Surprise Quotes - Page 6

It is on a day like this one, a little later, a little earlier, that you discover, without surprise, that something is wrong, that, without mincing words, you don't know how to live, that you will never know.

Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind.

The secret of fashion is to surprise and never to disappoint.

Surprise your doubts with action.

The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.

History is full of surprises.

I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.

Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise, And interpret your device, . . . . All things wait for and divine him,-- How shall I dare to malign him?

Surprise is key in all art.

Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.

The fantastic breaks the crust of appearance … something grabs us by the shoulders to throw us outside ourselves. I have always known that the big surprises await us where we have learned to be surprised by nothing, that is, where we are not shocked by ruptures in the order.

Don't let your imagination take you by surprise.

A good joke provides tension, and then, release of that tension. You build the tension by saying things that are controversial. The release is the laugh. The bigger the surprise or insight in your joke, the bigger the laugh.

We like to kidnap them in a van, and take then somewhere dangerous... SURPRISE!!

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

You never really know how or when your life is going to change, and that's for the best.

To surprise the enemy is to defeat him.

To conclude, the tragedy of March 25 [1969] caught me by surprise. Yahya Khan fooled even me.

I love you,” Buttercup said. “I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I’ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.

The future is bound to surprise us, but we don't have to be dumbfounded.

About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I do have a love of music and I do love to communicate it, and that's the best I can do, really. And I can raise a good family, too.

I find life so shocking in general. Everything about it surprises me.

The element of surprise wasn't allowed near the Periodic Table.