Surprise Quotes - page 24

One of the difficult things of making a horror sequel in general is because the horror genre is so founded on surprise. (Ehren Kruger)
Detroit is drunken idiots. It was no surprise to me. I performed with Kenny Rogers for one year as his opening act, and I got to visit every major American city and notice the audience, and Detroit was one of the worst. View quote
Gallagher
Occasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way. View quote
John Barry
Luckily, with 'The Collector' the first time around, it really took off in the DVD world and foreign, so it was just a pleasant surprise that a couple of years later there we were, doing it again. View quote
Josh Stewart
I always want to surprise myself, more than anybody else. View quote
Kellin Quinn
I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.' View quote
Matt Gonzalez
You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise. View quote
Michael Arndt
Italy was a surprise in my life. I went there just to make money and then go back to Israel and study psychology. The arts wasn't something I grew up with or thought I could be part of. View quote
Moran Atias
Each one seems to be, in some way, essentially different from the others, and each is a surprise to me. I think that making books, or any kind of art, might also be like mining. The artist digs into his or her life and imagination and never knows what they'll find. That's the adventure. View quote
Mordicai Gerstein
I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls. View quote
Nancy Lublin
The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it. (Nathan Myhrvold)
That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us. View quote
Nick Flynn
'Taken' is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody. View quote
Olivier Megaton
Horror movies are all about getting your attention; you always have to be on guard. People love to be on the edge - there's nothing like a surprise. View quote
P. J. Soles
I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant. View quote
Preet Bharara
See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise. View quote
Patricia Clarkson
I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations. View quote
Paula Radcliffe
I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them? View quote
Penelope Wilton
Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know what's going to happen next. View quote
Pete Carroll
I love arguing with you, Claire. You always surprise me. And occasionally, you even make sense. View quote
Rachel Caine
For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world. (Rob Portman)
It's not a huge surprise that there are habitations at the bottom of the Black Sea. View quote
Robert Ballard
To me, the biggest surprise is that Google still functions despite the explosion in the number of sites. View quote
Robert Cailliau
One movie I think is just terrific is 'Bernie,' with Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. That was a great surprise to me - so witty, so entertaining, a true story, and I'm not a great Jack Black fan, but he's great in it. I think it's a gem. View quote
Robert Osborne
I really, really thought that it was a no-brainer in terms of being a hit. And so it does surprise that that hasn't been the manifested reception of it so far. View quote
Ron Glass