#unexpected

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. ↗

— John Locke

#discourses #frequently #learned #men #more

My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere. ↗

— Linda McCartney

#anywhere #crash #death #go #hate

One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish that, with one unexpected word choice. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#actually #atomic #choice #devices #distort

I like to employ a form of repetition, in which the same elements recur but in different and unexpected ways. rather than being discarded as soon as they are understood or passed over. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#different #discarded #elements #employ #form

In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#around #bump #city #day #happen

A brick could be surgically inserted in the chest of a man who needs a heart transplant. And for just $20,000 more dollars, that brick could be replaced with a new heart.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket #funny #humor #random #strange

It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking. ↗

— David Suzuki

#earth #earthquakes #gas #high #into

When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#business #expect #expect the unexpected #news #news business

Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost week. Lots of that is due to mistakes and stupidity, but it could open a new line of inquiry. Something really good turns up once in a hundred times, but it makes the whole day worthwhile. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#could #day #due #encounter #entirely

A brick could be used as a dream stimulator. Just tap it gently against your forehead. And if the mechanism gets stuck, just slam it down on your skull to jar everything loose.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny