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If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream. — Heywood Broun

Order and surprise: these are two intertwined elements that make for any great library or collection. — Michael Dirda

Give more, don't expect not to be repaid. Give more thanks for what you haven't expected but received! — Israelmore Ayivor

I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important. — Veronica Roth

I will tell you something else, King, which may be a surprise for you. It will not happen for hundreds of years, but both of us are to come back. — T.H. White

Some say, 'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.' I say, 'Those who ignore history are in for a big surprise.' — Stephen Colbert

No surprise that, as companies have adopted social media en masse, demand for software and applications to manage and monitor social use has exploded. — Ryan Holmes

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you. — Jehane Noujaim

I don't really like surprises. Not big ones anyway. Just having a pack of Revels holds enough of a surprise for me. — Karl Pilkington

Mikael had rarely managed to surprise Berger. This time she was silent for nearly ten seconds. — Stieg Larsson

I understand that this has taken a lot of politicians by surprise. But we believe that this is an important and right step for the steel industry. — Lakshmi Mittal

Surprise, surprise! I have a band! I'm really excited that we have a song on the soundtrack of 'American Reunion' for that very reason. — Thomas Ian Nicholas

There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for. — Charles Baudelaire

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me. — Ben Kingsley

My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

O spring, I know thee! Seek for sweet surprise / In the young children's eyes. / But I have learnt the years, and know the yet / Leaf-folded violet. — Alice Meynell

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do. — V.S. Naipaul

Surprise was always good. Delay was always fatal. Guys who let a situation unfold in its own good time were just stockpiling problems for themselves. — Lee Child

I had no idea what awaited me when I took a job with CBS Records, and it was a total surprise to find I had a gift and an ear for music. — Clive Davis

Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead. — Katrina Kenison

Every day there is a surprise for you, we ruin it by overthinking or neglection. So stay foolish to get surprise , stay hungry to smell it. — Nikhil Yadav

With an eco-mind, we get ready for surprises, for we realize it's just not possible to know what's possible. — Frances Moore Lappe

'Taken' is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody. — Olivier Megaton

Amy is black. I stare at her in surprise for a minute before I climb in the car. — Colleen Hoover

New Yorkers, we've seen Donald Trump for, like, 30 years; we know who he is. So he wasn't a surprise to me. — Fran Lebowitz

No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that. — Alan Redpath

No, how about I kill the bitch for you, Uncle Ving?" Endia said, catching them all by surprise. — Paige Green

For me, what is most important is the element of surprise. If I can surprise you with every film of mine, that is exactly what I am trying to do. — Arjun Rampal

The gift is for you ... The surprise is for me. — Jonathan Safran Foer

But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do. — Kenneth Oppel

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. — John Maus

The Devil danced all over the place in his beautiful eyes. You never knew what kind of surprise he had for you, just to make you laugh. — Dorothea Benton Frank

For under scrutiny you will find that even an open book can have a surprise scribbled in its margins. — Violet Haberdasher

Actually, yes, I would say something like 'there may be bears here.' Bears are not a pleasant surprise for most people. — Seanan McGuire

It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise. — Elizabeth Berg

In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started laughing, more than I was prepared to deal with. It was a surprise. — Kristen Schaal

Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season. — Arsene Wenger

Sorry," said Mik. "I think you neutralized our capacity for surprise. You should have started with that, and *then* told us you raise the dead. — Laini Taylor

What do you most want for your birthday picnic, Admiral?" Taken by surprise, he answered honestly: "No casualties. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Say what you will, but you're never prepared for the surprise attack. — Sarah Dessen

When I came home I expected a surprise and there was no surprise for me, so of course, I was surprised. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

I like you both! And that's better than loving you, for that's expected, you know. But liking you, what a curious surprise. — Anne Rice

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you. — Robert Henri

Because a garden mean constantly making choices, it offers almost limitless possibilities for surprise and satisfaction. — Jane Garmey

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. — Mary Mapes Dodge

Respond to critics with humility. Most people are experts in finding problems with whatever others do. That should not be a surprise to you. — Israelmore Ayivor

It's no surprise to say I oppose the ban [of Donald Trump].If we only allow free speech for those we already agree with, is that free speech at all? — Edward Leigh

We should always prepare for the tests that we know about. After all, there are so many that surprise us. — Suzanne Harper

