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Quotations
 | Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected. — Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC, Roman general & Consul 13 likes |
 | Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 9 likes |
 | Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 9 likes |
 | Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 6 likes |
 | What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. — Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister 6 likes |
 | The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 5 likes |
 | One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do. — Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American industrialist, founder of FORD 5 likes |
 | There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes. — Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867, French poet 4 likes |
 | Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 4 likes |
 | Life is surprising, a lot of unexpected things can happen to you. Small, not big ones. — Eugene Ionesco, 1912-1994, French-Romanian playwright 3 likes |
 | The first man who died must have been stunned. — Wolinski, 1934-2015, French cartoonist 3 likes |
 | Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. — George S. Patton, 1885-1945, American general 3 likes |
 | It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise. — Jules Verne, 1826-1905, French writer 2 likes |
 | In war, more than anywhere else, things never turn out the way we expect them to. — Carl von Clausewitz, 1780-1831, Prussian military theorist 2 likes |
 | In 1919 I woke up famous. — Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer 1 likes |
 | It was the unexpected that happened, always. — William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer 1 likes |
 | To the blind all things are sudden. — Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist 1 likes |
 | Look how often the unexpected happens yet we still never expect it. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-2025, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 1 likes |
| My life so far has been a long series of things I wasn't ready for. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-2025, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 1 likes |
 | I'm a strange person. Sometimes I hardly know what I'm going to do or say next. Sometimes I seem a stranger to myself. Sometimes what I do surprises me and I can't understand why I do it. — Philip Dick, 1928-1982, American sci-fi writer 1 likes |
 | The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name. — Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, British writer 1 likes |
 | Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception. — Plautus, c. 254-184 BC, Roman playwright 1 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened. — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 10 likes |
