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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.

Henry Ford

Since that guy from L.A. (Oscar Robles) hit that pitch that bounced (earlier this month off Rob Tejeda), nothing surprises me anymore.

Jon Lieber

We want to avoid any bad surprises for taxpayers.

Bruce Barnett

We'll be more careful now. There will be more surprises. Greece has proved the teams that are considered underdogs here are well-organized too. The Portuguese have shown us how not to play.

Tomas Rosicky

We don't expect any major surprises.

Marty Allen

The recovery is firing on all pistons ... Spending is going to be one of the key surprises that will have us upgrading our assessments.

Kirby Daley

The market had a nice correction from its all-time high and seems to be back on track. Results so far have been pretty decent and market does not expect any negative surprises.

Ketan Jhaveri

We always assumed he was coming here. When we found out, it was like, 'Wow!' But nothing surprises me anymore. It's a business.

Hugh Douglas

Hopefully we won't find more surprises.

Debbie Ritter

Being that the 2006 season is just around the corner, we didn't want to issue any major surprises to the 305 teams. We want to cooperate with Fremont Speedway on rules to help keep costs down.

Rex Lejeune

It's clear why Michael wants this one per cent. There have always been surprises in Formula One.

Willi Weber

The earnings could be huge. You have to believe that with all the efforts to get costs down we could be seeing a lot of positive surprises.

Jim Griffin

I still remembered about how to play basketball. (Friday) was tough, I'll have to admit it. But you have to respect coach's decision. Nothing surprises me anymore, so I am trying to be focused.

Vladimir Radmanovic

This year's figures hold no surprises. Widespread use of illegal sites, made easier with the growth of broadband access in the major markets, is affecting an industry that is also having to compete with increased sales of other entertainment formats such as DVD films and new video game consoles.

Jay Berman

He has a real knack for coming up with balls. He's picked off some passes and he's excellent at reading quarterbacks. A lot of that is instinctive, but he's gotten better over time. He's a kid back there that surprises you with some of the breaks he gets on the ball.

Tom Bradley

The continuing selling by overseas investors set the weak tone in the market. When the GDP didn't provide any surprises, you would hardly expect people to buy stocks.

Masayuki Kubota

Hopefully, we'll have some surprises for them. You're dealing with two master coaches and there's always something up the sleeve with Tab.

Dillon Boucher

It seems like this is the best way I could keep our income as steady as possible without having more surprises being thrown our way. That's what can happen when you're an employee.

Dan Gapinski

The new element of exiling players to a deserted island where they have an opportunity to work independently to win immunity may present many surprises about who can outlast the rest. We based our odds on the personalities of the past winners and our assessment of the new contestants - but with new game design, the profile of the winner could change significantly, making this anyone's game.

Peter Childs

Ainge is seeing the field really, really well. It surprises me how well he's seeing it right now. He's seeing things I don't see.

Randy Sanders

This is the second time in a couple of years that a limousine has been used as a getaway car in a bank robbery. I've been doing this job a long time and nothing surprises me any more.

Dan Gardner

I encourage students to really research each of the schools. The bottom line is that they really need to research and look at the entire package. There might be some surprises, and some strategies they will like. In this case, the student is the consumer. The ball is in their court.

Geri Federico

I knew it would be like this. They were going to get some wins, and we were going to get some wins. We had some surprises and some letdowns, but the one constant was that I knew it was going to be a hard-fought match, (and) that it was going to come down to the end.

Terry Manning

Today, I expected it to go down like it did. There were no real surprises at all.

Giri Raichur

The numbers were OK, but there were no surprises for the upside and we are seeing profit taking after the run up we saw earlier this week.

Michael Steib

I would hope there is a sense of wonder that really surprises in a very, very happy and positive way. Our vision of the project was very deliberate -- to create surprises.

Jorge Silvetti

We've had a couple of good surprises. I had a couple players step up and show good aggression. They have a lot of desire on the squad. They have a willingness to learn.

Roy Jorgenson

AOL was a little light on the top line but made it up on the cost line. There were no surprises based on what we heard on Jan. 7.

Robert Martin

Converting them to new standards ... often involves a pretty stiff budget and a few surprises along the way.

