In Davis Cup, you always get some surprises, like the one you had last year with Croatia. Thinking that we are also a Balkan country, maybe we can follow those guys.

Florin Segarceanu

Essentially everyone knew their jobs and went in there and did (them). There were no disappointments and there were no surprises, We knew what we had to do and we did it.

Brian Graca

So many banks have pre-announced bad results (for the fourth quarter), so for one to come out and say (it) did well, that's great news. There's potential we'll see some upside surprises at other (large) banks.

Vincent Charles

The neck was one of the biggest surprises. This freed the skull from the shoulder girdle and gave the animal extra mobility.

Ted Daeschler

Games are among the most interesting creations of the human mind, and the analysis of their structure is full of adventure and surprises. Unfortunately there is never a lack of mathematicians for the job of transforming delectable ingredients into a dish that tastes like a damp blanket.

James Newman

When the process is over, there really should be no surprises. Anyone engaged in the process is really very much aware of this material.

Ned Mcgrath

They have a fast team and they have excellent goaltending. The guys have talked about the game and there won't be any surprises. We know each other well.

Chris O'brien

There were no real surprises today in who was selected. The surprises will be after Oct. 1, how products are designed, the relative value of the product to the customer and how we find the right path to new customers and new prospective customers.

Susan Rawlings

HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, a one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.

Ambrose Bierce

I have seven or eight freshmen girls. All of them will contribute this year, and a couple might be surprises.

Gary Heide

There can always be floor amendments, but I don't expect any surprises.

Ron Bigelow

The Fed will probably go along with what the market has priced in to minimize volatility and any policy surprises.

Thomas Lam

Principals don't like surprises, but I like this one. Thank you for paying attention to those of us who had concerns.

Charlie Scott

Every time we look with increased resolution, Mars has said, 'Here's something you didn't expect. You don't understand me yet.' We're sure to find surprises.

Richard Zurek

People figure they can muscle him but he surprises a lot of people with his motor. He keeps coming at you and when he's on top he's tough to deal with.

Scot Weaver

It always surprises us. We think that avian flu will be the next emerging disease. My guess is something else might come out before that. It's very hard to anticipate what comes next.

Alan Barrett

There's nothing really going on right now. I don't really understand these jumps. It surprises me the way it's been fluctuating.

John Fischer

That loss forced us to concentrate on the satellites. And from my perspective, the satellites are where the action is. That's where the big surprises came.

Claudia Alexander

Surprises are coming out every day.

Geoff Peterson

From a management perspective, if it surprises you that someone leaves, it's because you weren't in touch with them.

Mark Horstman

God, it's 30 years, who wanted to go over it? But she gave me some of the most thoughtful sentences, about how she felt the suit was emotional blackmail. She always surprises me.

Margaret Grossi

This is the period when you get the maximum number of (pre-) earnings surprises. There will be more before it's over.

Mark Klee

The market's relieved that the Fed rate hike is over with no negative surprises. Then again, there were no positive surprises either.

Toshihiko Matsuno

The earnings for the banking industry have generally been pretty good, ... We've had more pleasant surprises than we expected -- we anticipated a relatively dull quarter.

Lawrence Cohn

It is an excellent budget for the long-term investor. The best part of the budget is that it does not contain any surprises.

Uday Kotak

It's just little things, like knowing where we're at in the hotel, or knowing where things are when we get to the practice facility. Just being comfortable with everything is really key for us, to know what's coming up next and not have any surprises.

David Thomas

You don't beat people with surprises, but with execution.

John Mckay

We are at that time of year where we have surprises with the strengthening of storms.

Ben Nelson

That number even surprises me.

David Carpenter

Venus has become somewhat of a 'forgotten planet' with the emphasis on Mars exploration in the U.S.. But Venus can tell us about Earth's future and about planets around other stars -- I expect we will discover a number of surprises from this most capable new mission.

Larry Esposito

The shares had enjoyed an extraordinary debut, much better than we expected, but they are very vulnerable to any disappointment, ... The City never likes nasty surprises and this is a difficult business model to predict.

Hilary Cook

I think it's a little frightening the reaction people are having. It reminds you a little of 2000 when we had (earnings) surprises on the downside. It's a nervous market.

Carl Birkelbach

We are very similar. I don't think their will be a lot of surprises from either team.

Tom Beach

The cream rises to the top, those five guys are the top five. No surprises there.

Nick Watney

What surprises me is that he (Clark) knows this thing is set for a preliminary hearing. I'm especially surprised after a motion of this nature had been set for federal court.

Wesley Pitters

You still get big surprises and the GDP data came completely out of the blue.

David Brickman

It's a bit down on people's expectations, but there wasn't any nasty surprises in there.

