Paul Powers Quotes

Roadblock #5: It's Unpredictable
By And Large, Human Beings Don't Like Surprises. I Know That I Don't. Okay, Maybe I Like That Rare Piece Of Unexpected Good News Or A Letter From A Friend Or A Thoughtful Thank-you. But I'm Willing To Bet That People In Funny Hats Jumping Out Of Dark Closets Are Responsible For More Heart Attacks Than Expressions Of Unbridled Delight. When The Doorbell Rings Late At Night, I'm Under No Illusion That It's The Publisher's Clearing House Prize Patrol!
This, Most Likely, Goes Back To Our Caveman Past When A Big, Exciting Surprise Was Apt To Be Something Like An 800-pound,snarling, Saber-toothed Tiger About To Rip The Head From Our Shoulders. Surprises Were Usually Bad News. (Think About This The Next Time You're Crouching In The Dark In Somebody's Front Hall Closet With Their Raincoats And Umbrellas.)

Related Authors

• Allen Klein
• Amy Ruley
• Anna-Marie McLemore
• Brooklyn Decker
• James Willard Schultz
• Kamini Arichandran
• Kim Woo-jung
• Nicole Waggoner
• Philippa Foot
• S. Doyle
• Sadegh Hedayat
• Troy Lambert

Related Topics

• Quotes About Cuddling Dogs

  Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. — Dean Koontz

• G.w. Leibniz Quotes

  G. W. Leibniz, codiscoverer of calculus and a towering intellect of eighteenth-century Europe, wrote: "The first question which should rightly be asked is: Why is there something rather than nothing?"[1] — William Lane Craig

• Make You Believe Me Quotes

  Maybe there are just some men like that in the world, I thought. Men who have to be in charge, who have to punish those who awaken feelings in them — Helen Fielding

• Shakespeare Grapes Quotes

  The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes. — William Shakespeare

• Unmanageable Quotes

  I always save a huge book for a flight, because then you read it at both airports and on the plane and by the time you get home you're a — Ned Beauman