The commonplace needs no defence,Dullness is in the critic's eyes,Without a licence life evolvesFrom some dim phase its own surprise;Under these yellow-twinkling… — William Plomer Copy Share Image
Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they're going to be higher or lower… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The city bursts with ideas as with traffic, a swirl of newness and surprise. Who can be bored in a city? If… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
The essence of the ludicrous consists in surprise,--in unexpected terms of feeling and explosions of thought,--often bringing dissimilar things together with a… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
There is no expeditious road To pack and label men for God, And save them by the barrel-load. Some may perchance, with… — Francis Thompson Copy Share Image
When you build a building, you finish a building. You don't finish a garden; you start it, and then it carries on… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Groupon as a company - it's built into the business model - is about surprise. A new deal that surprises you every… — Andrew Mason Copy Share Image
I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing.… — Joseph Kanon Copy Share Image
It's no surprise that optimistic athletes, managers and teams do better. What's interesting is where they do better. It's in coming back… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
It was a surprise to me and a happy accident that it was such a skill [natural falsetto] - a latent skill… — John Lloyd Young Copy Share Image
What would be frightening about me jumping out of the bush wearing a pig mask is not the sudden surprise, not me,… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you… — Shawn Ryan 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
I see children now, and many things surprise me: they ask me about my boots and why I don't dye my hair.… — Juan Mata Copy Share Image
Today Monopoly added a new game piece: the cat. The new piece was chosen after weeks of online voting. Is that a… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges.… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
I miss the classroom and the bit I miss the most is the one-on-one personal interactions with the students, those moments when… — Layla Moran Copy Share Image
As children we were bombarded by competing answers. Church says one thing, school another. Now as adults it's no surprise that if… — Robert Lanza Copy Share Image
'Tum Jo Mile' came as a surprise. Vivek and Kumaar sir, who has written the song, sent me the track just to… — Armaan Malik Copy Share Image
Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm going to keep thinking about topping myself every time. I can say very confidently that Alice In Chains have done that… — Jerry Cantrell Copy Share Image
You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you grab attention in the first frame with a visual surprise, you… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
They're on their way to the foreign-language wing. That's no surprise. The foreign kids are always here, like they need to breathe… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
The biggest surprise has been making the adjustment after losing a game. In the NBA you could lose tonight and you have… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
I prefer to surprise myself as I'm writing. I'm not interested in it if I already know where it's going. So I… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I like surprises. I like mystery. I’m not the kind of person who goes to the writer’s room and goes, I need… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
Cricket has come to take centerstage among all sports in the country today and it is therefore no surprise that the organizers… — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
Beauties, when disposed to sleep, Should from the eye of keen inspector keep: The lovely nymph who would her swain surprise, May… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
I have never had much confidence in my own work, and even now when I am assured (still much to my grateful… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
To the extent that this world surrenders its richness and diversity, it surrenders its poetry; to the extent that it relinquishes its… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The first ghost to leave the world of the dead was Roger. He took a step forward, and turned to look back… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The latest thing that has caught me by surprise is Maryanne Amacher. I like sound that affects the listener physically. Traits such… — Kevin Drumm Copy Share Image
“I can't say I'm overwhelmed with surprise. I'm 88 years old and they can't give the Nobel to someone who's dead, so… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I try not to plan more than 24 hours ahead at any given point. If I've learned anything, it's that you just… — Chris Demetral Copy Share Image
We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn’t it comforting to know God isn’t ever broken? He isn’t… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
I love investigating the natural world, and I find a lot of truths there, truths about survival and beauty - nature continually… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
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