Jim Hettinger

Hannah surprises me, though I don't know why. She runs with me and Lindsey every single day. Jessica will get there. She just needs to be pushed.

Sarah Krycinski

Given how large this area is, it surprises me how few people come to school here, ... It's surprising because there are some programs here that are very good.

Jim Farley

An essential part of the magic involves turning everyone into an enemy, to ward off surprises.

Alma Guillermoprieto

Any surprises in the January CPI data from Bavaria and Brandenburg will clearly influence short-term rate expectations, with anything higher than expected likely to boost the euro.

Marc Ostwald

A 25-basis-point increase is already more than priced in and we are all looking forward to what the Fed has to say. Investors aren't worried that there will be any nasty surprises from today's meeting.

Javier Angulo

We're nearing the end of the earnings period, we've already heard from the Fed, and there aren't a lot of big surprises out there for the rest of the month.

John Davidson

Apart from the dividend, there are no positive surprises. The fact that we have no details on the figures doesn't help us get an overall picture.

Carlo Ponfoort

These revelations arrive almost five years early from the original predictions of not having this information until 2005, and here we are. We have the first draft of our own book of life and we've read it from cover to cover, and we've discovered some pretty amazing surprises.

Francis Collins

Good earnings are the main support for European markets. We're seeing positive surprises and this will underpin a continuation of the upside trend.

Jean Borjeix

He's such a smooth athlete, he's deceptively fast. He's special and he's explosive. I think it surprises a lot of people when they're trying to cover him.

Patrick Kane

I think there is going to be a demand explosion in the third and fourth quarters that surprises even Intel.

Danny Lam

I have no idea how he caught that ball. You can't say enough about Matt Brown and how he plays the outfield. There's nothing about the way he performs that surprises me, but every time he makes a catch like that, it's better than the last one.

Gene Stephenson

The level of competition surprises me here because of the amount of resources that have been depleted from the company.

Michael Greenberger

Sometimes there are bad surprises like Swiss Re. There's been some locking in of profits but company results remain good.

Karim Bertoni

Parents told us that they value the extra convenience and security a cell phone provides the family, but they also expressed a desire to be able to supervise their children's cell phone use and avoid the horror stories they have heard about excessive mobile bill surprises.

George Grobar

They've been No. 1 all year long and have only been beaten once. They are obviously a very talented team that we've had the opportunity to scout. There won't be a lot of surprises. They're just very solid all-around.

Kurt Kinnamon

We don't expect any nasty surprises. The petrochemical margin was significantly better.

Andreas Heine

We had a lot of surprises from the outside lanes, people scoring points where maybe they shouldn't have been scoring points. I told them ahead of time that was the only way we were going to win.

Steve Whittington

I think that it does happen to be sort of the wildcard element to the show. There are sort of surprises.

Karen Keane

There may be a few flows from some parts of Europe, but there are no major flows, and there's certainly no fresh news to trade, and there's been no surprises.

Niels Christensen

This sounds like propaganda by the regime. The government usually makes promises about new laws, but then ? at the very last moment ? comes up with unpleasant surprises.

Nidal Mansour

Lionel Richie, love song, OK, thank you very much, good-bye. And all of a sudden I realized that, in my career, what has made my career has always been the surprises.

Lionel Richie

They had the opportunity to close it in the division series, they had the chance in the championship series, they didn't say anything then, ... It surprises me they're saying something now.

Adam Everett

I don't see why you would use someone else. I have never heard of something like this until right now. Nothing surprises me, but I can't see using a service to do something you can do just as easily.

Rick Hartzell

The growth of Poker in the United States has been phenomenal, to the point that it no longer surprises fans to see celebrities from film get involved in these events. Obviously, few people expect the movie stars to actually win a tournament like this, but it would be very exciting to see someone like Affleck at the final table playing the likes of Gus Hansen.

Alex Czajkowski

Any minute, any day, some players may break a long standing record. That's one of the fascinations about the game, the unexpected surprises.

Connie Mack

I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.

Les Ferdinand

We had a couple of last-minute surprises. Derrick Hosanna is coming back... and on a referral, Jonas Schell.

