Quotes About Expectation

ella no lo sabe pero le estoy haciendo una promesa. Mañana es hoy

I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.

I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to an innocent tree, wither it instantly?

To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.

I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.

A satisfação depende de pegar o que se quer, em vez de esperar pelo que é justo receber. Tudo isto entra na linguagem cotidiana que liga sexo à agressão...

What causes you to tense up is the unexpected; but as long as you know what you're in for, you can relax and chip away at the job.

They were expected to accomplish nothing, so they could try anything. Audacity beckoned.

You think you know how this story is going to end, but you don't.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

Oh, sir, I'm glad you got home in time for Christmas," she said. "The children were counting on it. Did you have a successful trip, sir?" "Every trip is successful when you get home again," said Gissing.

Giorno per giorno vedo la gente affollarsi nei teatri e nei cinematografi, e so che per la metà delle volte, e anche più, vanno a una ricerca cieca, e credono di essere soddisfatti mentre in realtà vengono pasciuti di miseri gusci vuoti. E la parte più triste di tutto questo è che se ci si immagina di essere soddisfatti dei gusci, non rimarrà più appetito per il buon grano.

After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end. - Saphira

Hoping is such hard work. It tires you out and you never seem to get any kind of reward. Hoping feels like you're a balloon that has a pinhole that slowly leaks air.

The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.

What I didn't expect was that in this country, home of "Truth, Justice and the American way," hope would be determined by politics.

I think if you're ahead of your time, you've failed. I think if you're behind the times, you've failed. I think the only way to measure success is being right on time with what people want.

I'm playing 'chicken' with a kid called 'Robin.' I don't know why he's showing off. I don't know why I'm going along with it. I don't even know where we're going. It could be a robbery. Or prison break. A gang war. Or free donuts at Lenny's. He sees that Bat-signal in the sky and takes off. Like a bird out of Hell. And he just expects me to follow him. And I do.

I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?

Learn to be patient..Even time waits for time

Sé que soy exigente pero no podía soportar ser menos que la mujer de su vida, en vistas de que él era el hombre de la mia.

Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.