Unexpected Quotes

854 Unexpected quotes by 684 unique authors

Life just doesn't care about our aspirations, or sadness. It's often random, and it's often stupid and it's often completely unexpected, and the closures and… — Khaled Hosseini
I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what… — Caroline Kennedy
In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in… — Vladimir Kramnik
All creative people want to do the unexpected. — Hedy Lamarr
Any enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company… — Tim Berners-Lee
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so. — Doris Lessing
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. — John Locke
Charm is a product of the unexpected. — Jose Marti
Do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day, do what young people all over the world are dying to do: vote. — Rick Mercer
God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly… — Joel Osteen
But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the… — Carre Otis
The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain. — Jane Bryant Quinn
True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to… — Tom Robbins
I really want to do the unexpected, and I think that's what I did when I executed 'Long.Live.A$AP.' I wanted people to really see the… — ASAP Rocky
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them. — Leo Rosten
Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to make you forget the name of the thing you're looking… — Jerry Saltz
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me. — Carl Sandburg
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. — George Bernard Shaw
In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it… — Alexander Smith
The American idea is as promising, imaginative, and full of the unexpected as the land itself. The land represents freedom - the frontier, the ability… — Anna Deavere Smith
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. — George Soros
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who… — Sonia Sotomayor
Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which… — Arlen Specter
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. — Herbert Spencer
It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas… — David Suzuki

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