Dan Rose

Know your stuff. That makes it easier to avoid nasty surprises, such as a contract coming up for renewal with no clauses capping price increases in it, when you have allowed yourself no time to renegotiate anything.

Owen Williams

The industrial sector will do well. We will have good surprises.

Jerome Forneris

Certainly, as expected, there were no real surprises here.

Frank Morgan

Basically, it's too close to call. I had a lot of surprises last night.

Laurie Arron

We're coming close to a heavy reporting season. We will start to hear positive or ... more than likely negative surprises like what we saw with Computer Associates earlier.

Jeff Cheah

Why not? They now have the same chance to create more surprises as Greece in Euro2004.

Bernd Stange

We are again pleased to have such a wonderful variety of food donations for this event. These establishments donate their food, time and effort and we couldn't do this without their fabulous support. We're hoping to add a few more surprises in the coming weeks.

Carole Frederick

Everybody thought this championship could produce unexpected results and Portugal-Greece already showed this. In our group, all teams can produce surprises.

Georgy Yartsev

There won't be surprises on the upside. The market will be resilient, though profit-taking will continue on Chinese equities.

Mandy Chan

We're bullish on longer-term Treasuries because inflation is under control. We're not expecting any surprises from the Fed beyond what is already priced in. Treasuries at these levels are more likely to rally.

Masayuki Yoshihara

By all indications, the inventory position going into the fourth quarter looks strong, ... Having (previously) announced third-quarter subscribers ... there aren't a lot of surprises (in the report).

Craig Moffett

Here in a nutshell is why Google continues to get hyped by everyone including me (notice who I work for). Google surprises [sic] you. Delights you. Gives you what you want (not always, but more often than the other engines).

Robert Scoble

When he was a child, he was sexually assaulted. After everything he has been through, nothing surprises me.

Cathy Murphy

The surprises were all on the positive side. I was worried that costs would be out of control.

Walter Price

There won't be any surprises from the Fed today and that means another quarter-point rate hike. We are expecting the market to be very quiet today until the Fed releases its statement and we get more direction on future rate moves.

Tadashi Tsukaguchi

I expected all of the team to qualify in something. We had a few mishaps, but we also had a few surprises so it worked out in our favor in district.

Andrew Washington

Tracey always surprises me. He'll get a steal out of nowhere or hit a shot. Tonight he just stepped up big. With our kids, somebody different comes up every game and does something spectacular. And Tracey did that tonight.

Herman Gooden

If the unexamined life is not worth living, the unexamined past is not worth possessing; it bears fruit only by being held continuously up to the light, and is as changeable and as full of surprises, pleasant and unpleasant, as the future.

Brendan Gill

Offensively you have to protect the basketball. They?re so great getting the easy buckets and getting runs off of that. You have to attack them and you can?t sit back on your heels. There are no surprises. I?m not going to do anything different to Rob than I have all year, and I don?t see him doing anything different either.

Chris Dodson

I'm really expecting surprises. I'm really expecting myself to be surprised, when I want to look out and see what's going to play and what people are going to respond to.

Geoffrey Gilmore

I found a lot of nice surprises over the years. I found it's become a national holiday whether the people are Irish or not.

Phil Gallagher

John's going to get some unbelievable surprises, ... Some people get quite sick in space and it's quite normal. It's not a macho thing -- it's something that can happen.

Wally Schirra

We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure--full of surprises. Some good. Some bad.

Henry Bromel

We know where guys will fit into the lineup. We will do what is best for the team. I don't think there will be any big surprises.

Todd Wuerger

It seems the rejuvenation of the (Mercedes-Benz) product lineup has been quite successful, which means financials at Mercedes-Benz this year should be subject to drastic improvement. I guess these guys will be good for at least one or two earnings surprises.

Michael Raab

I know your honor doesn't like surprises, but I hope this will be a happy one. We made the decision not to call rebuttal witnesses.

Brendan Sullivan

[The dead offer a constancy that, say, Kobe Bryant does not.] There are few unknown factors going forward, ... There's very little risk of surprises.

