Quotes About Expectation

After all, hope is a form of planning.

The uncomfortable truth seems to be that the amount of talk by women has been measured less against the amount of men's talk than against the expectation of female silence.

As he always said, "If I don't know what will happen tomorrow, it could be wonderful!

I was being measured against the expectation that any feminist had to be unattractive in a conventional sense—and then described in contrast to that stereotype. The subtext was: If you could get a man, why would you need equal pay?

If I don't know what will happen tomorrow, it could be wonderful.

Having lived his life in the belief that something great could be just around every corner, did he realize for the first time that no more corners could be turned? p.18

When teachers of randomly selected students are told their students are slow, they become slower; when teachers believe their students are gifted, they become more gifted.

Looking at Barbados and Australia as relatively positive examples, one societal hallmark of self-esteem seems to be an ability to both give and demand fairness, an expectation that extends from the personal to the political.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

Our culture has created a sense of urgency and expectation that's hard to shake.

Deliberately and spiritedly doing the opposite of what it takes to get there yet you expect to get there. This is one of the true definitions of madness.

The best way to avoid challenges is to expect them.

We go hungry because we keep expecting fruit from barren lands.

Bu insanlar yar?n?n bugünün getirdi?ini getirmesini dert etmeden bekleyebiliyorlar ve bu nedenle dertsiz ya?ay?p gidiyorlar. Anl?k doyum, ölçülü haz, geçici s?k?nt?, ?en bir sab?r!

I wait for the morning of my tears.

Just as there was a day every spring when the women of the town, as though by some secret signal, appeared in their summer dresses before the first heat was felt, there was as well a day when winter showed the knife before the first laceration.

Nobody had any idea that 'If You Could Read My Mind' would become a hit single.

The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to. Think about it.

The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.

Do you mind if I'm naked?" "I hardly expected you in full evening dress.

In the decades following the Revolution, America changed so much and so rapidly that Americans not only became used to change, but came to expected and prize it.

There are two times of year: autumn and waiting for autumn.

Better weak beer than an empty cask.

When one asks for cream one should receive either cream or the information that the establishment in question favors instead a combination of vegetable oil and cancer-causing initials.