I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The day you think you know, your death has happened - because now there will be no wonder and no joy and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When you love someone, that love has no limit, no measure, because you know in your deepest being that when that love… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
Sometimes you think, "Oh man, this is going to be a fantastic movie," and then when you see it put together, you're… — Anna Faris Copy Share Image
But somewhere, a child surprises himself with his endurance, his quick mind, his dexterous hands. Somewhere a child accomplishes with ease that… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
We may be aware of small increments of getting older; we may meet an increasing number of people who make us uneasy… — Terri E Apter Copy Share Image
With some basic skills, ambition and persistence, then there is little limit to what you can achieve, and by trying you can… — Joe Gold Copy Share Image
As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Legendary manners there, Karim,” she commented, her voice calm. “Your mother teach you?” “I was taught the advantage of surprise,” he responded… — Katherine McIntyre Copy Share Image
“Charity, till then, had been conscious only of a vague self-disgust and a frightening physical distress; now, of a sudden, there came… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it's a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It's been known since 1916 that cutting back calories is beneficial in every organism it's been tested on - from yeast to… — David Andrew Sinclair Copy Share Image
We made a film about the need for silence and withdrawal... and here we are at the epicentre of noise and excitement.… — Pawel Pawlikowski Copy Share Image
I realize that sometimes I get bothered when I see the world acting like the world. Did you hear what I said?… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
I find out more about Jack every week. Essentially, I'm the same character, but I'm having more fun this season because I'm… — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
The cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. I would have… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Entropy is Janus-faced. Its upside surprises are redemptive and favorable to freedom. It is freedom of choice. But the carrier itself requires… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
It should come as no surprise to readers of the MAPS Bulletin that psychedelic plants are used as a sacrament by many… — Rick Doblin 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
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The more challenges that are thrown at you, the more reward there is on the other side because you surprise yourself and… — Matt Czuchry Copy Share Image
I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center. — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
There's something about Saint Francis's approach to life, zero expectations but pleasant surprise. In a lot of ways he was a really… — Denison Witmer Copy Share Image
