“Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.” MayCertainAbilityLevelsCreativityExampleIntelligentSurpriseIntellect Author:John Cleese
“The loves of women for each other grow more numerous each day, and I have pondered much why these things were. That so little should be said about them surprises me, for they are everywhere ... In these days when any capable and careful woman can honorably earn her own support, there is no village that has not its examples of two hearts in counsel, both of which are feminine.” ShouldHeartLittlesSaidTwoGrowsSupportExampleCapableSurpriseCarefulThese DaysEach DayFeminineVillageSurprise MeTwo Hearts Book:Glimpses of Fifty Years (Abridged, Annotated) Source: Glimpses of Fifty Years (Abridged, Annotated)
“Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority. It wasn't like somebody told me about it and I said, "I don't know how to spell that." I said, "Yeah, I've got that on my list, so I'm okay." But there came a point when we realized it was happening faster and was a much deeper phenomenon than had been recognized in our strategy.” KnowsSaidSometimesKnow HowTakenExampleInternetHappeningsOkayYeahStrategySurpriseDeeperListsPrioritiesFasterPhenomenonSpellsFifth Author:Bill Gates
“People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe.” PeopleShowsWould BePoliticalInterestCareersExampleSurpriseSubtleRecipes Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard
“It seems that certain transcendental realities emit rays to which the masses are sensitive. That is how, for example, when an event takes place, when at the front an army is in danger, or defeated, or victorious, the rather obscure news which the cultivated man does not quite understand, excite in the masses an emotion which surprises him and in which, once the experts have informed him of the actual military situation, he recognizes the populace's perception of that "aura" surrounding great events and visible for hundreds of kilometers.” MenDoeWarRealitySeemsCertainEmotionSituationMilitaryFrontsEventsDangerExamplePerceptionNewsMassArmySurpriseCrowdsSensitiveExpertsVisibleRaysDefeatedObscureTranscendentalAurasGreat Events Author:Marcel Proust
“We can think about how we reduce the pain in paying. So, for example, credit cards are wonderful mechanisms to reduce the pain of paying. If you go to a restaurant and you are paying cash, you would feel much worse than if you were paying with credit card. Why? You know the price, there's no surprise, but if you're paying cash, you feel a bit more guilt.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsPainBitsWonderfulExampleGuiltSurpriseCreditCardsRestaurantsCashMechanismCredit Card Author:Dan Ariely
“When you talk about avant-garde cuisine, the surprise factor is really important. For example, I love looking at blogs and the photos, but I'm not that keen on other people taking photos of my dishes.” PeopleImportantExampleSurpriseFactorsDishesBlogsCuisineAvant Garde Author:Ferran Adria
“That being said, some of my favorite poets are extremely funny. The aforementioned Matt Rohrer, for instance. Mary Ruefle. James Tate might be the best example of someone who is systematically misread because he can be hilarious. In his poems, as in all great funny poems, the humor is one very appealing version of the surprise and associative movement that is at the heart of all poetry.” HeartSaidMightExampleMovementPoetSurpriseMy FavoriteVersionsInstanceBeing The BestMaryExtremely Funny Author:Matthew Zapruder