'Kidnapping is a strong word. I prefer to think of it as 'Surprise Adoption' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I would like to say something just about the Mexican people. It is a population that has a wealth, such great wealth,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Surprise drives progress because innovation depends on the sort of knowledge no one can gather in a central place. — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
When you're willing to be vulnerable, you can surprise yourself at how strong you can be. — Jonathan Van Ness Copy Share Image
Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first… — Eric Cantona Copy Share Image
There has to be that zeal to do something new and surprise yourself and audiences. You have to stay true to your… — Yami Gautam Copy Share Image
“One does not know love until it arrives, and it's arrival will always surprise.” — Tom McNeal Copy Share Image
I always want to surprise audiences and tell stories that are entertaining and challenging at the same time. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
Extreme patience and persistence are required, Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed The surprise box lunch of the rest of… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Probably the biggest thing that surprises people is that I am obsessed with hockey. I grew up in the Boston area so… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
Did he say:"Hullo,Pippin!This is a pleasant surprise!"?No,indeed!He said:"Get up,you tom-fool of a Took!Where,in the name of wonder,in all this ruin is Treebeard?I… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
On the sequel, you've lost the element of surprise. Usually, on the first one you may not go very, very deep into… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“What shocked us the most was that we had no idea why we should be so shocked. Like opening a ginger ale… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
It is possible--indeed possible even according to the old conception of logic--to give in advance a description of all 'true' logical propositions.… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“You’re really not fit to be allowed out on your own, are you?’ ‘So, what’s the damage?’ ‘How do you want it?… — Jodi Taylor Copy Share Image
Why do children want to grow up? Because they experience their lives as constrained by immaturity and perceive adulthood as a condition… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The world of the arts is by no means always comfortable, but neither is it likely ever to be boring. It is… — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
If you apprentice yourself to the smartest people who will take you seriously, you will learn at every step. You'll learn their… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
Where did Keynes stand on overt fascism? From the scattered information now available, it should come as no surprise that Keynes was… — Murray Rothbard 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
You know, you can really count on a monkey to surprise you as well. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
If you are surprised at the number of our maladies, count our cooks. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
