Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise. — Karl Schroeder Copy Share Image
If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Life sometimes sends out previews - but It never reveals the Surprise Ending.” — Wade Rouse Copy Share Image
Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you. — Barbara Amiel Copy Share Image
But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization. — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
“Seriously dude. She's going to love your surprise. Love. It. You'll make her cry. You must be pretty far gone over my… — Monica Murphy Copy Share Image
“Grief made fools of us all. There was shock in it, but there could hardly be surprise.” — Lia Mills Copy Share Image
It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Momma, you're special," Renesmee told me without any surprise, like she was commenting on the color of my clothes. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
It is no surprise that animation is Hollywood's most successful and innovative genre. — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
Harry Kane, for example, is a really physical striker but also really skilful. He surprises lot of defenders, but he won't surprise… — Sergio Ramos Copy Share Image
No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise. — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
“Soft enough." She lifted her hand from his shoulder to his cheek. "I depend on you." When his face registered surprise she… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
It should surprise no one that the life of the writer - such as it is - is colorless to the point… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
When we wrote 'Avenue Q,' we worked hard to create something that could be funny and satirical but also had some surprise… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
Uber, and Airbnb to a different extent, implemented the same battle plan. Bezos is an investor in both companies and, to some… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Romantic love reaches out in little ways, showing attention and admiration. Romantic love remembers what pleases a woman, what excites her, and… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
While it may be a really trying, weird time for the art world, I see good work all the time. If you… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Politics Is the Entertainment Branch of Industry. C-SPAN's coverage of governmental proceedings is… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
the very minute we think we 'have' God, God will surprise us. As we search in fire and earthquakes, God will be… — Carter Heyward Copy Share Image
I was a small business owner, father, and husband just living out in the suburbs. I kind of had a boring life… — Frank Warren Copy Share Image
I'm taking (the training) a little more seriously than I normally would to speed up the process. I don't care if people… — Matt Holliday Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan was notably able to avoid having personal considerations dissuade him from taking decisive actions. This may have arisen in part… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
I think she is going to find you too old... Yes that was it, the moment she said it I knew it… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
To almost no one's surprise, Astrid said, "Dune, by Frank Herbert. 'I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
“Practical hopes are surprise whereas impractical hope is always a miracle!” — Fahad Basheer Copy Share Image
The secret of fashion is to surprise and never to disappoint. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
