Unexpectedly Quotes

153 Unexpectedly quotes by 124 unique authors

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we… — Paul Auster
I thought I would keep it on the ground until I became familiar with it, but on account of the wind, I unexpectedly took to… — Unknown Author
A truly good book is something as natural, and as unexpectedly and unaccountably fair and perfect, as a wild-flower discovered on the prairies of the… — Henry David Thoreau
Switch on the television or glance at the newspaper: You will see death everywhere. Yet, did the victims of those plane crashes and car accidents… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on… — Pope Francis
We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can't allow the fear of death to creep up on… — Dmitri Shostakovich
In a morbid condition of the brain, dreams often have a singular actuality, vividness, and extraordinary semblance of reality. At times monstrous images are created,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
His whole aspect was that of a man who has unexpectedly been struck by lightning. — P.G. Wodehouse
Imagine every day to be the last of a life surrounded with hopes, cares, anger, and fear. The hours that come unexpectedly will be so… — Horace
I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The… — James A. Baldwin
People who are knowledgeable about poetry sometimes discuss it in that knowing, rather hateful way in which oenophiles talk about wine: robust, delicate, muscular. This… — Anna Quindlen
When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother died unexpectedly it was like… — Margaret Mahy
I have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer. — Jodi Rell
Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply… — Gautama Buddha
We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? — Gautama Buddha
The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If you want to do something and you have a goal, do it, don't wait, because your channel might change sometime soon - and quite… — Sean Swarner
Embracing your new kind of normal is the most empowering choice you will ever make. It transcends common sense. It is resistant to old patterns.… — Carol Kent
I feel incompetent to perform duties...which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me. — Andrew Johnson
One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedly, as in life. — Alfred Hitchcock
The old world order changed when this war-storm broke. The old international order passed away as suddenly, as unexpectedly, and as completely as if it… — Nicholas Murray Butler
Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our ceaseless withholding our… — Greg Boyle
We don't forget.... Our heads may be small, but they are as full of memories as the sky may sometimes be full of swarming bees,… — Alexander McCall Smith
From time to time, from the endless flow of our mental imagery, there emerges unexpectedly something that, vague though it may be, seems to carry… — Leo Lionni
I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties… — Andrew Johnson

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