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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

Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous.

"Fictional character: Willy Wonka". "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", www.imdb.com. 1971.

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”

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.

"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

Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

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”

Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe, where you were 'sure' of finding shirts.

Frida Kahlo, Carlos Fuentes (2008). “Frida Kahlo: National Homage 1907-2007”, Editorial Rm Rio Panuko