“ A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
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“ The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. ”
- Elias Canetti- Copy
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“ We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. ”
- Dan Quayle- Copy
- 2.6K
“ We are ready for any unforeseen event which may or may not happen. ”
- George W. Bush- Copy
- 3K
“ I can see only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the unforeseen. ”
- Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher- Copy
- 2.9K
“ The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers. ”
- Brian Greene- Copy
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“ We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not happen. ”
- Dan Quayle- Copy
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“ I devised a stunt for getting myself sent back home. My idea was that I should all of a sudden develop an attack of acute appendicitis. ”
- Roald Dahl- Copy
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“ The mystery of God is enfleshed in unexpected people in unexpected places. Our task: to be open to the mystery and enflesh it in love. ”
- Roger L. Robbennolt- Copy
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“ Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. ”
- Brian Aldiss- Copy
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“ Wit is brief and sudden, and sharply defined as a crystal; it does not make pictures, it is not fantastic; but it detects an unsuspected analogy or suggests a startling or confounding inference. Every one who has had the opportunity of making the comparison will remember the effect produced on him by some witticisms is closely akin to the effect produced on him by subtle reasoning which lays open a fallacy or absurdity, and there are persons whose delight in such reasoning always manifests itself in laughter. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ Good humor is a paradox. The unexpected juxtaposition of the reasonable next to the unreasonable. ”
- Helitzer- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man. ”
- Leon Trotsky- Copy
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“ If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. ”
- Barbara Tober- Copy
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“ A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected. ”
- Arnold Bennett- Copy
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“ Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so. ”
- Doris Lessing- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Happiness is never a goal to be pursued. It is always the unexpected surprise of a life lived in service to others. ”
- Tom Sine- Copy
- 3.8K
“ I said here's the river I want to flow on, here's the direction I want to go, and put my boat in. I was ready for the river to take unexpected turns and present obstacles. ”
- Nancy Woodhull- Copy
- 2.5K
“ If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them. ”
- Unknown- Copy
- 596
“ If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail. ”
- Heraclitus- Copy
- 3.3K
“ It's a pretty good idea to be of good cheer but not all the time. Just at the most unexpected times. ”
- Unknown- Copy
- 276
“ None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives. ”
- Kathleen Norris- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. ”
- Herbert Spencer- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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