Quotes About Expectation

Muhakkak farkl? birÅŸeyler olagelmeli,öyle bir ÅŸey ki insan:Art?k sonuna gelmiÅŸ olsam bile beklemeye deÄŸmiÅŸ diyebilmeli.

This life looked like being a wash-out, so I pinned my hopes to the next.

I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.

And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?

Now I can't abide rudeness, even in so-called great artists. Rudeness and cruelty are the qualities I hate most (...). No, don't expect anything good from a rude man.

Little Sandra Dee isn't supposed to smoke, you know. Or drink. Or breathe." - Sandra Dee, the actress

Oh, it is wonderful to wake up in the morning with things to look forward to!

Even if he was supposed to be the one, he didn't end up being the one.

He did not want to see the war movie. It would be full of shit.

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.

I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

Best not to anticipate too much ... it jiggles the possibilities.

Like the residents of Brigadoon, the people in the church drifted in a long and dreamless sleep, freed of struggle and expectation.

Life is like an 6-slice apple pie at a 12-guest dinner banquet. If you just sit back and wait for it to come to you, chances are, you're going to miss dessert.

If you give, expecting something in return, it's not really giving at all. If you love, expecting something in return, it's not really loving at all.

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.