Surprise Quotes
1610 quotes by 1287 authors
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The secret to humor is surprise.
— Aristotle
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I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.
— Neil Armstrong
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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
— Jane Austen
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A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
— Francis Bacon
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Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any…
— Robert Baden-Powell
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A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and…
— Joseph Addison
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There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
— Josh Billings
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To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on…
— Lionel Blue
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The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later…
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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A study last year showed that the page you turn to first in the newspaper can be a predictor of how long you will live.…
— Elayne Boosler
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When it comes down to it, it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There's…
— Matthew Bourne
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Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
— Jimmy Buffett
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It shouldn't come as any surprise that those who choose acting as a profession are phonies who live in a fantasy world. What is surprising…
— Julie Burchill
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What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.
— Ellen Burstyn
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Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.
— Julius Caesar
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It may come as a surprise to people, but I'm actually quite boring and normal. What do I do? I read books. I drive my…
— Nicolas Cage
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Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.
— Julia Cameron
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Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.
— Eric Cantona
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I'm going to keep thinking about topping myself every time. I can say very confidently that Alice In Chains have done that on every record.…
— Jerry Cantrell
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