Unexpected Quotes

854 Unexpected quotes by 684 unique authors

I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the characters behave in… — Brad Falchuk
All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of the… — Joseph E. Johnston
When you cast away all your greed and fixation in adversity, you can find unexpected strength. — Momofuku Ando
Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself. — Ralph Lauren
We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's… — Victoria Legrand
When running a Ponzi scheme, how does one avoid enormous, unexpected withdrawals - runs on the bank, so to speak - that would pull back… — Mitchell Zuckoff
To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Creativity is rich with unexpected possibility. Know-how is mere fragmented mechanics which lacks tradition. — John O'Donohue
We were sent into the world alive with beauty. As soon as we choose Beauty, unseen forces conspire to guide and encourage us towards unexpected… — John O'Donohue
As a rule we perceive what we expect to perceive... The unexpected is usually not received at all. — Peter Drucker
The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success. — B. H. Liddell Hart
Looking for the essence of beauty is comprehending and appreciating that quality in an object which is fairer and better than only what our eyes… — Luci Swindoll
There are almost unlimited possibilities for making discoveries and to uncover the unknown. It is in the nature of the discovery that it can not… — Bengt I. Samuelsson
Often, I go and see films where I can see the beats coming. So, if I read something where I don't see the beats coming… — David Brooks
I wanted my first film to be something where I was surrounded by an amazing cast. I wanted to do something that was completely unexpected,… — Alicia Keys
Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words. — George Eliot
In a painting, what counts is the unexpected. — Georges Braque
The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or… — Abraham Maslow
Today is the great day of one of the revelations of this world. The interrelationships of these individual realms were illumined as by a flash… — Wassily Kandinsky
Financial firms are sending their back-office jobs overseas. But what do fine artists do? They create something new, unexpected, and delightful that changes the world.… — Daniel H. Pink
The picture must be... a revelation, an unexpected and unprecedented resolution of an eternally familiar need. — Mark Rothko
The ring, the call, the surprise, the shock that you have out-of-doors - be always looking for the unexpected in nature, do not settle to… — Charles Webster Hawthorne
Being an artist and being a teacher are two conflicting things. When I paint, my work manifests the unexpected... In teaching it's just the opposite.… — Pierre Alechinsky
Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile… — Ann Landers
As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary… — Napoleon Bonaparte

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