Rob Clifford

We're excited about having everyone back on campus. There were no surprises for us. Everyone reported and showed up on time. We're excited about the prospects as we get to work today to start following up our 2005 season with even more success.

Mike Bianco

It depresses me. It surprises me that the majority would not want to protect a viable unborn child.

Diane Hochevar

There were no surprises for us. But we're still waiting for the other two steps, which will be the president and Congress.

Jean Offutt

It's a mobile! See, look at this. A mobile. See? There are surprises. Go ahead and look in them.

Sharon Morgan

There is no sign of the economy slowing and that's bad for the Treasury market. We're not expecting any surprises from the Fed next week, which means we'll see another rate hike. Yields have not peaked.

Hiroki Shimazu

It's a nice idea around which to program a lot of different music. Using that as a theme was a good way to build an eclectic concert - anything connected with dance. It's shorter, lighter, different types of music. And we have a couple of surprises, too.

Michael Luxner

I was surprised, because I thought we did a pretty good job of (stopping the run) in our scrimmages, ... I don't think there were any surprises. They didn't do anything we hadn't prepared for. I think that physically they just beat us up.

Bill Murphy

What we've also got coming down the pike is digitalization of advertising and the video-on-demand channels. We've tried to structure it from the ground up so there are no surprises.

Rob Norman

Almost every track meet I've been at I've had the same feeling. You have some great efforts and some really neat surprises, and then you have those events where you see a combination of not a great effort or things just don't go your way.

David Stroh

This is a group that has underperformed the market for quite some time, but they've begun to turn the corner and we could see (investors) coming back. The opportunity for positive surprises there is pretty strong.

Robert Walberg

It's interesting because there are hidden surprises. You don't see something at face value and go 'Oh, that's it.' You actually discover, as you become aware of the piece, other elements.

Lee Dorn

It's not going to be easy, but we're motivated. We've come here to play, and tomorrow we're playing to win. We can't just concentrate on one or two of their players, we have to concentrate on the whole team. You know, football is full of surprises.

Jaime Moreno

Dale said it was a benefit to work under the lights. You run for $6 million, you want to be prepared for it. You don't want any surprises.

Buff Bradley

We've already had really good reports from Microsoft and Intel and those are the two most important suppliers to Dell. Both had upside surprises from their PC and server-related business.

Mark Stahlman

Next week will tell us a lot about our team. It's too early to say right now how good we're going to be, but we've got some experienced players back, some pleasant surprises from some new guys and a team with a good attitude.

Howard Inch

We worked with the council to put this stuff together, so I don't expect any surprises.

Jeff Mcdonald

I don't think there's going to be a lot of surprises in the quarter.

Jeff Graff

People probably won't see too many surprises. Much of the plan represents existing land uses, and much of it is very general still.

Brian Ross

The Internet makes for very strange bedfellows. At this point nothing surprises me.

Scott Silverman

It always surprises me, and pleases me, that they still come because they enjoy it. At this age, it takes a physical effort.

George Baker

There's going to be a few surprises thrown in there. Let's just say, there's a few people there who don't know they're going to be slimed.

James Kerley

The market has got momentum and might run a bit further. Earnings are coming in well and last week was full of positive macro economic surprises in the U.S. and Europe.

Alan Zlatar

It's not that jurors make up their minds at the opening. At that time, jurors get to see what each side is expecting to prove. And if the evidence comes in as was promised and there are no surprises, jurors are likely to stick with that first impression.

Peter Hoffman

I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have. . . . In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.

Bob Barker

We've got several special events that we have planned during the weekend she is here - a couple of surprises where she'll pop up in different areas of the park. We're trying to do things a little differently than we have traditionally done.

Pete Owens

We go for that sound that surprises people. We actually got pulled over by a police officer on our way back from Massachusetts, and he asked if we were in a musical group because he saw we were in a van. He asked what we play, and we said we play heavy metal that's really hard to play. Technical metal is what we usually call it.

Evan Sammons

There are no great surprises here. Nokia talked last month about introducing such devices that utilize open systems in e-mailing.

Erik Suckdorff

Earnings season has become a very volatile period, and investors are now much more sensitive to misses than to [positive] surprises.

Eric Barden

We have two surprises in our economy: better-than-expected growth and lower-than-expected inflation, and the growth is based on productivity, ... People are working harder. They're generating more products efficiently at lower prices.

Edward Yardeni

The surprises should be on the upside. It all adds up to very good fourth-quarter numbers.

Ed Yardeni

I'm sure it's a good thing for both of us because we're both pretty familiar with what we do and, when you get to this point of the year, you don't change anything. We're both pretty familiar with each other and I don't expect too many surprises and I'm sure they won't get any surprises from us because we'll do the same things we've done all year.

Ed Pultz