Quotes About Anticipation

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

Always keep 'em guessing.

The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

the new incoming phone has to be

He half expected to receive a rocket-propelled suppository at any moment, but none came.

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Better to be prepared and not need to be, than not be prepared and regret it.

So maybe he had known she was coming.

I'm guessing if we had just waited an hour or so we would have been there when Dad first broke in.

One of the elements of writing that is most delightful to the engaged reader is the element of surprise. And one of the ways to surprise the reader is to set up an expectation that you then veer away from it at the last moment. A stitch in time saves the penny earned. Or something like that.

If John had been paying close attention to Lester's face, he would have seen him go white, the way men do when they see a trap swinging shut on them.

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.

I taste pain and regret in your sweat. Youve been waiting for me.

I know that its comin I just hope that Im alive for it.

She a patient waitin in my room

I wanna do it all tonight. I got plans. I have a certain lust for life and as it stands.

I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to.

An hour at sea with Uncle Nicholas comprised forty minutes of waiting, nineteen minutes of wondering, and one minute of sheer excitement.

people systematically overestimate both the pain they will experience as a consequence of anticipated losses and the joy they will garner from anticipated gains.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be.

Our whole goal in life is to give you something you didn't know you wanted and then once you get it, you can't imagine your life without it… and you can count on apple doing that.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.