Surprise Quotes - page 28

I find myself eating different kinds of chicken each and every day, even if it's by surprise. (Ludacris)
So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me Scannin' while you're plannin' ways to sabotage me I leave 'em froze like her-on in your nose Nas'll rock well, It ain't hard to tell. View quote
Nas
I think it's important for artists to work together. It's great for fans to see, like, Ludacris came out to our show in Atlanta and kinda made a surprise appearance there, it shows a mutual respect for what each other does. View quote
Jason Aldean
You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you grab attention in the first frame with a visual surprise, you stand a better chance of holding the viewer. People screen out a lot of commercials because they open with something dull... When you advertise fire-extinguishers, open with the fire. View quote
David Ogilvy
The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage. View quote
M. Ward
Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts They still think they're the gods of antiquity If something you missed didn't even exist It was just an ideal - is it such a surprise? View quote
Elvis Costello
I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all. View quote
James Lovelock
Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. View quote
Abraham Joshua Heschel
To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain the sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. It is all we can offer in return for the mystery by which we live. Who is worthy to be present at the constant unfolding of time? View quote
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The striking surprise is that prophets of Israel were tolerated at all by their people. To the patriots, they seemed pernicious; to the pious multitude, blasphemous; to the men in authority, seditious. View quote
Abraham Joshua Heschel
War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that fuel of various kinds being used. It pollutes the air and water of this very fragile and interconnected planet. (Alice Walker)
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. View quote
Stonewall Jackson
A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise. View quote
Joyce Carol Oates
I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy, be less reliant on foreign oil when you look at our health care that we're trying to get more affordable health care, that these are going to create major debates in this country and be somewhat polarizing. View quote
Amy Klobuchar
Hollywood is portrayed in this super glamorous way, but when I see pictures of actresses going off the rails, it doesn't surprise me at all. View quote
Minnie Driver
My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life. View quote
Natalia Vodianova
Jules: Why are you on the floor? Emma: I've heard roling out of bed in the morning helps you build up resistance to surprise attacks. Jules: Oh yeah? What does screaming "holy crap!" do? Emma: That part's optional. View quote
Cassandra Clare
Alec took me by surprise. View quote
Cassandra Clare
Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me. View quote
Larry David
It is a pleasant surprise to him (the pure mathematician) and an added problem if he finds that the arts can use his calculations, or that the senses can verify them, much as if a composer found that sailors could heave better when singing his songs. View quote
George Santayana
I've met a few little people in my time. I met a little fella once and he was alright. He got drunk really quick, err, but he was alright. But it took me by surprise -like I've said about when I met Steve for the first time, it's only that same thing, then if we lived together I'm sure we'd get on a storm. (Karl Pilkington)
The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge. View quote
Esperanza Spalding
The stag in limpid currents with surprise Sees crystal branches on his forehead rise. View quote
Ambrose Philips
But if politics is an art, it is not like sculpture or painting, where one side acts and the other is passive material. It is more like drama without a script, or dance without choreography - in other words, improvisation. Either player may surprise us again with a new move. View quote
Thomas Flanagan (political scientist)
I have heard it stated - and I confess with some surprise - as an article of Conservative opinion that paternal Government - that is to say, the use of the machinery of Government for the benefit of the people - is a thing in itself detestable and wicked. I am unable to subscribe to that doctrine, either politically or historically. View quote
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury