Unexpected Quotes

"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

"If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
-Henry David Thoreau

"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience."
-George Bernard Shaw

"Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources."
-Herbert Spencer

"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

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."
-Sir Francis Bacon

"So we eventually can still get to any target we could get to with three gyros, but maybe not when we would like to. This makes following up unexpected transient events, for example, far more awkward and sometime not possible."
-Bruce Margon

"The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street."
-Robert Doisneau

"I loved and continue to love that job, but this unique -- and unexpected -- opportunity with CBS News is one I became more and more intrigued with and ultimately decided I couldn't pass up."
-Susan Molinari

"I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties."
-Alexander Alekhine

"[U.S. rejection] would not be unexpected as every other regulator has forbidden the deal unless BA gives away it's right arm."
-Matthew Stainer

"Though this was certainly unexpected, all the reports we've gotten back say there is no threat to anyone. We were glad to learn the tank was empty and there are no environmental concerns. Anyone who has or had a child playing on the field shouldn't be concerned about toxins."
-Cheryl Morris

"Matt has come a long way. He came in here as the starter and got knocked to the background. That was very unexpected in his life."
-Jim Zorn

"We seem to have the most depth. But girls golf is a sport where you can see a lot of unexpected improvement and a lot of improvement in scores in August."
-Ann Curtis

"We got a fifth year back for him and he took full advantage of it. He had a ton of heart and got his national championship. I just couldn't be happier. That goes along with his sixth-place finish in the long jump which was unexpected. It was just awesome."
-Dick Booth

"Any time you have a sudden, unexpected spike in enrollment, it can be a financial burden for the local districts, and we are working with them to make sure they get their money as fast as possible."
-Dana Tofig

"That was very unexpected. If the young kids didn't win their one match we couldn't have done it."
-Dave Vining

"He just comes in and tells me. You have a lymphoma cancer ­ Hodgkin's. Then everything started running through my mind. It was totally unexpected. I thought I was going to die. I don't do anything to harm myself. The first thing I wondered is why me?"
-Jonathan Cervenak

"He filled the manager's shoes because of the unexpected circumstances this club found itself in back in November."
-Milan Mandaric

"It wasn't like last week, where I stepped in a little bit unexpected. I was practicing with the ones all week. We were all ready to go this week."
-Adam Shada

"Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is make by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected."
-George Soros

"It was a little unexpected. Computer models didn't indicate it, but once those thunderstorms develop, you run into the possibility of intense snow squalls out of it."
-Simon Smith

"While this is unexpected, it indicates that AOL is remaining technologically agnostic. But I wouldn't expect AOL, if they expand DSL trials further, to compete in the same markets as Time Warner."
-Joe Laszlo

"It was something that was completely unexpected, and he's just enjoying each day as it goes by, and he's very, very happy right now."
-Sean Patterson

"We weren't expecting to do that at all. It was unexpected, but we knew we had the kids to do it, and two of the guys were freshmen. We have five or six guys who can go in there."
-Chris Lorditch

"It's nice to get recognized like that. It never even crossed my mind, it was just unexpected, so it was nice."
-Jay Mcclement

"Everyone's worry on the economy was jobs. Today's report was unexpected by most people and it allayed fears as to whether this is going to be a jobless recovery."
-Adam Tracy

"Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening."
-Barbara Tober