Surprise Quotes - Page 18

Surprise is the tool of the Devil and it is the greatest power of the evil forces!

Man is never out of range of surprises!

Impulsively, she leaned across the truck and kissed him on the cheek. He glanced over in surprise when she pulled away, but pleasure glowed in his eyes. "What was that for?" "Just seemed like the thing to do," she said. "Well, feel free to do it more often," he encouraged. "I assure you I won't mind.

Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.

A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet.

She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.

Always do what's right. That will gratify some and surprise the rest.

War always takes you by surprise.

Maggie Shipstead's prose is so graceful and muscular, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe. Astonish Me is a treasure of small surprises.

Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.

Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.

Love is the one surprise.

The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage.

You're seeing something that you've seen a thousand times and you just like it. There's nothing wrong with that but it's not a revelation. It's not a surprise. It's comfort.

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.

My biggest surprise is probably the level of involvement of all the artists [in Valerian] who participated at every level.

Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of innocent and refreshing. So it's always virginal to me, and it's always a surprise.

It's not the punch you expect that knocks you down.

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

I like the serendipitous surprises of reality.

It seems to me divorce is so common now. It ought to be more institutionalized. It's like a head-on collision every time. It's supposed to be a surprise but it's commonplace.

The bewildering success of my books continues to surprise me.

The latest thing that has caught me by surprise is Maryanne Amacher. I like sound that affects the listener physically. Traits such as complexity or simplicity don't really become a factor then. It's just the sound that I pay attention to.

It surprises me every day that this (Eddie Haskell) character is still so popular. I don't completely understand it but it's nice.

I don't like to say. I like to just surprise people.