Unexpected Quotes

854 Unexpected quotes by 684 unique authors

If we knew that we would meet the Lord tomorrow-through our premature death or through His unexpected coming-what would we do today? What confessions would… — Dallin H. Oaks
The turn from this end [despair] to a new beginning came from three things. A blooming cherry tree, the unexpected kindness of Scottish workers and… — JÃ¼rgen Moltmann
In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to… — Bruno Rossi
It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight. — Erwin Rommel
An educated man must have a "curiosity in exploring the unfamiliar and unexpected, an open-mindedness in entertaining opposing points of view, tolerance for the ambiguity… — Derek Bok
It's the stuff that happens right in front of your face when there's no routine and everything is unexpected. That's what I want to write… — Harvey Pekar
The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always. — John Maynard Keynes
Joanna Priestley’s amazing body of animated films have deservedly earned their place in the pantheon of contemporary international animators. Inventively visioned, superbly crafted, and rich… — Bill Foster
To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open so when the door of opportunity opens,… — Pierre Omidyar
I made the unexpected but happy discovery that the answer to several of the questions that most occupied me was in fact one and the… — Michael Pollan
You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to have a team that's prepared… — Atul Gawande
Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners. — Rosamunde Pilcher
No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown? — Wayne Shorter
To take advantage of unexpected opportunities, we must leave ourselves available. — S. Truett Cathy
Many of the unexpected opportunities we encounter are small but significant. — S. Truett Cathy
All of the government's monetary, economic and political power, as well as its extensive propaganda machinery, will be enlisted in a constant battle to drive… — Irwin Schiff
My father was a psycho-analyst and I think that fact was very influential on my development as an artist. Trying to search beneath the surface… — Gregory Crewdson
The very best gift... is that anyone can experience those unexpected twinkles of joy that make a magical moment. At these moments, you feel true,… — Richard M. Eyre
Romance only dies with life. No pair of pincers will ever pull it out of us. But there is a spurious sentiment which cannot resist… — E. M. Forster
Discoveries cannot be planned, they pop up, like Puck, in unexpected corners — Max Perutz
One cannot plan for the unexpected. — Aaron Klug
But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have… — Alan Greenspan
Clearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other earning assets. We can… — Alan Greenspan
I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist. — Ernest Rutherford
Now and then in travel, something unexpected happens that transforms the whole nature of the trip and stays with the traveler. — Paul Theroux

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