Mark Roesler

So Ric is forced into the position of having to do something he would never have intended to do. Ric thinks, 'I have to stand by him.' He is pulled back to a place of a much darker Ric - the same place he was in when he was holding a pillow over Elizabeth's head and chaining Carly to the wall. But when he actually shoots Ruiz, it surprises him. It certainly surprises Ruiz.

Rick Hearst

You may be aware that the AeA is predominantly a grassroots, member-driven organization. This past Fall, we held a series of town hall meetings around the country. Out of those meetings we bubbled up what were the major concerns of our member companies. I don't think you will find that there are any surprises here.

Richard Martin

I would say we're ahead of where we initially thought we'd be right now, because of how many guys have stepped up and been pleasant surprises. I've really been pleased with the progress. When you feel like you're getting better, you're always going to have a positive attitude on your football team.

Skip Holtz

The goal is to avoid surprises and instill stewardship.

Bill Swanton

I haven't had any surprises in the casino business or in manufacturing or in the restaurant business, which we deal in worldwide. But the airline business is crazy. The airline business isn't my cup of tea.

Robert Brooks

Overall there are not a lot of surprises here.

Keith Hembre

There were no big surprises; it's all been good.

Alan Greene

There's absolutely no question the fundamentals are terrific. Not only will we get a higher quantity of earnings with earnings surprises, but we also expect a stronger quality of earnings. There's stronger top-line growth and greater expense control.

Tom Mccandless

My dad's been around the game for so long. He's seen so much, he's taught so much that nothing really surprises him. For me this is all new, but for him it is just a day at the golf course. I still learn from him every day.

Andy Benson

Deep Impact lived up to its name and more. But there are undoubtedly more surprises to be pulled out of the treasure trove of data.

Peter Schultz

It's tourney time. It's another go around. There are no surprises left at this point. It comes down to execution - which team is going to play better at the offensive and defensive end.

Mike Forsberg

In a Davis Cup tie, you always expect to win. Of course, you guys (the Americans) have the first chance, but in the Davis Cup, you always get some surprises, like the one last year with Croatia. We are also a Balkan country. Maybe we can follow those guys.

Florin Segarceanu

There were no nice or nasty surprises in the budget so market reaction was quite muted.

Louis Wong

To the best of my knowledge, there are no more surprises.

Chiara Coletti

We plan on networking at these shows as much as possible. People can't hear our music if we're not out there playing it. Plus, we'd like to think we have surprises waiting... never a dull moment with us.

Mike Fontenot

There were a couple of surprises we knew would be close. I think the team swam consistently pretty well throughout the day. It was exciting seeing some of those people just coming up getting out.

Mike Holtzapfel

Io is a weird place. We've known that even before Voyager. And each time Galileo has given us a close look, we get more surprises.

Torrence Johnson

It's going to be pretty hopping, and we have a couple of surprises planned.

Jim Moorhouse

The quarter is likely to see a mix of positive and negative surprises, reflecting the impacts of mergers and competitive pressures respectively.

Simon Flannery

We'll see earnings surprises for most of the rest of the major brokers.

James Ellman

The quiet guys are always the ones that have the surprises up their sleeve. I was surprised he wanted to coach, but I know that Maurice will keep the guys focused on how to win.

Moses Malone

It's disappointing that they are restating earnings. We don't want another quarter of surprises.

Rob Haines

I don't think we'll see too many surprises on the downside, as we're really in bargain basement territory here.

Adam Greene

It's always negative if we start with some bad (U.S.) earnings surprises. The fear is we'll have a very shaky earning season and I think that's quite probable.

Thomas Radinger

Positive surprises are still possible in areas such as banking. Major banks have largely eliminated their non-performing loan problem.

Robert Mckillop

And what surprises many people is that it's not your new shiny vehicle that's stolen its mostly vehicles that are five year or older.

Michelle Lanham

It was a surprise. CRM is a mature industry; the people in it are pragmatic, so there shouldn't be a lot of surprises.

William Band

Overall it was good. We had some disappointments and some surprises; it's all part of the game.

Rick Bowers

I don't think people schedule for surprises in their lives. They schedule as though things are going to work smoothly, and they rarely do.

Marjorie Brody

We've been struggling to try to understand India's gas centrifuge program and one of the surprises there was that it's a program that really does depend on foreign procurement.

