Quotes About Expectation

No," Tessa said, "you've got it exactly backwards. People don't know what they want, not before they see it. Every object of desire is a found object. Traditionally, anyway." Chevette

Quería explicar que la gente nunca resultaba ser del todo como uno se imagina que es.

Is this a kissing book?

You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance to read it.

Give the reader what they want, just not the way they expect it.

Princess. By S. Morgenstern. It's a kids' classic. Tell him I'll quiz him on it when I'm back next week and that he doesn't have to like it or anything, but if he doesn't, tell him I'll kill myself. Give him that message exactly please; I wouldn't want to apply any extra pressure or anything.

Don't expect too much from life, Buttercup told herself as she rode along. Learn to be satisfied with what you have.

I must know! Get used to disappointment.

Don't expect too much from life, Buttercup told herself as she rode along. Learn to be satisfied with what you have.

It was too unfair. You expected unfairness if you breathed, but this went beyond that.

You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance to read it. Maybe he figured if he didn't do it, nobody would, or maybe he was just trying to give the reviewers a helping hand; I don't know.

Outcomes of voting cannot, in general, be regarded as accurate amalgamations of voters' values. Sometimes they may be accurate, sometimes not; but since we seldom know which situation exists, we cannot, in general, expect accuracy. Hence we cannot expect fairness either.

I have never heard of a suicide that I expected.

MARIE    (Not sounding exactly cheerful) Mrs. Delaney, I'm expecting a telegram this morning. Would you leave it on my dresser for me when it comes? LOLA Sure, honey. No bad news, I hope. MARIE Oh, no! It's from Bruce. LOLA    (MARIE'S boy friends are one of her liveliest interests) Oh, your boy friend in Cincinnati. Is he coming to see you?

This is too busy a world for us to stop and wonder whether a man wants what he does not ask for. Too many are clamoring loudly for what we cannot give...

I needed to be alone for whatever would happen. I knew that something would as certainly as if this were a last chapter.

My job is not to try to give readers what they want, but to try to make readers want what I give.

Soon they'll be saying you're a girl ate what was given her .

Man stands for long time with mouth open before roast duck flies in.

Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.

Stay alert to the promise that moments hold.

They are creating the expectation of failure. They are telling team members not to trust that initial flush of good feeling at the beginning of the project, because what comes next is hardship and toil and frustration. Yet, strangely enough, when they deliver this warning, it comes across as optimistic.

You need to create the expectation of failure—not the failure of the mission itself, but failure en route. This

The answer may sound strange: You need to create the expectation of failure—not the failure of the mission itself, but failure en route.