Don't start brooding about that, too," she says. "Everybody's got a piece of stranger inside them. It's what lets us surprise ourselves… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
In a normal family, surprise means presents, cake and a party. My family, surprise means homelessness, abandonment and destruction of private property.… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
“Tristram Shandy may perhaps go on a little longer, but we will not follow him. With all his drollery there is a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I didn't picture myself as a movie actress. I began to think about it around college. I remember thinking, 'Well somebody has… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
An 'unintended pregnancy' could be a wonderful surprise, not planned but welcome. Why should the government be in the business of 'preventing'… — Wendy Wright Copy Share Image
I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
If you use the original World Wide Web program, you never see a URL or have to deal with HTML. That was… — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
Do you think…" He raised his eyebrows. "Do I think what?" "That Valentine might have drowned?" "Never believe the bad guy is… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Our psychological reality, which lies below the surface, frightens us because it endlessly surprises us and drives us in a direction which… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
“Don’t do that.” “Don’t do what?” “Sneak around.” “Do you mean walk around? Because that’s what I actually did. I usually crouch… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace,… — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you. It might even take years, but people… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't… — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
It surprises me constantly that my sometimes-unorthodox approach has such a large following, but I'm very grateful to my readers for allowing… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
The whole business was like a child's toy that you could buy at the dime store, all built in this wonderful way… — Max Delbruck Copy Share Image
The main reason we understand what we're doing is because we're the individuals doing it. One of the things that surprises me… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood,… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
When my partner Garfield turned 40, I spent a year organising his surprise birthday party in Norfolk at a stately home called… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
It's a big surprise to me about America that there are 40 million people prepared to vote for (Trump). They wouldn't want… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
It's part of the buzz of the city among Christians. It wouldn't surprise me that it got to George Bush. He reads,… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“Everyone we interact with has the capacity to surprise us in an infinite number of ways. What can first open us up… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I'll do my bit tonight, but forgive me if it's a little harder to keep going than normal. Forgive me if I'm… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
You gave me back the paradise That I thought I lost for good You helped me find the reasons why It took… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, Michael, we will be telling the people of Australia in good time before the next election exactly what they can expect… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
IF YOU (LIKE), (LOVE), OR (MISS) SOMEONE RIGHT NOW: - and can't get them out of your head. - then add this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Spirituality is a mixed-up, topsy-turvy, helter-skelter godliness that turns our lives into an upside-down toboggan ride of unexpected turns, surprise bumps and… — Mike Yaconelli Copy Share Image
With 'Imposters,' I finally felt I had gotten something I could sink my teeth into. It's a dream come true, and I… — Inbar Lavi Copy Share Image
When it comes down to it, it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company… — Matthew Bourne Copy Share Image
I feel like movies should stick to a genre and give the audience what they want, and then surprise them with the… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
That was a surprise. I just had wished that Wil Wheaton was there. He was missing from the last show and it… — Denise Crosby Copy Share Image
Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
“expecting to see Jocelin and, hopefully, Neely and Alys too. Instead, her eyes widened with surprise and horror. Sean de Lara stood… — Catherine Kean Copy Share Image
For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting… — Rob Portman Copy Share Image
By doing what our assailant least expects us to do, we may throw him completely off. ... what he usually least suspects… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
If there is anything I love most, in the poems I love, it is the audible braiding of that bravery, that essential… — Jorie Graham Copy Share Image