Funny Surprise Sayings

#1. The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.

Steve Martin

#2. The idea of surprise is part of what makes something funny, or what gets a reaction. At least when I'm an audience member, after you hear a joke so many times it's not as funny because it loses its surprise or its twist. So I think funny has to do with surprise.

Charlyne Yi

#3. I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare.

Julianna Margulies

#4. OCEANA: Are we here to take a tour of the museum? Is this your surprise?
ORPHEUS: This is my house.
OCEANA: (gasps) You gotta be kidding me.
ORPHEUS: (now glaring at her) No I'm not.

Scarlett Brukett

#5. Trust me, there are things in this mountain that will make your jaw bounce off the floor.

Jaleigh Johnson

#6. The table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

Lemony Snicket

#7. That heightened dynamic can produce interesting, funny ideas that are phrased in ways that surprise even you, as the performer.

Ted Alexandro

#8. What in the actual hell of all nine circles of Hell was this?

J. Lynn

#9. What is it, you ask?" Kali said, trying to cover her surprise with nonchalant words. "I haven't thought of a name yet. Got any ideas?"
"Shit," the pirate said, said of. The gag made elocution difficult.
"That wouldn't impress anyone at the patent office.

Lindsay Buroker

#10. Outlandish lyrics sung by smiling people in perfect harmony. Has that edge of surprise ... a little nuts and really funny.

Mick LaSalle

#11. Your eyes surprise me every time I look into them and they're looking back at me. Your mouth surprises me, because you always seem to smile more with one half that with the other, like part of you knows a funny secret that none of the rest of us, not even your other half, can guess.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#12. Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?

Stephenie Meyer

#13. For it is written that if the wise man appears always stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

Christopher Moore

#14. Shit a surprise, only an asshole turns down a surprise. - David

Lex Thomas

#15. About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load.

Alan Thicke

#16. I'll be fine. My fear will keep me warm."
She laughed. I think it was the first time I'd heard her laugh, and I looked at her in surprise.
"You're funny," she said.
"Oh yeah, I'm a laughing riot.

Andrew Klavan

#17. It's funny how even when you've lived with someone your whole life, they can still surprise you.

Shannon Wiersbitzky

#18. Fundamentals that you read about are typically useless as the market has already discounted the price, and I call them "funny-mentals". However, if you catch on early, before others believe, you might have valuable "surprise-a-mentals".

Ed Seykota

#19. I love Derrick Brown for the surprise of one word waking up next to another. One moment tender, funny or romantic, the next, visceral, ironic and relevatory-here is the full chaos of life. An amazing talent.

Janet Fitch

#20. That was a funny thing about friends, Marylin thought. You could know a person practically your whole life and she could still surprise you.

Frances O'Roark Dowell

#21. If you're dating a man who you think might be "Mr. Right," if he a) got older, b) got a new job, or c) visited a psychiatrist, you are in for a nasty surprise. The cocoon-to-butterfly theory only works on cocoons and butterflies.

Rita Rudner

#22. The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord."
Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.

Terry Pratchett

#23. God-fucking-damn but he was seriously good-looking. "Have you ever had the stuffed pancakes here? They're evil. I highly recommend them."
"Heh. The cop is recommending evil," I said. "Too funny."
To my surprise, Ivanov chuckled. "You've discovered my dark side.

Diana Rowland

#24. A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise!" he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face." - Rhett Butler

Margaret Mitchell

#25. Class?" I asked in surprise. "Today?"
"This isn't a spa vacation, Tiger Lily. Just be glad it's History of Wormwood and not conditioning."
"Conditioning?"
"Hope you've got a bottle of Icy Hot in there.

Christine Manzari

#26. Big surprise, I put you to sleep. Don't feel bad. It happens all the time.

Robyn Carr

#27. Its mouth was wide and its teeth were wickedly pointed. He managed a brief "Hey!" and jerked away from the window ... just as the rat hit the glass with a furry, wet thump. It slid down to the alley one floor below, where it staggered around in stunned surprise.

Michael Scott

#28. Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.

Garrison Keillor

#29. I spend most of my days up to my elbows in someone's chest cavity. Really, I know zip about music."
He didn't bother hiding his surprise. "Wow. That must be ... messy."
"That didn't sound too great, did it? Let me reassure you - I'm a doctor, not a serial killer.

Sarah Mayberry

#30. I always surprise myself with my voice. A lot of people don't get it, and they're like, 'You can't sing. Stop. What are you doing?' And it's funny to hear a lot people say I sing in falsetto because it's not falsetto - that's my voice.

Shamir