Quotes about Surprise
They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.
- AA Milne
They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.
- AA Milne
Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
We will learn in this chapter of 1 Kings 17 the amazing and surprising ways God supplies our needs. But it also demonstrates God's love for all peoples, not only Israel.
- RT Kendall
God is predictably unpredictable.
- RT Kendall
I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
I found out I got 'The Little Drummer Girl' and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn't expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It's been an overwhelming experience.
- Florence Pugh
Break the monotony. Do something strange and extravagant!
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love is like wildflowers; it's often found in the most unlikely places.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we realize we're undeserving, suddenly the world comes alive. Instead of whining about everything that goes wrong, we're surprised at God's many kindnesses, and our hearts overflow with thanks.
- Randy Alcorn
The dominant ideology of our culture is committed to continuity and success and to the avoidance of pain, hurt, and loss. The dominant culture is also resistant to genuine newness and real surprise. It is curious but true, that surprise is as unwelcome as is loss. And our culture is organized to prevent the experience of both.
- Walter Brueggemann