I don't get surprised very often to be honest. I'm the kind of person who you couldn't throw a surprise party for because I'd figure it out. — Chris O'Donnell

It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see,
That though the English are effete
They're quite impervious to heat. — Noel Coward

There are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for. — Ellen Glasgow

So eventually I instantly backed down and apologised for NOTHING. She was instantly fine - surprise, surprise. — Rae Earl

Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless. — Keith Jarrett

I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living. — Sara Sheridan

his surprise and relief, her arm was whole. He blinked several times to be sure and thanked God for the remission that she must have experienced. — David Levin

Our constant desire to genre-label cripples new writers. Let them experiment, explore and surprise. — Carla H. Krueger

Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you - and give it to you. — James A. Owen

It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project. — Donnie Wahlberg

People are full of surprise, even for themselves, if they have been stirred enough. — James Baldwin

The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty. — Jean Baudrillard

His casual, almost flippant, mention of it took her by surprise and made her feel cool and tart, like tasting lime for the first time. — Sarah Addison Allen

No surprise then that the pure socialists support every revolution except for the ones that succeed. — Michael Parenti

You get used to people being a certain way; you depend on it. And when they surprise you, for better or worse, it can shake you to your core. — Sarah Dessen

Change could surprise you only if you didn't expect it and weren't looking for it — Spencer Johnson

Much to the surprise of the builders of the first digital computers, programs written for them usually did not work. — Rodney Brooks

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. — Dave Gibbons

I'm like an abused puppy, so desperate for attention that it's almost a surprise when I get belted in the gut.
Again. — Talia Vance

As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun control is now key to his political legacy. — Juan Williams

Robert Frost said, No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader. — Kim Addonizio

Did not you? I did for you. But that is one great difference between us. Compliments always take you by surprise, and me never. — Jane Austen

I am no longer surprise by situation. I only pray for the strength of endurance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay. — Adam Lambert

Every goodbye calls for preparation, but most times, life takes us by surprise. — Elisabetta Gnone

Never take your eyes off your opponent. And never think you don't have to work for a victory. Even now, you could surprise me. (Takeshi) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sometimes the world sits at a corner and waits for you to fail! Surprise the world! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I think Miller is better looking than that guy," Sunny says. "Yeah, but you have an unusual affinity for yetis, so that's not really a surprise. — Helena Hunting

Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord
preferred to live with whores
& sinners, seeing
I go in for that myself. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Certain actions take place outside the normal course of things so unexpectedly that they seem to paralyse ordinary capacity for feeling surprise; — Anthony Powell

This man's wife told him, "For Christmas, surprise me." On Christmas Eve he leaned over where she was sleeping and said, "Boo!" — Milton Berle

I was eleven years old when I saw a woman for the first time, and I was seized by such sudden surprise that I burst into tears. — Mia Couto

Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise. — Marcus Aurelius

For it is written that if the wise man appears always stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise. — Christopher Moore

Disappointment has quite a penchant for taking one by a surprise. — Pawan Mishra

Pain for the old was no longer a surprise. — Cormac McCarthy

It surprises me what the girls are capable of doing for me. — Enrique Iglesias

For the risk of it, for the sheer surprise of pressing one's nose to the glass and finding someone staring back on the other side. — Jodi Picoult

At the age of 19, you always think you are prepared for everything and you think you have the knowledge of what?s coming ahead. — Princess Diana

It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can change the course of human affairs. — Stanislaw Ulam

I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish. — Sanaa Lathan

I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise. — Elie Wiesel

The ring, the call, the surprise, the shock that you have out-of-doors - be always looking for the unexpected in nature, do not settle to a formula. — Charles Webster Hawthorne

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. — James P. Carse

Tim paused for a beat. "It's also bears." "Bears?" I asked with genuine surprise. — Alyssa Rose Ivy

Element of surprise is really fun for me in comedy. I have to be surprised, and everything's been done. — Zach Galifianakis

I'm a sucker for expertly-executed detail and surprise elements in clothing. — Tabatha Coffey

Gutfreund (pronounced Good friend) liked to sneak up from behind and surprise you. This was fun for him but not for you. — Michael Lewis

People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe. — Lucille Roybal-Allard

Cowardece is often just another name for being taken by surprise. — Gregory David Roberts

You're never ready for the truth. No matter how much you think you know, it always takes you by surprise. — Kirsten Miller