Jacques Derrida Quotes

The future could go this way, that way. The future's futures have never looked so rocky. Don't put money on it. Take my advice and stick to the present. It's the real stuff, the only stuff, it's all there is, the present, the panting present.

I don't know what I'm going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for today.

Who doesn't love to be surprised?

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

Reality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed. That is one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It is a religion that you could not have guessed. If it offered us just the kind of universe we had always expected, I should feel we were making it up. But, in fact, it is not the sort of thing anyone would have made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have. So let us leave behind all thee boys’ philosophies – – these over simple answers. The problem is not simple and the answer is not going to be simple either.

I do like the idea that tomorrow I might find out that I'm going to be doing something that is completely unknowable today. I think it forces you to live in the moment in a very good way.

Every day and every scene, it's never the scene that you expect.

I like when life is sort of spontaneous. I like the unexpected. I'm comfortable in that!

The future is inherently uncertain.

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

People's lives often don't turn out as they expect.

I feel the best way to respect my audience is to not give them what they expect from me... 'cause it's fun that way.

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

I like to surprise myself. I like to surprise my fans, too.

Expect the unexpected from me!

The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole.

Life is never what it seems - and that’s the great thing about it

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

If one does not expect the unexpected, one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and difficut to compass.

I feel that the real drama of life is never center stage, it's always in the wings. It's never with the spotlight on, it's usually something that you don't expect at all.

He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored

We're never ready for the things that happen. When the big stuff happens, we're always looking in the other direction.

No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

The real beauty in life is that beauty can sometimes occur.

It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.