Quotes on Pleasant Surprises

It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.