#surprise

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#his #never #politician #quite #says

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned. ↗

— Wally Lamb

#defies #different #different way #going #had

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear I'm gay. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#gay #hear #i #should #surprise

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#gay #hear #i #should #surprise

A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#i #know #like #lot #me

I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#become #cannot #desire #i #i am

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all. ↗

— James Lovelock

#arabians #campaign #greenpeace #heard #i

I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#been #i #life #long #long time

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny. ↗

— Norm MacDonald

#funny #intending #laugh #make #somebody

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#concludes #detective #entire #novel #run