Quotes About Expectation

The clean, clear ending that society keeps looking for is impossible to find.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

I find my Lord Jesus cometh not in that precise way that I lay wait for him; he hath a gate [road] of his own.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

Although you might complain that it takes longer for some things to appear than you want, most of you would be unhappy if you manifested all of the things you thought about instantaneously. By the time you get something, you have usually gone through a process of growth and gaining clarity about what you want.

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you. Ogden Nash (1902–71), American poet I

I always have this feeling that there's going to be at least one more big, big role that will be another breakout part for me. I'm not sure when that's coming along, but I keep thinking about it, looking for it. I've been writing them too, but it's hard to get things done. I've always been a person who's fantasized about how things are going to be, which is sometimes almost as satisfying as something actually happening.

Personally, I'm waiting for caller IQ.

To Ben's eye, there were no apparent signs of wealth, though he wasn't sure what he'd expected. Fountains?

If you don't expect gratitude you'll seldom be disappointed.' – Eyor Dedonki, Memoirs of a Pessimist. 479 M41

Disappointments are just changed appointments.

Give children a clock to live by," Mrs. Lee said. "So they know what's coming, when it's coming, how long it will last. They'll take comfort in that knowing.

It works. But the tricky thing is, it never works exactly how you expect. People think they're smart enough to summon up some entity or make someone fall in love with them and have it all turn out for the best. But they aren't smart enough. Whatever it is that usually decides our fates--Gods, luck, random chance--it's smarter than us. It's always smarter. Magic works, but it's an exercise in irony, sometimes a dangerous one. Be careful.

Sometimes I don't get people. For people like Leon it was always someone else's job to bring the metal detector or the magnifying glass or pony up the fingerprint dust.

The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.

Well I wouldn't be too anxious to ask her to dance, being your librarian she might read more into it than you intend.

One last question, son," he said to Felix. "Who were you expecting to see back there?" "I—no one," Felix stammered. "You asked where he was from," McGivney said. "Where did you think that would be?" "I don't know," Felix said, shifting unhappily from foot to foot.

be careful what you wish for. Because you might get exactly what you want.

I do believe, girls, that Mr. Emo Boy is next. - Laurel

He couldn't wait.

People see what they expect to see.

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits. (January 11)

People Expect Something New From Me All The Time.And That's Good It Keeps Me On The Edge

All this time I've just wanted to be blonde, beautiful and 5 feet 2 inches tall.