Surprises Quotes
421 Surprises quotes by 367 unique authors
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History is full of surprises.
— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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People who think they know what is going to happen next are fools. Surprises - or what the brilliant author Nassim Taleb calls 'Black Swans'…
— Martin Wolf
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In Because, Joseph Riippi says he wants this book to be ‘a love letter, a prayer, a purge’ but it actually becomes even more than that.…
— Kevin Sampsell
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May it not suffice for me to say ... that of course like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic…
— Woodrow Wilson
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If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure…
— Freya Stark
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Life off Earth is in two important respects not at all unworldly: you can choose to focus on the surprises and pleasures, or the frustrations.…
— Chris Hadfield
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The biggest failures come round and spring ultimate surprises of survival.
— Jack White
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Life brings with it strangeness and surprises and upsets
— Patricia Cornwell
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Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I have felt God's…
— Brian D. McLaren
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I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me
— Andrew Cuomo
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There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they congealed into their final selves.…
— Gail Godwin
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Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners.
— Rosamunde Pilcher
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The Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models I’ve seen in a long…
— L. J. Smith
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I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense…
— Lynn Abbey
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In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.
— Jodi Picoult
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Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no…
— Unknown Author
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Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules…
— George Herbert
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The Drop's unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. The movie doesn't pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an audience…
— James Berardinelli
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School prepares for the alienating institutionalization of life by teaching the need to be taught. Once this lesson is learned, people lose their incentive to grow…
— Ivan Illich
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Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our…
— Unknown Author
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The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.
— Jeff Probst
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I am convinced that we as adults must constantly cling to, affirm, and celebrate with our children those things we love, sunsets, laughter, the taste…
— Eliot Wigginton
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But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what…
— Arthur Hertzberg
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An essential part of the magic involves turning everyone into an enemy, to ward off surprises.
— Alma Guillermoprieto
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What surprises me is when people give me their mobile number. The other day, someone on a bus asked if I swear. I said I…
— Christopher Parker
Who Wrote These Surprises Quotes
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