Quotes About Expectation

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man.

You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper.

The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.

If no meant no then every man would die a virgin.

A man that'd expict to thrain lobsters to fly in a year is called a loonytic; but a man that thinks men can be tur-rned into angels by an iliction is called a rayformer an' remains at large.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?

Until every good man is brave, we must expect to find many good women timid--too timid even to believe in the correctness of their own best promptings, when these would place them in a minority.

And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.

A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.

Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it.... Success is shy — it won't come out while you're watching.

I am not going to describe her face because I want you to think of her as a bride.

Get your popcorn ready.

As I write this, I am still waiting for Steve to walk through the door.

It was after this trip to our conservation property in the Brigalow Belt that I discovered I was pregnant. I tried to let Steve know by sitting down at the table and tucking into a bowl of ice cream and pickles. "What are you doing?" asked a totally confused Steve. I explained, and we were both totally overjoyed, keeping our fingers crossed for a boy to go along with our darling daughter.

The name of the zoo was the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. As I crossed the parking area, I prepared myself for disappointment. I am going to see a collection of snakes, lizards, and miserable creatures in jars, feel terribly sorry for them, and leave.

Now they were audience, waiting for the actors on the other side of the glass to begin their drama.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit

Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings.

But she wasn't in love, though she had been ready to be. Love sank down gently from where it had been swollen in expectation -- she imagined a red balloon deflating to a foolish remnant. (In the cave, 171)

What about kids?" "Well, a child is like a third, smaller ball that appears as part of the big one. You've no way of knowing what color it will be.