Surprise Quotes
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Robert Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer (2005). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.20, Oxford University Press
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
Thomas Hardy, Joanna Cullen Brown (1990). “Let me enjoy the earth: Thomas Hardy and nature”
"Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Mind - A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, Volume 59, No. 236, p. 450, 1950.
I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything
Charles Dickens (2016). “David Copperfield (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.115, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Julia Alvarez (2010). “In the Time of the Butterflies”, p.76, Algonquin Books
I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do.
Helen Frankenthaler, Barbara Rose (1970*). “Frankenthaler”
[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.
Rex Stout (2010). “Fer-de-Lance”, p.3, Crimeline
Frida Kahlo, Carlos Fuentes (2008). “Frida Kahlo: National Homage 1907-2007”, Editorial Rm Rio Panuko