David Albright

The data revealed some real surprises. Even though most people assumed it wouldn't come back, you could say the forest sort of surprised us with its resilience. Our management goals for early conifer establishment were met even without any effort on our part.

Daniel Donato

I spend a lot of time talking to people. Usually, there ends up being a lot to choose from. It's easy to get burned out on something like this. But I've gotten better at pacing myself over the years. Besides I love the surprises that often creep up on you in this sort of festival.

Beau O'reilly

The rubber band was stretched tight and this thing was set up like a slingshot. It doesn't surprise me it snapped back. It surprises me it went down in a straight line for so long.

Jeff Saut

I believe there will be some surprises when the team is named tomorrow and some fellows are going to be disappointed. But it's a long season and I'm sure they'll get their chance.

Bruno Cullen

The market doesn't like surprises.

Bill Chappell

It was freezing cold when we played both the matches and it was not a full assault because we want to keep some surprises for China in the (World Cup) Qualifier.

Nur Azmie Ahmad

The NCAA basketball season is really heating up and with conference play in full swing fan and betting interest is really picking up. I'm sure these odds will continue to change throughout the season, but there are already some surprises. For fans who bet on Florida at 100-1 or Memphis at 50-1 earlier this year, there could be a huge payout come April 3.

Peter Childs

Earnings actually have been very good in the second quarter. Sixty percent of the companies reporting so far have been upside surprises. That's not quite as aggressive at this point as the first quarter reports were, but still a very good performance in a weak quarter.

Ronald Hill

That's not really a surprise. I guess he surprises everybody else, but I think he's really good.

Scott Goodale

I can tell you that anyone who has attended our public meetings or hearings is going to find no surprises in the final report. We're going to talk about education. We're going to talk about how to market the state's space resources. We're going to talk about economic development. But you'll have to wait until Wednesday.

Jim Banke

We had that great run up. Stocks were fully pricing good earnings reports or good outlooks. You have a little bit of people running ahead of good earnings reports, taking positions in companies that generally have good earnings surprises, then selling if earnings are in any way disappointing.

Susan Malley

If we don't take out the trees, there's safety and reliability issues. We want to let everyone know, so there's no surprises.

Dan Lyons

I don't see too many big surprises in there so far. It is interesting that they are continuing to expand outside the UK, that seems to be their main area of focus.

Richard Staite

I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises.

Audrey Tautou

Anyway, in the new system, many surprises could happen.

Peter Gade

With unemployment still declining, we may be entering the zone of maximum danger for upside surprises to Fed funds.

Brian Morris

These are good, solid results with no surprises. But if you look at the stock's performance over the previous week it is down 10 percent against the market on concern that the issues in Alaska would stop the takeover of Arco.

Gordon Gray

If we get evidence of inflation pushing up beyond the levels we've seen already, then it's game on for an ECB rate hike in December. We would give it about a 35 percent chance at the moment but that could increase quickly should we get surprises in the next inflation reports.

Anthony O'brien

It's hard to judge people after one game. You have to be ready for more surprises the second game. I think we can hold them to an acceptable number of points. Our offense has to get going.

Mark Harmon

You can't play the way we played against a team like East Catholic. There are no surprises when we play each other. They just played better than we did.

John Mirabello

We are all watching the regulatory process, and there aren't many surprises left out there - the issues are the issues, and I think people are looking for it to all be over.

Scott Davis

Positive earnings surprises ... are key to any further gains for the overall market.

Nobuyoshi Tsumori

Barring any surprises, it will likely not have a huge impact.

Terry Milne

Travel is good, restaurant sales are brisk, and we find an acceleration of retail sales that surprises me.

John Lonski

It surprises me that we're number one. I'm not as surprised to see us in the top ten, but I see people not only in their 20s working out here, but also into their 50s and 60s.

Jeff Weber

They didn't change a whole lot. They're still playing mostly zone defense, and they're big. There will be few surprises. Whoever executes the best will win the game.

Wayne Harre

She's one of the surprises. She's bowled very well. She's been very strong because she practices. She bowls in summer leagues and on the weekends.

Bob Brasko

We're going to be there in force. I don't think there's going to be any surprises.

