Neal Stephenson Quotes

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

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

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

I always say expect the unexpected!

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

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.

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

Expect the unexpected, my mother once said. Because the unexpected most certainly will be expecting you.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

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.

It's been predictable, in the sense of 'expect the unexpected'.

The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect.

I like surprises.

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.

My motto has always been that you can't say, 'Oh, it won't happen to me.' You have to say, 'That can happen to me.' So always be aware that things can happen.

You can’t pick your opponent and you can’t predict what the other side is going to do.

I never thought they would come

I never want to get caught with not expecting something.

Every time you leave your house, you've got to be prepared for what might happen.

You just can't get surprised when you get surprised, because weird stuff just comes over the transom all the time, and it's not necessarily anything that you've planned for or anticipated.

Expect the unexpected, is what I'd say about 'Taboo.'

Expect the unexpected from me!

Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought you back in the nick of time?' Looking behind,' said he.

Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.

Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?