The secret to humor is surprise.

The one benefit of Alzheimer’s is that you can keep giving them the same gift over and over, and it’s always such a surprise.

Then he led her to sit by him on a fallen gum trunk, smooth and white, and he leaned to whisper in her ear. Transferred the secret he and her mother had kept for seventeen...

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

The beauty of the unexpected lies within the surprise of the momentum,not only at its tipping point, but also within all the moments waiting.

It takes me by surprise that after everything I’ve been through, it’s worked out this well at Toledo, … I don’t think it matters where you came from. If you can play, you can play....

In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.

I begin to feel this tension when things that doesn’t worth attention are the things that attracts attention

In past wars only homes burnt, but this timeDon’t be surprised if even loneliness ignites.In past wars only bodys burnt, but this timeDon’t be surprised if even shadows ignite.

Surprise is when a prime minister is assassinated during his speech. Suspense is when an assassin lurks while the prime minister speaks. Balancing surprise and suspense is the job of the thriller writer.

An assumption is the joke; truth the punchline.

I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.

Knowing is not simply a material act, since the object that is known always conceals something beyond the empirical datum. All our knowledge, even the most simple, is always a minor miracle, since it can...

So when we won, it was a pleasant surprise because we didn’t go in thinking we would just run away with it. I think we showed that we can compete against the rest of the...

Be aware of the company you keep. You’d be surprised how easily they rub off on you. You don’t want to attract the wrong influence.

I had a dream about you. You were my main competition for the 2014 Rocking Chair Race Championship Series. It’s the most movement you can make without actually moving anywhere. I won that race—and I...

One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don’t know what they want. They just know when they see it.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Creativity always comes as a surprise to us; therefore we can never count on it and we dare not believe in it until it has happened… Hence, the only way in which we can bring...

Surprise yourself every day with your own courage.

There are two kinds of taste in the appreciation of imaginative literature: the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.

Oh, you found someone else? With less money?

It’s not helpful for the dollar, but again, it’s not much of a surprise.

Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn’t surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.

Tomorrow night I’m giving a lecture on silence and invisibility. Don’t be surprised if I don’t show up.

She had come into the garden expecting summer roses and had instead been caught in a bank of twisted, thorny, frostbitten vines.

For me, what is most important is the element of surprise. If I can surprise you with every film of mine, that is exactly what I am trying to do.

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

Elizabeth: “Maybe he’ll surprise you.”Meghann: “Birdie, they all surprise me. Last week, I hugged my date at the door and felt a bra strap.

These occasions always took him by surprise. He was shocked anew each time the crisply surveyed, neatly kept world he so cherished rose up to confront him with all its essential sloppiness, irrationality, and bad...

It’s always a surprise when the numbers come up. You don’t know what to expect.

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I’ve had an influence on them, particularly when it’s someone I really respect.

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

Anytime I’m involved with anything that’s well-received, it’s a surprise to me.

…everyone knows that road, the one leading out of town into a deep green expanse of pastures and old farmhouses, which at first makes it seem like you’re entering a fairy tale, something sweet and...

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

If they aren’t real enough to surprise me, then they aren’t real enough to go on the page.

How quickly he fell; how soon it was over.

If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you.

Mark has been a pleasant surprise for us. He has really responded well; the keys, the reads, he’s got great ability, just his overall presence. It’s good because he can now make plays both ways.

You may pray to God to remove the hills on your way and fill every pothole on your path; but don’t be surprised if God gives you a shovel to do so!

If you can sustain your interest in what you’re doing, you’re an extremely fortunate person. What you see very frequently in people’s professional lives, and perhaps in their emotional life as well, is that they...

The euro has upside risk should economic data such as German retail sales give the market a surprise.

Dip your serenity in serendipity and let the surprise be your prize

It was like magic, but so much of magic is about misdirection, whereas so much of redemption is straightforward and ordinary, piercing true and lit with surprise.

Do you mean walk around? Because that’s what I actually did. I usually crouch more when I sneak — and then I kill someone.

I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do – but kids particularly.

Humans were always surprising me.

When you look at who is funding this (campaign), it’s no great surprise. That coalition (of labor unions and environmentalists) has worked together in the past.