Quotes of Surprise - somelinesforyou

“ If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves. ”

- Thomas A. Edison

“ Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable. ”

- Jane Austen

“ Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles. ”

- Edwin Louis Cole

“ Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club? ”

- F. E. Smith

“ A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. ”

- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire

“ The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ The secret to humor is surprise. ”

- Aristotle

“ Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. ”

- Jimmy Buffett

“ Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. ”

- Thomas Hardy

“ I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor. ”

- Judy Garland

“ The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. ”

- Erich Fromm

“ This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face. ”

- Marilyn Manson

“ A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders. ”

- Lord Dunsany

“ We nothing know, but what is marvellous; Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe. ”

- Edward Young

“ If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. ”

- Thomas A. Edison

“ When we go back, it's a different lifestyle. What a shock. ”

- Alice Miller

“ Like men condemned to thunderbolts, Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark. ”

- Brenda Fassie

“ We are going to surprise! ”

- Benjamin Netanyahu

“ It would surprise me very much if they don't do it. ”

- Charles Schumer

“ It would have been more of a surprise if he wasn't getting it. ”

- Joe Torre

“ I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging. ”

- Aishwarya Rai

“ It is all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ”

- Mark Twain

“ I am really looking forward to returning to Dubai as always. The audiences are always receptive to my music and Dubai as a city never ceases to amaze me... it is constantly changing. ”

- Bryan Adams

“ We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come.But we must. ”

- James Cramer

“ It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own. ”

- Marcus Aurelius

“ The juniors are going to be the key. We need those guys to be surprises. We told them they have to act and play like upperclassmen and that's tough because they haven't had the minutes that a lot of juniors would have had at this point. ”

- Bruce Weber

“ To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. ”

- James Carse
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