Chance is the nature of our universe. [. . . ] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.
In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.
Sometimes very small children in a proper environment develop a skill and exactness in their work that can only surprise us.
My own words take me by surprise and teach me what to think.
There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.
It's the mishaps that make it fun, and brings you the surprise.
I suppose it's nice to have some surprise in life and to surprise yourself in life and see what else you can do.
And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing.
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
As science went further and further into the external world, they ended up inside the atom where to their surprise they saw consciousness staring them in the face!
Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then.
The shot will go smoothly only when it takes the archer himself 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.
21 Jump Street is great. I just made that, and produced it and was a writer on it. It's starring myself and Channing Tatum, and maybe some surprise guests.
I want to serve desserts and pastries that people recognize and love to eat, but sometimes, with an unexpected twist of surprise.
I soon began to dream. . . . I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. . . . I left my bed and wandered downstairs. . . . There I met with a sickening surprise. Before me was a catafalque, on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping pitifully. 'Who is dead in the White House?' I demanded of one of the soldiers, 'The President,' was his answer; 'he was killed by an assassin. ''
I have the 'thing' worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out.
I think surprises are what's great about life: "WHOA! I didn't see that coming!"
It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.
However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness. When surprised, take the enemy by surprise.