Geraldine Ferraro Quotes

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

The older I get, the more I'm surprised with life. Things don't end up the way you think they will.

We expect surprises. There has to be surprises.

It always seems crazy to tell people what to expect. That never works! So, I don't know what to say, other than that they can expect me.

You just never know what's around the next corner in life or business or anything.

Nothing's planned. Never say never.

But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.

History is full of times when the inevitable front-runner is inevitable right up until he or she is no longer inevitable.

Life doesn't always give us what we are expecting.

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

Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me.

It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.

I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next.

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

Who likes surprises? Nobody I know likes surprises. But facts change on the ground.

The best actors just stay in the moment, and whatever happens in the scene is a genuine surprise. You really do not know what's going to happen next. But living that out in life is very dangerous because it throws you into a place where you don't know if you're going to survive.

I don't like to make predictions, because my life's been pretty unpredictable so far.

The thing about the future is that it never feels the way we thought it would.

Life is anything but predictable.

The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong.

I don't really have an average day, and that works for me. If I knew what I had to do ahead of time, I would be so depressed. I love the unexpected. I love change. I love things being thrown at me.

Life is so unpredictable.