#surprise

When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#back #get #looking #looking back #over

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are. ↗

— Jeff Probst

#change #me #most #surprises #thing

When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#always #am #away #discontent #europe

At last, someone came to tell me I'd been selected as commissioner, which gave rise to the line that I took the job with clean hands. I was then taken downstairs to a press conference, and the reporters were as surprised as I was. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#came #clean #commissioner #conference #downstairs

Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise. ↗

— Tony Snow

#discovered #dogs #investigators #laugh #surprise

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#boulder #expect #him #man #must

When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn't be surprised when somebody responds in kind. ↗

— Ward Churchill

#countries #impose #kill #kind #order

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. ↗

— Phil Jackson

#agendas #approach #away #come #efforts

Art must take reality by surprise. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#must #reality #surprise #take

Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#people #predictability #surprise #art