#surprise

The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. ↗

— Max Lerner

#gates #hope #into #kingdom #leads

Expect nothing at all and accept as a joyful surprise whatever good you find in matrimony. ↗

— Frank Leslie

#expect #find #good #joyful #matrimony

We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure. ↗

— Shane Leslie

#declined #equally #failure #glad #office

Those who closely watched the campaign should not be surprised by Obama's hostility toward Israel, given his relations with pro-Palestinian, virulent critics of Israel and his voluntary membership in Reverend Wright's decidedly anti-Semitic church. Furthermore, his campaign website featured anti-Semitic posts. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#campaign #church #closely #critics #decidedly

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as a complete surprise to philosophers, and so did quantum mechanics, and so did other things. ↗

— Robert Nozick

#complete #current #did #imaginations #mechanics

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#i #nicer #surprise #teens #than

What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are written with certainty. The authors tell some story as though it's true, but they don't have any evidence that it is true! ↗

— David Eagleman

#any #authors #books #bookstore #certainty

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

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. ↗

— Ellen Burstyn

#being #being alone #discover #finally #how

There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats' poem 'Endymion' is a really difficult poem, and I'm not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way. ↗

— Jane Campion

#artist #bad #difficult #dream #enjoy