Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Surprise, surprise Couldn't find it in your eyes but I'm sure it's written all over my face. — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
“Dream big, I dreamt of being taller when I was a kid, reinforced with flashbacks everyday I exercised diligently and to my… — Pushpa Rana Copy Share Image
I had no idea what awaited me when I took a job with CBS Records, and it was a total surprise to… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays… — Mark Taimanov Copy Share Image
“It was realisation, in a moment of time, not only of her own possibilities, far from inconsiderable ones, but also of other… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Writing about someone well known removes that obligation of defending it as a subject, but it also means that some of the… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
It's no surprise that the Bush administration's bullying swagger and blithe ignorance have caused much of the Muslim world to hold the… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
I was really young when I signed with Spinnin' Records, and the huge success of 'Animals' hit me by surprise. I didn't… — Martin Garrix Copy Share Image
You have to get autistic kids out and expose them to things, but do this without any surprises, so they know what… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I was shocked to my marrow the very first time I heard the Church is saying a man can marry a man.… — Peter Akinola Copy Share Image
Luckily, with 'The Collector' the first time around, it really took off in the DVD world and foreign, so it was just… — Josh Stewart Copy Share Image
I think it's often easier to theorize in the official codes of theory rather than to theorize lightly through scene, object, story,… — Rob Nixon Copy Share Image
I used to have costumed characters come out, like SpongeBob. It's just fun to make it into this minor event, just to… — Hannibal Buress Copy Share Image
“He too had recognized the three faces pressed to the window as the coach had sailed past. He shook his head as… — Lynsay Sands Copy Share Image
Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on December 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do; try to be shocking… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If I've learned anything in twenty-nine years, it's that every human being you see in the course of a day has a… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Nature has many scenes to exhibit, and constantly draws a curtain over this part or that. She is constantly repainting the landscape… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
She's a surprise this old earth, one big surprise after another since before she separated from the moon who circles and circles… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“I've learned enough this year to know that life may surprise you, but not usually in the ways you imagine.” — Dana Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Sometimes, someone comes into your life, so unexpectedly, takes your heart by surprise, and changes your life forever. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“Flavour your life in such a way that anyone who thinks he or she is biting or back-biting you, will rather take… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Truely Said: Once You Accept Someone For What They Really Are... They Will Really Surprise You By Being Better Than You Ever… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What surprises you in life? The marvel of consciousness -- that sudden window swinging open on a sunlit landscape amidst the night… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Us in the graveyard, we wants you to stay alive. We wants you to surprise us and disappoint us and impress us… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It has happened a few times that I've found myself in a surprise mid-tour recording session. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised? — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Rain never understands why people hide under their umbrellas! Let us make a surprise to the rain by closing our umbrellas! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Don’t raise your hand to ask a question, or I’ll give you a surprise high five.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
In life the only thing that you can expect is the unexpected; the only surprise is a day that has none. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image