Surprise Quotes - Page 5

• I don't like the phrase shock value. Surprise is essential in comedy, and if people are shocked by what I consider merely surprising, then that's their shock. But there is no joke without surprise.

  George Carlin

  People, Essentials, Phrases

  Interview with Sam Merrill, reprints.longform.org. January 1982.

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• The day you think you know, your death has happened - because now there will be no wonder and no joy and no surprise. Now you will live a dead life.

  Rajneesh

  Inspirational, Thinking, Joy

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• The art form has to do with the mystery and the hidden invitation that's in the room. And that's when the magic happens, that's when the deep silence emerges to the surprise of all the attentively listening ears. In a way, you're following that silence. You go where the silence is deepest.

  David Whyte

  Art, Listening Ear, Silence

  "Courageous Conversations: An Interview with David Whyte". Interview with Kim Rosen, spiritualityhealth.com. December 8, 2014.

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• That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people.

  Joseph Kosinski

  People, Able, These Days

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Surprise is the mother of panic.

  Nick Murray

  Mother, Panic

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• Jesus Christ: A common exclamation indicating surprise, disgust, anger or bewilderment.

  Chaz Bufe

  Jesus, Common, Christ

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• And so it's no surprise that people who object to the death penalty on pure moral grounds also think it has no deterrent effect, and people who like the death penalty on grounds of retribution tend to think it has deterrent effects. They like that, and they believe that. I think with climate change we're seeing very much the same thing where those who deny climate change, they don't like that, and they don't believe it.

  Cass Sunstein

  Believe, Thinking, People

  "Cass Sunstein explains why Star Wars is like America". Interview with Alex McLevy, film.avclub.com. June 2, 2016.

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• I make my own surprises and I'm always surprised to see what I do, to see it when it's finished and the biggest challenge is once I finish it, it's not a failure. It's not a flop.

  Robert Barry

  Challenges, My Own, Finished

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• Donald Trump has built a super successful business. He's an effective organizer. He's an effective execution-oriented executive. He has the right political personality to get on with people in a way that'll surprise people. He will cut deals in a way that are more favorable for America than what establishment politicians have done.

  Anthony Scaramucci

  Cutting, Successful, America

  Source: gawker.com

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• I was working on other things and I wanted to make a film, and I had some ideas brewing in my head. Brandy's [ Burre] circumstance was such that I didn't really know what was going to happen. That was obviously a surprise, but I knew she was in her mid-to-late thirties and she was starting to really think about her life in a way that really appealed to me, appealed to the women that I know in my life.

  Robert Greene

  Thinking, Ideas, Way

  "Performance as Documentary: An Interview with Robert Greene (Web Exclusive)". Interview with Erik Luers, www.cineaste.com.

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• When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to the world that we live in.

  Todd Solondz

  World, Littles, Way

  "'Wiener-Dog': Director Todd Solondz Explains Why It Took a Few Years to Make This Movie". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 25, 2016.

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• I think it took us all by surprise. I mean, I knew that people in New Zealand would like [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but no one really anticipated how much they would embrace it as it is. And it's playing widely in Australia now; they're running it as well. It's going to be interesting to see how it does it in the States, but I think if Sundance was any indication, I imagine it could do well.

  Sam Neill

  Running, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise.

  Elie Wiesel

  Auschwitz

  Source: www.nobelprize.org

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• I think Donald Trump is going to surprise a lot of people.

  Rick Santorum

  Thinking, People, Trump

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Surrender is a state of living in the flow, trusting what is, and being open to serendipity and surprises.

  Judith Orloff

  Serendipity, Flow, Surrender

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• I think there's almost an expectation that it should be Theresa [May] and Boris [Johnson]. I think they'd be real surprise if it ended up with someone else.

  Nigel Evans

  Real, Thinking, Expectations

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• In fact, numerous scientific laboratory tests and field observations have led to the conclusion that animals are conscious, intelligent, emotional beings. They are not machines and truly feel physical pain when it is inflicted upon them. They are capable of experiencing a wide range of emotions, including loneliness, embarrassment, sadness, longing, depression, anxiety, panic, and fear, as well as joy, relief, surprise, happiness, contentment, and peace.

  Sharon Gannon

  Pain, Loneliness, Sadness

  "Sharon Gannon on Veganism". jivamuktiyoga.com. November 16, 2016.

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• It may surprise people to learn that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory.

  Li Bingbing

  Elephants, Ivory, People

  "Li Bingbing on Elephants and Ivory Poaching". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Indeed, much to my parents' surprise, the first word I spoke in this lifetime was "light." Prior to uttering its name, however, I was already searching for light - for my source. Yet despite my preternatural kinship with that spark that lights this and all worlds, for the first two or three decades of my life, I resisted it.

  Rod Stryker

  Light, Names, Two

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• What puts me in a vulnerable state? Beauty, wonder, surprise, mystery. Stuff like that.

  Damian Kulash

  Stuff, Mystery, Wonder

  "Damian Kulash of OK Go: On Creativity, Design, and Activism". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Inspiration quite frequently arrives as a surprise. The key is being open to it.

  Tori Amos

  Inspiration, Keys

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I became known for surprising audiences. Except now, if I surprise them every time, they expect that.

  Sarah Silverman

  Audience, Surprising, Known

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

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• I would say that the emotional content of the film [Swiss Army Man] took me by surprise, and sometimes I would probably want to capture the unique tone of it.

  Paul Dano

  Army, Emotional, Unique

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My dad will get a kick out of [Scary Movie 4]. I don't know if he'll love it but by now my family know what to expect from me. So it's no surprise.

  Carmen Electra

  Dad, Scary, My Family

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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