Mike Dooley

Don't think I'm copping out. I'm committed to the positive set and if the year turns out negatively, I promise not to pull out the bearish surprises and say I had the right idea all along, but just went a little bit astray when I announced my bullish preference in January.

Byron Wien

It is unfortunate that Tim will not be with us, and it would be great to have him there. But this season has been full of surprises and crazy situations. It is nothing that our team can't handle.

Katie Uhlaender

On the girls side I was very pleased with performances by Jameson as well as sophomore Trish Bredar and freshman Tricia Crowe. They were surprises today.

Sam Morgan

The debate over rates will continue to intensify over the coming months, not least as the committee has received downside surprises from output and upside surprises from inflation.

Philip Shaw

We will have to get used to surprises with Benedict XVI.

Marco Politi

We're in the middle of the integration test cycle. There haven't been any surprises installing the system. Just defining rules and policies, trying to determine how everything should work.

Robert Shaffer

I do a lot of collage work with fabrics placed in them. It always surprises and delights me how they can interact and compliment one another.

Jacquelyn Singer

Power's a key issue. From a design standpoint, Apple constantly surprises us.

Tim Deal

I think it was surprising to me that this type of incident happens in general, whether it's John or anyone else. When these types of issues happen, it surprises anyone.

Police Chief Richard Vidaurri

You almost expect surprises in this type of a race. The skiing was so fast because you had this ice coming out of the sky, making really hard tracks. There isn't a huge gap in the skiing. You couldn't make more than a minute or two on anybody today. So the (good) shooters had a huge advantage, much more than normal.

James Upham

Most analysts expect it to be a bumpy earnings season. A few negative surprises could cause a little indigestion for stocks.

Charles Crane

It's almost impossible to set any kind of budget for a project like this. Every day I'd find more surprises. We had to be prepared to change at a moment's notice. I've spent a fair amount of money, but don't want to get into the numbers. Whatever I put into it, it's worth it. I've spared no expense.

Rusty Womack

It's been a year and a half process with surprises ... with new documents.

Ronald Jones

When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it.

Lance Henriksen

I said at the beginning of the year that Frank was going to be one of the biggest surprises this season. But I felt responsible for carrying the team because we were not making our shots. I got inside and got some baskets, and things started to fall. Since they did, I wanted the ball more.

Kevin Pittsnogle

I think you'll probably see an extension of this rally next week, barring any surprises over the weekend and assuming the ISM number Monday is positive.

Bill Roe

There are more positive surprises than negative. The risks are on the inflation front right now.

Thomas Radinger

Since the first quarter, the earnings surprises have been getting smaller and we expect that to continue based on anecdotal evidence that analysts know the economy's moving faster and all the pre-announcements that come out now.

Joseph Abbott

What surprises me is (residents) want everything for nothing.

Patrick Mcdonald

There are surprises that occur, and it would depend on how the case is presented before the court.

Bill Whalen

Heineken rugby pulls up a lot of surprises, it's testing for all and we're not downhearted.

Carolyn Jones

The reporting earnings season is bringing increasingly more positive than negative surprises.

Charles Dautresme

The only thing I'm concerned about is disclosure, to make sure investors know when people have built up these positions. Then the market will start to reflect the outcome. The share price would go down if the deal was likely to fail and there wouldn't be any surprises.

David Webb

It was great. I think we already in practice showed that we were probably going to be up there. No surprises. The car was very good even with the wind. We knew that no other team was going to beat us, with or without wind strategy, ... We went out there with the big wind. It was very good.

Jimmy Vasser

Ashley has been one of the biggest surprises all year. She's been amazing. She's the most consistent player so far. She's definitely a presence.

Lindsay Gottlieb

It's the political question of the year: what happened to Gifford? There are two major surprises in this election. One is how poorly Gifford ultimately did, and the other one is really how well Anthony did.

Douglas Muzzio

I've got Duke winning it all. I've got a couple of surprises in there, but I can't say what they are. Then I'd I have to split my money.

Scott Spiezio

It would be nice to get a few surprises. The kids need to peak at the right time. Everyone of our wrestlers have an opportunity, it is just if they want to take it.

