Surprise Quotes - page 23

I love the surprise element of being a mom. (Jessica Capshaw)
The UK downgrade will come as little surprise to many. It does not appear to be occurring because the UK is cutting its deficit too far and too fast. View quote
John Redwood
Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action. View quote
John Yoo
The Heisman attention has definitely been a little bit of a surprise. It's been out of my hands. It's something I'm not focused on. I'm focused on the season and trying to win as many games as possible. View quote
Johnny Manziel
Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns. The challenge is keeping readers in step, while still managing to surprise. View quote
Jonathan Evison
The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you. View quote
Jonny Lee Miller
I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing. What happens is that you write when you're ready. View quote
Joseph Kanon
That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people. View quote
Joseph Kosinski
As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun control is now key to his political legacy. View quote
Juan Williams
After I started getting criticism for doing 'Big Brother,' someone told me that Hugh Downs used to host 'Concentration' and Mike Wallace used to do 'The Big Surprise.' I thought, Huh, maybe that door isn't sealed shut if I want to do '60 Minutes' one day. View quote
Julie Chen
But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do. (Kenneth Oppel)
The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise. View quote
Kenny G
I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary Modern. I did all right in English, history and music, which were the subjects that most interested me. View quote
Kiki Dee
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. View quote
Kristen Schaal
Every year, dads will dress up as Santa and try to surprise their kids by coming down the chimney, and every year, a dad gets stuck and dies. View quote
Kyle Dunnigan
It should cause no surprise that anyone so lazy as myself should be economical to the point of miserliness with everything he writes. View quote
Leslie Charteris
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. View quote
Lucas Papademos
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. View quote
Lucille Roybal-Allard
I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on a level and see how far you can go up, down or out emotionally. You have to balance the craft with spontaneity. View quote
Lusia Strus
To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat. View quote
Lasse Hallstrom
Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, into a gift, into a romance. (Mark Batterson)
I was well warned about English food, so it did not surprise me, but I do wonder sometimes, how they ever manage to prise it up long enough to get a plate under it. View quote
Margaret Halsey
The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence. View quote
Bill Nelson
We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will take, what a character will do or say to surprise us, how the events in the world will impact our story. View quote
Barbara Kopple
President Lyndon Johnson was very, very unpredictable. We never knew for sure what he is going to do next, and he preferred to have it that way; if he could do something as a complete surprise, that was his preference. View quote
Clint Hill