He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.

The benefit of the radio is something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you can enter your realm of knowledge.

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

I've always wanted to be a spy and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

I'm kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination.

My imagination my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time how passion can surprise and renew utterly failed me.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise gratifies its curiosity and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions but the humor process is involved in changing them.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic so that came naturally to me.