I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection I have never been surprised by his leadership dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.

He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.

The benefit of the radio is something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you can enter your realm of knowledge.

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

I've always wanted to be a spy and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

I'm kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination.

My imagination my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time how passion can surprise and renew utterly failed me.

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise gratifies its curiosity and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions but the humor process is involved in changing them.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic so that came naturally to me.

The secret to humor is surprise.

I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural no interventions. Wish me luck.

When it comes down to it it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There's always something new and something to excite us and surprise us and that's why people come back I hope.

My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.

I was a loner as a child and happiest at home launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar school Mum was really surprised. My parents sent me to a child psychologist who suggested I might have Asperger's syndrome.

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner I think if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.

I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy be less reliant on foreign oil when you look at our health care that we're trying to get more affordable health care that these are going to create major debates in this country and be somewhat polarizing.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them but that they seize us.

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes one of his great surprises is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

I'm in politics. I'm in government so nothing surprises me.

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many many years and then President Clinton lied about a relationship and everyone was surprised! A little naive I feel!