Unexpectedly Quotes

You've got these tell-tale signs. People are locking it up unexpectedly. - William Lambert

When we lose one blessing, another is often, most unexpectedly, given in its place. - CS Lewis

When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother died unexpectedly it was like losing a member of my own family. I think I am still affected by the memory of that loss. - Margaret Mahy

We would like to have seen more revenue in the quarter, but we were held back by three items... First, demand for our microelectronics products -- from both outside customers and internal IBM customers -- far outstripped our ability to supply components. Second, the upcoming release of our new high-end server slowed demand for the System/390 family of servers. Finally, parts of our software business slowed unexpectedly in September. - Louis Gerstner

We want the surprise to be transitive like the impatient thump which unexpectedly restores the picture to the television set, or the electric shock which sets the fibrillating heart back to its proper rhythm. - Seamus Heaney

We view the rate cut positively for the technology sector for the short term... Looking back to 1998, when the Fed unexpectedly cut interest rates, the tech sector outperformed thereafter. We believe the rate cut may be the catalyst for better performance in technology stocks that many investors have been looking for. - Steve Milunovich

We think the punishments given to those who have severely violated human rights are very light and unexpectedly lenient. They should have been given severe punishments. - Karim Rahimi

We spend a great deal of time messaging our employees and our members that they need to take care in not downloading attachments that come from senders unexpectedly. We even put out alerts to people, but obviously a lot of what we do occurs via e-mail. - Rich D'Amato

We had an unexpectedly large tax liability. We paid what we could and then we worked out an installment plan with the IRS. We missed one payment and we got a lien as a result. - Deval Patrick