Baggage or not, Washington has learned to expect surprises from nominees, particularly those for surgeon general.

In taking stocks higher, investors seemed to indicate that they expected few surprises from today's employment report, analysts said.

I want to be where I can take care of the show, especially if you can expect surprises.

You can expect similar surprises from time to time.

It's a wonderful place to work, and we expect more surprises.

"You should expect favorable surprises from technology companies across the board, because the fundamental trends remain encouraging," he said.

I'm still expecting surprises to punch in at any moment behind us, and this may be our only window of opportunity.

He knew from experience that the unknown had a way of surprising even those who expected surprises.

You cannot plan research; instead you have to expect surprises, and respond to them accordingly.

After that, we expect further surprises, which Arenas duly delivers.