#rise

I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#change #comparable #earth #edge #human

I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#because #big #big band #everyone #i

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#always #surprise #terrorists

The biggest surprise has been making the adjustment after losing a game. In the NBA you could lose tonight and you have to put that game behind you because you have another game the next night. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#after #another #because #been #behind

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#expect #plan #prepare #surprised #worst

Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty, the sigh of History dissolves. ↗

— Derek Walcott

#caribbean #comes #dissolves #faced #history

I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#gave #i #over #people #polish

Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity would like to secure their position against small and energetic enterprise. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#because #competition #democracy #distrust #energetic

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me. ↗

— David Walliams

#absolute #adult #book #books #charlie

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#lot #matter #reacting #surprises #work