You never know how great a kiss can feel, when you’re stopped at the top of a Ferris wheel.Freddy CannonExcitementRomanceSurprises Share this
They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.Mary WesleyDisappointmentSurprisesUncertainty Share this
Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings – they rarely come single.Letitia Elizabeth LandonSurprises Share this
I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore Im always pleasantly surprised.Lianne La HavasContentmentExpectationsSurprises Share this
Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.Mignon McLaughlinAchievementResilienceSurprises Share this
What we expect rarely occurs; what we don’t expect is what happens.Holly Goldberg SloanExpectationSurprises Share this
The biggest failures come round and spring ultimate surprises of survival.Jack WhiteSurprisesSurvival Share this
The trouble you’re expecting never happens; it’s always something that sneaks up the other way.George R. StewartAnticipationExpectationsSurprises Share this
Good writing will bring you to places you don’t even expect sometimes.James GandolfiniExplorationGrowthSurprises Share this
The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable. -Bobby GoodspeedJames HoweSurprisesUncertainty Share this
You often see shocks in the League Cup, even when you don’t expect themJan MølbyCompetitionExpectationsSurprises Share this
Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.Alphonse de LamartineHumilityOpportunitySurprises Share this
Life is full of surprises, but the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them.Deborah WilesGrowthResilienceSurprises Share this
Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are the masters of finding something that you didn’t suspect.Deion SandersStrategySuccessSurprises Share this
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.Leon TrotskyAgingSurprises Share this
In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.John Pentland MahaffySurprisesUncertainty Share this
Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.Scott WesterfeldChaosSurprisesUncertainty Share this
Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.Savielly TartakowerSurprises Share this
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.Andre MauroisChoicePerspectiveSurprises Share this
Oftentimes, what you wind up learning is very different than what you expect.Anne HathawayExpectationsLearningSurprises Share this
Two lines must meet at a point. Therefore there are only two surprises here.Nathan SeibergCertaintySurprises Share this
The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises.Steven EriksonFutureSurprisesUncertainty Share this
Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.Norton JusterExpectationSurprisesWisdom Share this
Compared to dreams, reality can be truly cruel. But it can also come up with beautiful surprises.Nujood AliDreamsRealitySurprises Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity