Unexpected Quotes

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The hybridoma technology was a by-product of basic research. Its success in practical applications is to a large extent the result of unexpected and unpredictable… — Cesar Milstein
Astronomy may be revolutionized more than any other field of science by observations from above the atmosphere. Study of the planets, the Sun, the stars,… — Lyman Spitzer
The progress of science has always been the result of a close interplay between our concepts of the universe and our observations on nature. The… — Tsung-Dao Lee
Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience. — Masaru Ibuka
The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter would have proved… — John Polkinghorne
The Unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have… — Verlyn Klinkenborg
The experiment left no doubt that, as far as accuracy of measurement went, the resistance disappeared. At the same time, however, something unexpected occurred. The… — Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
[The purpose of flight research] is to separate the real from the imagined problems and to make known the overlooked and the unexpected. — Hugh Latimer Dryden
If asked how to cope with a great host of the enemy in orderly array and on the point of marching to the attack, I… — Sun Tzu
In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected… — Hannah Arendt
Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who… — Guy Finley
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify plans at the… — Roger Bannister
My daily Nespresso coffee, an unexpected shaft of sunlight through the window on a winter's day, my bargain Missoni sunglasses (70 percent off!) — Sophie Kinsella
The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and India. The costs… — Paul Brown
Always make room for the unexpected in yourself. — Steve Martin
Spirituality can release blocks, lead you to ideas, and make your life artful. Sometimes when we pray for guidance, we're guided in unexpected directions. We… — Julia Cameron
I only know how to approach a place by walking. For what does a street photographer do but walk and watch and wait and talk,… — Alex Webb
I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before. — Robert Mapplethorpe
It is the unexpected and the surprise quality of a personal vision, rather than the emotion, which make people respond to a photograph. — Alexey Brodovitch
Now, nakedness is a delightful condition. And it keeps you very pleasantly cool - especially, I suppose, if you happen to be a man. But… — Colin Fletcher

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