Most jokes are based on surprise. They take advantage of a confusion of language, or a twist in logic, or a contradiction… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Probably not a surprise that, among the people of Mexico, just 4 percent say that they have a positive opinion of [Donald]… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
Someone who surprises me, someone who makes me laugh, and someone who has her own life and wants to share that with… — Diego Luna Copy Share Image
The bristling eyebrows shot up in mock surprise. Mesmerized. the boy watched them disappear under the hanging white thatch of hair. There,… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on… — Lusia Strus Copy Share Image
Because we all know one of the main factors of war is the element of surprise. And what could be more surprising… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I can see that President Brezhnev was quite proud of the limited agreement that he had concluded in Vladivostok; and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Holland is a fairly small country, and in a weird way, somewhat conservative. That might surprise people because it is a very… — Ari Marcopoulos Copy Share Image
When I say that a good picture has surprise quality or shock appeal, I do not mean that it is a loud… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
The "happening" operates by creating an asymmetrical network of surprises, without climax or consummation, this is the alogism of dreams rather than… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There’s a punk… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
The name says it all. That's where Dad (Hades) tries out his new punishment ideas, but he says the traditional ones still… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
A character has a distinctive voice - you should be able to hear them in your head and conduct a conversation with… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role -- unless you're just vain about celebrity.… — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome… — Tim Bishop Copy Share Image
“Sometimes life can be unexpected. Sometimes things surprise you and all you can do is roll with the punches or let them… — P. S. Martinez Copy Share Image
When we began to tour, no one expected me to be a part of the band, so I used that as a… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that… — Pierre Schaeffer Copy Share Image
It's no surprise that the corporate media, and many of the nonprofits that are dependent on the big money, they are not… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I find mirrors detestable; I dislike seeing myself. Of course, there's a mirror in the bathroom, but it's a magnifying one for… — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
I was in 'Jacques Brel' Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete… — Amanda McBroom Copy Share Image
Perhaps that is the real surprise of love; it exists, but one may not attribute causes and effects to it. The existence… — Faraaz Kazi Copy Share Image
I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much… — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
Loss brings pain. Yes. But pain triggers memory. And memory is a kind of new birth, within each of us. And it… — Sue Miller Copy Share Image
On second marriage: It took me by surprise, too, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“Drama demands the reversal of expectation, but in such a way that the first surprise is followed by an immediate recognition of… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
“The passion for finding the system in experience, replacing surprise with order, is a persistent part of human nature...Science came to mean… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
Sometimes you lose - perhaps because you play against the very best, or because surprises happen - but if there is organizational… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
There's a sureness to good writing even when what's being written about doesn't make all that much sense. It's the sureness of… — Anne Bernays Copy Share Image
The problem as you get older... is that you become more self-aware. At the same time, you have to surprise yourself. There's… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Let us not have a computer psychology that makes us think we know it all. All answers on computers - but no… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Pieces and parts were always easier to process. The full picture, the entire story, was another thing entirely. But you just never… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The beauty of facing life unprepared is tremendous. Then life has a newness, a youth; then life has a flow and freshness.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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