James Lapine Quotes

Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.

It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.

It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.

But I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something terrible.

I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised.

Sometimes someone feels like nothing goes their way, and then something really good happens. For me, hearing that I made someone happy makes me feel so alive!

I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.

You never know where a blessing can come from.

Sweet things happen. They still do.

Sometimes, lovely surprises come out of things going wrong.

There's the silver lining I've been looking for.

A lady getting a missing belt back from the cleaner couldn't have been more surprised and pleased.

I like to say that it never rains on 'Lifestyles.' There is no bad news. It's a very up show.

It's usually good news when people call collectively.

The best things in life sometimes happen spontaneously.

Whenever your agent and your manager are on the phone with you at the same time, you know they're either going to give you the most amazing news or the worst news.

I surprise myself by the things I get excited by.

Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches.

The reason I'm really appreciative of everything that's going on around me is because of the fact that I never expected it, and I want to keep that attitude.

The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.

In an odd way (the death of John Daly) is cheering news!

What I expect from any work of art is that it surprises me, that it violates my customary valuations of things and offers me other, unexpected ones.

Happiness often comes when least expected.