Quotes About Expectation

When the Attorney-General ceased, a buzz arose in the court as if a cloud of great blue-flies were swarming about the prisoner, in anticipation of what he was soon to become.

Years Later II. A Sight III. A Disappointment IV. Congratulatory V. The Jackal VI. Hundreds of People

Now, Biddy," said I, "I am very sorry to see this in you. I did not expect to see this in you. You are envious, Biddy, and grudging. You are dissatisfied on account of my rise in fortune, and you can't help showing it." "If you have the heart to think so," returned Biddy, "say so. Say so over and over again, if you have the heart to think so.

If, any sunny forenoon, she had spread a little pair of wings and flown away before my eyes, I don't think I should have regarded it as much more than I had had reason to expect.

he was particular in stipulating that if I were not received with cordiality, or

VI. Hundreds of People VII. Monseigneur in Town VIII. Monseigneur in the Country IX. The Gorgon's Head X. Two Promises XI. A

I shall be there before the commencement.

Now, being prepared for almost anything, he was not by any means prepared for nothing...

We made no more provision for growing older, than we did for growing younger.

Alice!" said the visitor's mild voice, "am I late to-night?" "You always seem late, but are always early.

it was a delusive pie, the crust being like a disappointing head, phrenologically speaking: full of lumps and bumps, with nothing particular underneath.

I know,' said I, in answer to that action; 'I know. I have no hope that I shall ever call you mine, Estella. I am ignorant what may become of me very soon, how poor I may be, or where I may go. Still, I love you. I have loved you ever since I first saw you in this house.

Yet it did seem (though not to him, for he saw nothing of it) as if fantastic hope could take as strong a hold as Fact. p.

if he had had any such exalted expectation, he would not have prospered. He had expected labour, and he found it, and did it and made the best of it. In this, his prosperity consisted.

His wife explained that she had merely "asked a blessing." "Don't do it!" said Mr. Cruncher looking about, as if he rather expected to see the loaf disappear under the efficacy of his wife's petitions. "I ain't a going to be blest out of house and home. I won't have my wittles blest off my table. Keep still!

Gene de, Estella'y? dü?ündü?üm zaman..." Herbert gözlerini ate?ten ay?rmaks?z?n, "Estella'y? dü?ünmedi?in zaman var m? ki?" diye araya girdi.

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.

Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well.

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.

February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March.

The only thing that has to be finished by next Tuesday is next Monday.

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

Always borrow money from a pessimist... He never expects to be paid back.

Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines.