Quotes with unexpected

  • Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
  • For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
  • The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.

Quotes 1 till 20 of 34.

1 2 Next 
  • Heraclitus If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.
    Heraclitus
    Greek philosopher (540 - 480)
    - +
    +2
  • Billy Graham A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
    - +
    +1
  • Arnold Bennett A first-rate Organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
    - +
     0
  • Francis Bacon A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
    - +
     0
  • Carre Otis But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.
    Carre Otis
    American model and actress (1968 - )
    - +
     0
  • Jose Marti Charm is a product of the unexpected.
    Jose Marti
    Cuban politician, journalist and poet (1853 - 1895)
    - +
     0
  • Albert Einstein Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment.
    The evolution of physics (1938)
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
    - +
     0
  • Bo Burnham For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
    Bo Burnham
    American comedian, musician, actor and poet (1990 - )
    - +
     0
  • Booker T. Washington I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
    - +
     0
  • Bill James If a candidate for office starts talking about thinning the deer population or investing in barriers to reduce the number of deer on the highways, the other side will probably just ignore him, because they're not going to know what to say about it. But there is a chance that the issue will resonate with voters in an unexpected way.
    Bill James
    American baseball writer, historian, and statistician (1949 - )
    - +
     0
  • George Bernard Shaw If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
    - +
     0
  • Henry David Thoreau If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
    - +
     0
  • Samuel Johnson If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
    - +
     0
  • Alexander Smith In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
    - +
     0
  • Archibald Alexander It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.
    Archibald Alexander
    American Presbyterian theologian and professor (1772 - 1851)
    - +
     0
  • Carl Sagan It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
    - +
     0
  • Carl Sandburg Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
    - +
     0
  • Herbert Spencer Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
    Herbert Spencer
    British Philosopher (1820 - 1903)
    - +
     0
  • Leon Trotsky Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
    Leon Trotsky
    Russian revolutionary and writer (1879 - 1940)
    - +
     0
  • Aaron Klug One cannot plan for the unexpected
    Aaron Klug
    British biophysicist (1926 - 2018)
    - +
     0
1 2 Next 
All unexpected famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com