Npr Quotes

Do the unexpected, attack the unprepared.

The best way to describe myself would be...unpredictable.

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

Animals are unpredictable things, and so our life is unpredictable. It's a long tale of little triumphs and disasters and you've got to really like it to stick it.

The unprepared speaker has a right to be afraid.

Don't complain about not getting a chance and then be unprepared when you finally do.

I was on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday. The question was, 'You're on the torture rack, they're going to kill you, who are you going to vote for? Mitt Romney, or Barack Obama? I said, 'Look, I've climbed Mount Everest. I know how to do what it takes. Take this to the bank: I would rather die.'

When people expect me to go right, I'll go left. I'm unpredictable.

We have some breaking news from our dedicated kale coverage desk here at NPR.Starting now, Chick-fil-A has kale on its menu next to the spicy chicken sandwich and the waffle fries. It's called the Superfood Side.

Neurotic behavior is quite predictable. Healthy behavior is unpredictable.

Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

The prospects are dim for a society that makes mascots out of the unproductive and condemns the productive.

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

They [NPR] are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any other point of view. They don't even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout their propaganda. They are basically Air America with government funding to keep them alive.

Strong women are absolutely unpredictable.

Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable.

There are too many unpredictable things that can happen within two months. To me, the ideal trade lasts ten days, but I approach every trade as if I'm only going to hold it two or three days.

Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.

Innovation is a bottoms-up, decentralized, and unpredictable thing, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be managed.

When you allow yourself to be unpredictable, you step from the known into the unknown, where anything is possible

Being unprepared heightens nerves.

I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.

When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.

I always played like this, unpredictable.