That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies! - Friedrich Nietzsche What would be frightening about me jumping out of the bush wearing a pig mask is not the sudden surprise, not me, and not the pig mask, but that the ordinary world had split open for a moment to reveal some possibility never previously considered. - Peter Straub

If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur. - Paulo Coelho The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on. Acting with him is like a beautiful dance. - Genie Francis The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. - Eric Hoffer It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good. - Anthony Hopkins When you run into someone in NY it is usually a pleasant surprise. When you run into someone in LA you usually had a car accident. - Susan Sarandon Mr. Gray," I mutter. He's smiling...

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise. - Lemony Snicket I love to explore new and strange things in detail. This habit reduces element of surprises in my life. - Toba Beta In fight, by 'knowing what to do next', element of surprise can be overcomed. - Toba Beta A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. - Charles De Gaulle Yes, Peasoup,' replied Kevin. 'This is all part of my plan. I have tricked the humans into believing that we are trapped under a whacking great pile of snow. That way when we face them again we will have the element of surprise on our side.' 'But we are trapped under a whacking great pile of snow,' said Midge. - Doug Macleod Each day he made attempts ... but produced nothing but quotations, thinly or well disguised, of his own work. Nothing sp...