Top Surprise Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of Surprise quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Albert Brooks
Nothing surprises me. After Donald Trump, nothing matters, does it?
- Albert Brooks
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Image of Charles Willeford
Nothing human surprises me.
- Charles Willeford
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Image of Joseph Stiglitz
The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.
- Joseph Stiglitz
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Image of David Remnick
Disaster can take a nation by surprise, slowly, and then all at once.
- David Remnick
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Image of Martin Scorsese
Always stay open to surprise.
- Martin Scorsese
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Image of Daniel Wallace
The ending is always a surprise.
- Daniel Wallace
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Image of Kemmons Wilson
The best surprise is no surprise.
- Kemmons Wilson
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Image of David Gelernter
Surprise is the beginning of wisdom.
- David Gelernter
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Image of Julie Payette
You're always under the microscope, and you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.
- Julie Payette
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Image of Julie Payette
You're always under the microscope, you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.
- Julie Payette
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Image of Karl Schroeder
Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.
- Karl Schroeder
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Image of Jane Ace
You could have knocked me down with a fender.
- Jane Ace
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Image of Robin Benway
I guess even when you can see everything, some things will always be a surprise.
- Robin Benway
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Image of Eric Hobsbawm
The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it.
- Eric Hobsbawm
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Image of Buwei Yang Chao
My remoteness from women's affairs could be seen from my surprise when I heard that needles had holes in them.
- Buwei Yang Chao
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Image of Rockmond Dunbar
There's not that many surprises that you get in life.
- Rockmond Dunbar
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Image of David Cay Johnston
Congress is supposed to fund the IRS, and it has been steadily reducing the number of auditors and tax collectors the IRS has at the very time that the tax system has become vastly more complicated. And of course America continues to grow, so there's an increasing number of tax returns coming in. The IRS responds by doing exactly what Congress expects of them. That shouldn't surprise anyone. All bureaucracies do what they are told.
- David Cay Johnston
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Image of Gerard Way
We like to kidnap them in a van, and take then somewhere dangerous... SURPRISE!!
- Gerard Way
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Image of Friedrich Nietzsche
That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies!
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Image of Booker T. Washington
My whole life has largely been one of surprises.
- Booker T. Washington
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Image of Karl Pilkington
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
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Image of George Gilder
Entrepreneurship is the launching of surprises.
- George Gilder
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Image of Jodi Picoult
and yet, you never knew wwhat you were capable of until you arrived at that given moment. Life was just a whole string of spots where you continued to surprise yourself.
- Jodi Picoult
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Image of Manmohan Singh
Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.
- Manmohan Singh
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Image of Sarah Silverman
I became known for surprising audiences. Except now, if I surprise them every time, they expect that.
- Sarah Silverman
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Image of Mae West
Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises.
- Mae West
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Image of John Betjeman
One mark of good verse is surprise
- John Betjeman
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Image of Elie Wiesel
I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise.
- Elie Wiesel
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Image of Richard Rohr
The great and merciful surprise is that we come to God, not by doing it right, but by doing it wrong.
- Richard Rohr
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Image of Deb Caletti
It's shocking the things we call love.
- Deb Caletti
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Image of Jack Welch
When it's time to let someone go, do it right. No surprises. No humiliation.
- Jack Welch
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Image of Edward Albee
A lot interests me - but nothing surprises me particularly.
- Edward Albee
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Image of Rabindranath Tagore
That I exist is a perpetual surprise which is life.
- Rabindranath Tagore
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Image of Alice Walker
Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.
- Alice Walker
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Image of Agatha Christie
If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.
- Agatha Christie
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Image of John Cusack
I'm not making any plans. I'm just going to let the universe surprise me.
- John Cusack
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Image of Paulo Coelho
We are our own greatest surprise.
- Paulo Coelho
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Image of Stephen Colbert
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
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Image of Sarah Dessen
Say what you will, but you’re never prepared for the surprise attack.
- Sarah Dessen
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Image of Junot Diaz
What a surprise (we all know how tolerant the tolerant are).
- Junot Diaz
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Image of Jonathan Safran Foer
The gift is for you...The surprise is for me.
- Jonathan Safran Foer
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Image of Nina Dobrev
My love can't be purchased Best gifts have been well-thought-out surprises.
- Nina Dobrev
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Image of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Doesn't surprise me that Christ our Lord preferred to live with whores and sinners, seeing I go in for that myself.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Image of Pope Francis
God shows up with surprises.
- Pope Francis
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Image of Billy Graham
The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.
- Billy Graham
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Image of Joseph Joubert
Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.
- Joseph Joubert
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Image of Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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Image of Honore de Balzac
Nothing about me surprises me.
- Honore de Balzac
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Image of Spike Lee
I never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't do it like that.
- Spike Lee
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Image of Sanaa Lathan
I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish
- Sanaa Lathan
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