#surprise

Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible. ↗

— Stonewall Jackson

#enemy #mislead #mystify #possible #surprise

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all. ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

#life #names #person #real #real life

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ↗

— Ashley Montagu

#enjoy #moments #seize #surprise #take

Surprise is key in all art. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#key #surprise

I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me. ↗

— Moira Kelly

#get #i #lot #me #recognition

Films exhaust me, they do, and I often want nothing more to do with them, but I'm continually surprised at the resurgence of the impulse to come back and do it all over again. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#back #come #continually #exhaust #films

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise. ↗

— William James

#between #companionship #joyousness #life #need

I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#constantly #given #i #might #movies

The Fed chairmanship is not the kind of job where you want to surprise everyone with your choice of a total unknown. You don't want to surprise Wall Street. ↗

— David Jones

#everyone #fed #job #kind #our choice

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise! ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#annual #dear #her #poor #preparing