surprise to my dad. — Romy Madley Croft Copy Share Image
That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration. — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn't know I knew. I have never started a… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
To expect wickedness from human beings is the best way I know of to avoid surprises. And when I am surprised, it's… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
There is no rule on how your child will grow, and there will be a surprise on daily basis. — Tisca Chopra Copy Share Image
“I didn't particularly feel like explaining myself to eighteen bewildered people.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones. — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
I think all human beings can surprise themselves when they are in situations where they are tested. That's when you see your… — Alesha Dixon Copy Share Image
I've done really well so far in my career by trusting the audience to be as dissatisfied with convention as I am,… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I trust my recovering peers completely. I'll occasionally look sideways at them because they're addicts but it would break my heart and… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
It's not going to surprise me if our kids end up running on the beach in Florida when they're 100 years old… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
It seems to me divorce is so common now. It ought to be more institutionalized. It's like a head-on collision every time.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Words have divided man from woman, one from another, this from that, until only sages know how to put things together. Without… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you'll remove the log from your own eyes and to your amazement; you will see that your friend has no speck… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Slang has different functions: many of the words we use are playful and a lot are tribal - we speak the same… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
Unless the structure of the nucleus has a surprise in store for us, the conclusion seems plain-there is nothing in the whole… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
“...are you a person - with volition and maybe some stubborness and at least the capacity if not the actual determination to… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
There has come about a general public awareness that America is not automatically, and effortlessly, and unquestionably the leader of the world… — Edward Condon Copy Share Image
...one of hallmarks of a creative person is the ability to tolerate ambiguity, dissonance, inconsistency, things out of place. But one of… — Ralph Caplan Copy Share Image
One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
He had regrets, of course, but not so many that he would lose any sleep over them. Life surprised him now and… — Steve Perry Copy Share Image
May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Do you truly believe that you care more for me than I do for you?" he murmured, leaning closer to me as… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image