Isabelle Adjani

Passion surprises. One doesn't search it. It can happen to you tomorrow.

French Actress

Robert Lepage

I want to be surprised by life... I think that's more interesting.

Canadian Playwright

John Daly

Life is full of challenges and surprises, and I've had my share.

American Athlete

Gary Bettman

I never rule anything in or out; life can surprise you.

American Businessman

Billy Graham

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.

American Clergyman

Barry Diller

I don't want to set the world up for surprises.

Jil Sander

Life is full of challenges and surprises.

German Designer

Lykke Li

Swedish Musician

Martin Freeman

English Actor

John Major

British Politician

Used to express positive emotions when something unexpectedly good occurs.

Unexpected Joy

The impact can range from mild to overwhelming, depending on what's unexpected.

Varying Intensity

Focuses on the action of causing the unexpected emotion or event.

Act of Surprising

Can be used in both joyful and upsetting contexts.

Positive/Negative Context

Typically pertains to events or information not anticipated by those affected.

Unforeseen Information

In military context, it emphasizes gaining an advantage through unexpected action.

Tactical Element

The element of surprise is crucial for success in many military operations.

Strategic Surprise

Used to capture attention at the beginning of a literary work.

Literary Technique

Sets the tone for the narrative or hints at future plot twists.

Setting Expectations

 The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer's and dementia by as much as five years. The idea of major cognitive benefits to bilingualism may seem intuitive now, but it would have surprised earlier experts.

The benefits of a...

 and they sit in their chair and they make themselves tiny, and they go like this when they raise their hand. I notice a couple of things about this. One, you're not going to be surprised. It seems to be related to gender. So women are much more likely to do this kind of thing than men.

Your body language may...

 and so became more sensitive to stress throughout life. These are considered epigenetic changes, meaning that they effect which genes are expressed without directly changing the genetic code. And these changes can be reversed if the moms are swapped. But there's a surprising result.

How stress affects your...

 and had no children. When his will was opened after his death, it came as a surprise that his fortune was to be used for five prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. These prizes illustrated his lifelong commitment to sciences and his passion for literature.

How does the Nobel Peace...

 you only would expect it could be sadness it could be anger it could be love it could be affection we've been very surprised that the remarkable recovery she's me she's by far not done and she's a long way to go but in this case we're talking about someone who has

Watch One Family's...

 indicating which way to spin to obey the rules of entanglement. It's not surprising then that entanglement is at the core of quantum information science, a growing field studying how to use the laws of the strange quantum world in our macroscopic world,

What can Schrödinger's...

 often in surprising ways. So, is mathematics an invention or a discovery? Artificial construct or universal truth? Human product or natural, possibly divine, creation? These questions are so deep the debate often becomes spiritual in nature.

Is math discovered or...

 ever overwhelmed by just how many people there are around the world for whom what came out of your head and your mouth in your guitar played such an extraordinary role in their lives I'm continuously surprised at how much you know my songs

A message of peace, hope...

 but the pressure for women is to hide, minimize and deny, which isn't surprising when you consider that there are still nine countries where women can be killed for straying. Now, monogamy used to be one person for life.

Rethinking infidelity...

 So for the element of surprise, the peregrine falcon has to resort to sheer speed. In a dive, it's the fastest bird in the world. So fast, it's breathtaking.