Quotes About Expectation

our survival instinct, which influences the body and mind, is really just the unrealistic expectation that life is always pleasurable and never painful. Our bodies naturally crave pleasure, which we think equals happiness, safety, and survival. We hate pain, which we think equals unhappiness and death.

He realized with a start that something was about to begin. It might be something dull and uninspiring, something he had experienced countless times before, something that wouldn't make a lick of difference when he died. But it was always good to have something about to begin.

Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up faster.

If pregnancy were a book, they would cut the last two chapters.

Alongside the practical thought something else struggled and, like an escaped butterfly, took wing: the assurance of something wonderful awaiting her. Just around the corner......

Cybernetics takes the view that the structure of the machines or of the organism is an index of the performance that may be expected from it.

She had believed that she alone could touch his heart, and that likewise his was the only gaze that would ever reach hers. She had left her home in response to his kind words, only to find that this belief had been nothing but the conceit of an ignorant girl.

She could not tell him that she protested because she did not believe he loved her enough to become his wife. It was no ordinary man but the Prince of Light who was asking her to be his bride. And, she thought gloomily, what sacrifice might she have disregarded had his gaze been only for her?

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects.

Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?

Why always "not yet"?  Do flowers in spring say "not yet"? 

the Moral Law is not always the standard by which we treat others, but it is nearly always the standard by which we expect others to treat us.

mediocra noastr? diminea?? friguroas?, îng?duitoare, înaint?m, cu toate dup? noi, calendar, certificate, cartograme, primejdii, pove?ti, pozne, podoabe, a?teptarea rece pueril? a zilei, pedeapsa noastr?, bucurie dezn?dejde, desaga fiec?ruia.

I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him.

Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.

I'm not asking much,' he said. 'Only a miracle. Can you do this?' Wong looked down at the briefing papers in front of him for a moment. Then he looked at Tambi in the eye. 'Miracles we have fifteen per cent extra surcharge. Is it okay?

It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

?yi ?eyler birdenbire olur; bu kadar bekletmez insan?. Sürüncemede kalan heyecanlardan ancak kötü ?eyler ç?kar. Ya da hiçbir ?ey ç?kmaz.

Hay?r, sizi de sevmemeliyim. Çünkü her zaman oldu?u gibi hayal k?r?kl??? bekliyor beni. Gene gülünç olmaktan korkuyorum. (Sesini yükseltir.) ?nsafs?z insanlar! Hayat gözya??na bakm?yor. Oysa insanlar?n merhametine muhtac?m ben.

Beklenen geç geliyor; geldi?i s?rada insan ba?ka yerlerde oluyor

Balzac, kendini romantik sanan genç k?zlar?n, saçma sapan hayallerini beslemek için okuduklar? ikinci s?n?f bir romanc?d?r. - Selim I??k

?yi ?eyler birdenbire olur; bu kadar bekletmez insan?.

Uyand???m zaman kendimi ayn? yerde buldum. (Bu kadar gürültü ç?kard?ktan sonra, hiç olmazsa yerim de?i?ir diye ümit ediyordum.)

Bugün hayal kursam, yar?n hayal k?r?kl?klar?n?n parçalar?n? topluyorum...