More quotations tagged with “surprise”
Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company?
—Zora Neale Hurston
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.
—Salman Rushdie
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
—Carl von Clausewitz
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder.
—Charles Morgan
You're immature. You've been unable to adjust to the idea of war."
"Yes, sir."
"You have a morbid aversion to dying. You probably resent the fact that you're at war and might get your head blown off any second."
"I more than resent it, sir. I'm absolutely incensed."
"… Misery depresses you. Ignorance depresses you. Persecution depresses you. Violence depresses you.… You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic depressive!
—Joseph Heller