The man who said, “Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed,” put the eulogy quite inadequately and even falsely. The truth “Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall...

Well, this is basically the end, so the answers should be in these next few pages. I doubt they will surprise you, but you never know. I don’t know how smart or thick you are....

We changed defensively a bit. They were trying to waste time a bit, so we needed to change up and get a little bit of pressure. It took them a little by surprise. When we...

It was a surprise seeing (Dukes) in their starting lineup. We didn’t have much on him. People will now. You’re gonna have to factor him in when you prepare for Wake Forest.

Hide things everywhere. Forget about them. Find them randomly and feel surprised like a pirate finding buried treasure. Avoid scurvy. Love more.

A general air of surprise and genuine satisfaction fell upon everyone as they saw the pianist enter.

Even in the familiar there can be surprise and wonder.

Every day is a surprise. There are confirmations of an interconnectivity and synchronicity which inspire, titillate and confirm the inherent comedy of the universe.

The magic of purpose and of love in its purest form. Not televison love, with its glare and hollow and sequined glint; not sex and allure, all high shoes and high drama, everything both too...

The post-Fed performance of the S&P 500 could prove to be the biggest surprise of 2006.

When we would say ‘No way,’ he would say, ‘My way.’ Then the ones who doubted would scramble to salvage the blessing. And the one who gave it would savor the surprise.

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.

Magic is a very beautiful mystery. Even the ages old magic effects still surprises the most modern men.

I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.

There’s no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems.

Why is it always such a surprise? thinks Toby. The moon. Even though we know it’s coming. Every time we see it, it makes us pause, and hush.

That should have been my strategy! By the time I’ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I’m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of...

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

Respond to critics with humility. Most people are experts in finding problems with whatever others do. That should not be a surprise to you.

Marcus and Ellie exchanged a worried look and examined the bag again. Sure enough, the gold was gone.

Dream big, I dreamt of being taller when I was a kid, reinforced with flashbacks everyday I exercised diligently and to my surprise, I am still 5 feet tall.

I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise.

It’s shocking the things we call love.

The attacks of 9/11 were the biggest surprise in American history, and for the past ten years we haven’t stopped being surprised. The war on terror has had no discernible trajectory, and, unlike other military...

I stood on my toes and stole a soft kiss from his lips. “Surprise attack,” I said.Sam leaned down and kissed me back, his mouth lingering on mine, teeth grazing my lower lip, making me...

Every one of these books is going to have one really big surprise in it to make people say, ‘I didn’t realize that,’

The Book revealed to Muhammad is one and unique of its kind. It has left indelible impression on the hearts of humanity. Nothing can overcome its majesty. The Quran has given new dimensions to human...

I don’t like like like I love love, but I’ll bet we have that in common. You have so much love to give that I’m surprised I haven’t received any of it.

The Russians are turning east to the Chinese – to the Europeans’ surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to...

…I don’t ever want to feel that way. Feel as if there are no surprises left. The surprises make life worth living. Expecting nothing, accepting it all. Accepting isn’t the right word. ACKNOWLEDGING it all....

It’s funny how even when you’ve lived with someone your whole life, they can still surprise you.

The outlook is bit of a surprise given the tepid guidance from Dell.

My 30th birthday will be arriving in a few months. It’s not arriving unexpectedly, I just wish it would have given me more of an advance notice, say another 30 years.

I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.

With the sensation that he was passing through the Looking-Glass, Max stared at his father as if he had never seen him before—simultaneously impressed and unnerved at the thought that, after all these years, he...

I rose swiftly and struck him across the cheek, hard enough to make my palm sting. He gaped at me. ‘I do not want your damned money. I want you to answer me.’ Carefully, he...

I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center.

Ricky just listens. He isn’t shocked. He isn’t surprised. He listens to me because he knows. He knows the shame and the guilt and the sorrow and the rage. And he does not judge me....

There can never be surprises in logic.

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing – which is never an easy thing to do.

I’ve been very lucky at what’s happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of mine – anything from a mutated baddy in a comic...

An artistic perspective will jab at you from a different angle; its logic comes like a pitcher with a curveball.

It’s as if she assumes everything will go right, and when it doesn’t – which, of course, is pretty often – she is surprised and affronted.

You are my winter suddenness—a glass of red wine spilt across a white tablecloth

It will always take a good deal more courage to do something foolishly dangerous, when it is planned, than when it happens by surprise.