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Quotes About Expectation

Today I dialed a wrong number... The other person said, "Hello?" and I said, "Hello, could I speak to Joey?"... They said, "Uh... I don't think so... he's only 2 months old." I said, "I'll wait."
~ Steven Wright
Changing a diaper is a lot like getting a present from your grandmother - you're not sure what you've got but you're pretty sure you're not going to like it.
~ Jeff Foxworthy
If you want to talk to me after the show, I'd be surprised.
~ Mitch Hedberg
Doctor says to a man, "You're pregnant!" The man says, "How does a man get pregnant?" The doctor says, "The usual way - a little wine, a little dinner...."
~ Henny Youngman
We get to see it! January 1st, 2000! We get to see... all those fundamentalist preachers having to do their backpedaling when the Armageddon doesn't occur.
~ David Cross
Humor does depend on surprise, and the things that people remember as the funniest things in the world, you look at later and you go, "What? What was that all about?"
~ Matt Groening
If you are tuning in just for the show, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
~ Adam Carolla
You know, in the suburbs, most people believe in gravity, but they don't have much of a sense of humor.
~ Paul Laffoley
There's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start.
~ Frank Portman, King Dork
Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first.
~ Jerry Coleman
I heard a guy tell me he liked cherries. I waited to hear if he was going to say "tomatoes", then I realized he like cherries just. That joke is ridiculous.
~ Mitch Hedberg
What gets me is, I waited in line for an hour to do this. I could have experienced essentially the same level of enjoyment merely by sticking my finger down my throat.
~ Dave Barry
Last night I ordered a whole meal in French. Even the waiter was amazed - it was a Chinese restaurant!
~ Henny Youngman
People don't expect me to have a weird sense of humor, but I do. I'm very eccentric.
~ Cheyenne Jackson
Atty's eyes rested on Darby with all the subtlety of a dog watching his food bowl being filled!
~ Tricia Murphy, Aine
Could I have a Sloe Gin Fizz, without the gin?""What's the point of that, Miss?" the waiter said."Tomorrow morning, " Mabel said.
~ Libba Bray, The Diviners
Well, the only reason we're friends is because you can rock a tweed suit, " she informed, tone mock serious. "So if you want to keep me around, I expect more tweed.
~ Laura Kreitzer, Keepers
Is this the reality you wanted?
~ Jonghyun
What'd you think would happen when you died? That the prophecy would just be over and we'd all be like, oops, guess we got that one wrong?
~ H.M. Ward, Torn
Wait." Stefan's voice was hard suddenly. Bonnie and Elena turned back and froze, embracing each other, trembling. "What is your—your father—going to do to you when he finds out that you allowed th
~ L.J. Smith, Midnight
Assuming what people want is about as controlled as using fireworks to start a fire.
~ Criss Jami
Expect stupid. It's everywhere.
~ Lois Greiman, Unmanned
Anticipation tingled in my stomach: the kind of tingle that at first you don't know if it's a good tingle or a bad tingle – just a tingle.
~ Terry Weible Murphy
(About a cookbook...)- What about this one? Maids of Honor?- Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor...but they ends up Tarts.
~ Terry Pratchett, Maskerade