#surprise

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#derive #doing #favors #feeling #gives

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#generation #i #interested #not interested #people

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons. ↗

— Hans Blix

#biological #biological weapons #chemical #expecting #gas

People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama. ↗

— Carmen Electra

#art #dalai #dalai lama #down-to-earth #friday

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring. ↗

— David Brin

#backgrounds #characters #depth #develop #erupt

What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all that blur. I just want to work and surprise myself. ↗

— Adrien Brody

#become #blur #caught #celebrity #easily

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream. ↗

— Heywood Broun

#any #doubt #first #holds #i

Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#captured #close #discipline #edge #essence

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#half #hunt #life #manageable #more

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#children #hear #i #people #read