“After an All-Blacks surprise loss to the French in the 1999 Rugby World Cup: “The French are predictably unpredictable.” WorldLossSurpriseCupsUnpredictableRugbyWorld Cup Author:Andrew Mehrtens
“He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander , having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an utter loss to know what he should do during the rest of his life, whereat Augustus expressed his surprise that Alexander did not regard it as a greater task to set in order the empire which he had won than to win it.” KnowsShouldYearsTwoOrderWinningLossGreaterTasksRegardSurpriseThirtyEmpiresTwo YearsConquestJuliusAugustusTwo Year Olds Author:Augustus
“Your discovery of the contradiction caused me the greatest surprise and, I would almost say, consternation, since it has shaken the basis on which I intended to build my arithmetic.” SeemsLossSeriousDiscoveryLogicBasesFoundationSurpriseContradictionSoleArithmeticConsternation Author:Gottlob Frege
“Can you see the deaths, divorces, job losses or changes, disappointments, surprises, and successes on people's faces? Have they been happy, sad, disillusioned, or gratified? I have been trying the single, vertically shot portrait with my 8 x 10 since 1985 and never felt I succeeded in finding what I was looking for.” PeopleTryingHas BeensJobsFacesFeltLossFindingsShotsSurpriseDisappointmentDivorcePortraitsDisillusionedJob Loss Author:Tina Barney
“Sometimes you lose - perhaps because you play against the very best, or because surprises happen - but if there is organizational confidence, you bounce back from losses and convert them to successes.” SometimesLossSurpriseOrganizational Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“The difference between "winners" and "losers" is not whether they face obstacles and setbacks - we all do, and it is inevitable that plans do not unfold exactly as imagined or that unexpected events surprise us or that a few mistakes happen. The real difference is that "winners" bounce back from a fumble or a loss by refusing to panic, analyzing the situation and looking for positive actions they can take to correct the problem, and then go on to resume winning.” RealProblemActionWinningLossMistakeSituationSurpriseObstaclesInevitableWinnerUnexpectedLoserSetback Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter