Surprise Quotes - Page 14

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me.

One interesting thing - I play bass and guitar and stuff like that. I know those instruments really well. But I don't know how to play clarinet or trombone or any of these other instruments. I don't actually know how to play ukulele even though I've played it a lot in the past. Because of the weird tuning it's not exactly like a guitar. That's one of the reasons I like that instrument - it makes for surprises. It's not so predictable as the bass or the guitar is for me.

You can never tell what the public will think! But when something goes well and is well-received, it's a great surprise!

You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

Evil did not catch God by surprise. He had a rescue plan, and He's still in the process of working out His plan.

We couldn't have known - who could've predicted what happened in American politics in the 2016? The rise of racism again, or the peeling back of the onion and seeing racism again, was a bit of a surprise in the last couple years.

Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

The only thing that should astonish us is that anything can yet astonish us.

Surprise is the warrior's greatest weapon

Change is a constant. Anything you get attached to will one day be gone. Love the things you love as best as you can love them in the time you have in their presence. And that change, though I'm often fearful of it, has presented me with some of the greatest surprises I've ever received. I'm learning to become friends with it.

there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f***ed.

If there's one thing I can say about my garden, it can always surprise me.

I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself.

I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to be very successful that, you know.

Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.

The world changed while I slept, and much to my surprise, no one had consulted me.

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.

Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore.

I love anyone who surprises me and makes me laugh.

Each painting is fresh and new, a surprise even to myself.

I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go.

My biggest surprise when I became a mom was how I had so much love inside me to give to someone.

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.