Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise. — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration. — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did. — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognise your own worth. — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
It always surprises me in films that killers seem so gleeful about killing people. — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
You can never tell what the public will think! But when something goes well and is well-received, it's a great surprise! — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
Life ... is never the way one imagines it. It surprises you, it amazes you, and it makes you laugh or cry… — Niki de Saint Phalle Copy Share Image
Family is the most important thing in my life, so I guess it's not surprise that I like to write about it. — Sarah Weeks Copy Share Image
The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly. — Joe Dante Copy Share Image
Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
One of the surprises of being a grown-up is embracing the fact that you see your friends when you are both available.… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you...There are more stars out there… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
If I like chocolate it won't surprise you that I have a few chocolates in my fridge, but if you find out… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I wish I could relive those days when I was 8 and my mother bought all the gifts I gave to people.… — Emily Hampshire Copy Share Image
Wit implies hatred or contempt of folly and crime, produces its effects by brisk shocks of surprise, uses the whip of scorpions… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
Never mistake a clearer view for a short distance just because the technology looks like it's about to arrive in the very… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
It was quite a surprise when I realized that with a single wormhole you could have time hook up towards the future… — Kip Thorne Copy Share Image
Overcoming complacency is crucial at the start of any change process, and it often requires a little bit of surprise, something that… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Knowing is not simply a material act, since the object that is known always conceals something beyond the empirical datum. All our… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Although eugenics flourished in Nazi Germany, the ideal of a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race wasn’t Adolf Hitler’s. It may surprise many to… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to bathe my head in atmospheres unknown to my feet is perennial and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
What does surprise me, though, is the amount of attention this band [Guns'n'Roses] has garnered 11 years after the original lineup broke… — Slash Copy Share Image
“What constitutes the pleasure of the traveler is the obstacle, the fatigue, the peril itself. What pleasure can there be in an… — Théophile Gautier Copy Share Image
No, she knows you're here. She can see through the camouflage. But I think she's hiding something from me, and I'm waiting… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
[Clover] secretly hitched a ride with a nice German couple and their new baby...Clover appeared to the baby, so as to be… — Obert Skye Copy Share Image
“Children seem to think that every pleasant thing has to be a surprise.” — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Life will be interesting only when there is an element of surprise in it. — Hamsalekha Copy Share Image