Quotes About Expectation

If you have a rifle, hanging on the wall in the first act, it should fire in the last act".

Words mean nothingActions are everythingExpect nothingAppreciate everything

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

When I'm walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner,there is something wonderful waiting for me. That's my attitude.

The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"

I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

We find things where we look for them, which is why I never look for a golf ball out of bounds.

I often wonder, Is it worth waiting only for things you think are going to be truly great, or is that a pretentious attitude to take?

The rule is not written anywhere, it's not etched in any - but, I mean, that's the prevailing attitude of this entire society. Don't have an adventure.

another month. They would be back in the

what she had feared, and exactly the opposite of what he had promised two weeks before. He felt like a

she had stopped hoping to meet

This was real life, not a book. And in real life, people met, nothing happened, and you went home.

Because the one thing I hate about hope - the one thing I despise about it, that no one ever seems to admit about it- is that suddenly having hope is the easiest route to sudden hopelessness there is.

What would it be like as an adult to open my eyes with a feeling of even mild anticipation?

I wasn't expecting him to light candles or scatter rose petals. But I just made myself infertile for him, so the least he could've done was make the bed.

Your muscles can tense with hope.

To be added when I get it cause I just realised I don't have it at the moment.

What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.

You and Teacher," said Molly. "Yes," said Peter. "She's very clever. You'll like her." "I'm sure," said Molly.

When you called for your installation appointment, the Telephone Company would say: "We will have an installer in your area between the hours of 9 A.M. October 3 and the following spring. Will someone be at home?" And you would say yes, if you wanted a phone.

If a Greek woman tells you to do something, you do it.

In all my life I'd never been approached this way, the car pulling up, the Where you going? It was something I wish had happened hundreds of times. I was a looker - someone who looked over at every car at every traffic light, hoping something would happen, and almost never finding anyone looking back - always everyone looking forwards, and every time I felt stupid. Why should people look at you? Why should they care?

Maybe if he was the sort of man who could eat someone else's hash browns, who the hotel wanted to impress so much they sent him someone else's breakfast, maybe then he was the sort of man who could get an audience with the King.