Quotes about Surprise

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I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how — Paolo Bacigalupi
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. — Boris Pasternak
I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic. — Will Estes
The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You al — Ophelia Lovibond
I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it — Tracy Chapman
I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise. — Jessica Savitch
Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to creat — Robert Pinsky
Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own high — John Keats
It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. — Sean Bean
Contempt is the only asymmetrical expression in the muscular facial system: Disgust, fear, happiness, surprise and anger — Pamela Meyer
The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are. — Jeff Probst
What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. — Ellen Burstyn
I was surprised to see how much the mainstream environmental movement hates the ELF. — Marshall Curry
There's no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems. — James Fallows
The individual can maintain himself in a society definitely organized only through possessing an equally definite mental — Emile Durkheim
I don't like planning, because it robs me of freedom, so I'd like a 24 hours that was full of surprises. — Marc Warren