Ken Bussard

When you talk to fellas and girls at Walter Reed [Army Medical Center], they're very appreciative of the stuff we've done, ... They even know of my organization, which surprises me.

John Rowan

The mind-set of our team this year is a state title. I expect a lot from them. And they're eager; they know we have a solid team. We're going to pull some surprises, no question about it.

Robert Nicholson

Management offered a strategic update with no real surprises.

Lawrence Miller

This is hugely positive for the market tomorrow -- two bellwether companies reporting big upside surprises in a market where people are heavily short and pessimistic.

Steve Neimeth

No new franchise business surprises him.

Steve Hockett

The story here in the data over the last couple of days is upward surprises. Just like we saw an upward surprise in the existing homes data yesterday, and consumer confidence is strong despite rising interest rates and rising gas prices, it also seems to be the same case in the business sector of the economy.

Carl Riccadonna

The key question is whether the Fed has credibility in regard to keeping inflation down, and the answer is yes. So long as they get their message across to the market in a clear way -- that it has to be a two-way street to slow the economy without killing it -- then I don't think there will be any surprises.

Dick Berner

That surprises me, because we lost 13 seniors.

Willy Corbett

Our likely team will also not be revealed when we play the Cats the following Wednesday in our final warm-up. Obviously we are going to have a few surprises and we would like to keep those to ourselves.

Dick Muir

Some of the ratings men have her very high, which surprises me.

Mark Morrissey

This car is full of surprises.

Joe Eberhardt

Her veins are like ice. She acts like she's a senior. Nothing surprises me with her.

Tina Gaughan

Suffice it to say that this has all been quite secret. Besides the drama of seeing who of the candidates will stay and who will go, we've added a couple of surprises to the show that are uniquely 7-Eleven.

Joe Depinto

We didn't see any surprises in January, considering the weak yen and the incentive environment.

Ronald Zarrella

Chris always has surprises up his sleeve, so it may not be just B.B. playing. There may be some other people who show up and surprise us.

Liz Harrison

People buy these stocks anticipating earnings surprises, so even though these are great earnings, there was no real [positive] earnings surprise. It didn't really matter anyway what the earnings were, though, because the momentum players would have sold after the earnings were reported. They buy on the rumor, sell on the news.

Glenn Engel

The thing that surprises me the most is that people are telling me it's a page-turner. I was worried the story might be too complex for that.

Joel Davis

That really surprises me because generally this season we've been able to bounce back after a bad game. We've just got to get some confidence back now.

Brian Lanz

I've always avoided a 'fixed' show that repeated the same thing every night, ... I'm glad that the Las Vegas Hilton and 'Music & Passion' have given us all the chance to surprise the audience every night. And over the next 150 shows, there'll be lots of surprises!

Barry Manilow

We have a senior dominated group and we are not expecting a lot of surprises. The key to our success this year will be based on how our four through six runners perform. All of the runners have been training on their own this summer and have done a good job keeping us informed of their progress.

Scott Jones

I just knew we were going to do well. As long as we continue to play well there's nothing that surprises me.

Jamie Martin

When trying to decide what to see, Tom's and my philosophy is to choose the films that sound the least interesting to you. They normally turn out to be the most pleasant surprises.

Stella Pence

Unless this team surprises people in '06, I think it will be '07 when you see a marked improvement in this team. This is essentially the same team as last year minus Sean Casey.

Marty Brennaman

There are a lot of upside surprises. It's just across the board.

Joe Cooper

We do find lots of surprises when we go back.

Amanda Lamb

There were no surprises from AHP. I think that's a good trend in general.

Jeff Chaffkin

It surprises us when the money is unclaimed. You never can tell just why. Someone might have been here on vacation and bought a ticket. Sometimes people just forget to check and then forget they have it.

Courtney Hill

Those were the big surprises for our shareholders.

Arun Sarin

We have played so many close games this year. We lost some on crazy things and won some on crazy things. I think the key to it is we've been in so many, that nothing surprises us anymore.

Greg Walker

It surprises me as to why students choose the subjects they do. I can only guess they are not being adequately coached or steered during their education towards skills employers actually want.

Robert Chapman