Quotes About Anticipation

Es difícil reconocer una cara conocida entre un grupo de desconocidos cuando no se espera

Von Clausewitz («Toda guerra presupone la debilidad humana…») y de Sun Tzu («Dale a tus enemigos lo que esperan… esto los colocará en una situación de predictibilidad… mientras tú esperas el momento extraordinario, lo que ellos no pueden anticipar»)

Se miraron un instante, sintiendo lo mismo, que estaban en la línea de salida de algo.

Los ejércitos se preparan para la última guerra que libraron, no para la que está por venir».

There is a budding morrow in midnight.

The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.

After so many years wondering what kind of person you were going to become one day, somewhere you forgot that this question actually has an answer, and that 'one day' will eventually arrive. If it hasn't already.

proluctance n. the paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you've been looking forward to-opening a decisive letter, meeting up with a friend who's finally back in town, reading a new book from your favorite author-perpetually waiting around for the right state of mind, stretching out the bliss of anticipation as long as you can.

licotic adj. anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing—a classic album, a favorite restaurant, a TV show they're lucky enough to watch for the very first time—which prompts you to continually poll their face waiting for the inevitable rush of awe, only to cringe when you discover all the work's flaws shining through for the very first time. Old English licode, it pleased [you] + psychotic. Pronounced "lahy-kot-ic.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

The only thing worse than when nothing happens is when something does.

There would be a new life, and we would be living a new life. It felt like too much to hope for, but not in a bad way, more the kind of thing you stop yourself thinking about for superstitious reasons, because if you let yourself imagine all the details, it's less likely to happen.

People with views of the Thames seemed always to be looking out, expecting more from the promise than the view would ever deliver.

Seek to make thy course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.

I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A good year. I always surveyed each new year with optimism, and events almost always proved my outlook mistaken. This year was to be no exception.

Underlying omotenashi is having an idea of what the customer wants without asking, so that their needs can be anticipated.

O come, O come, Emmanuel,And ransom captive Israel.

God, he thought, what would I not give to be drinking a pint of beer in the mess in Aldershot now, or in the Lord Nelson bar in Dover, morning parades done with and nothing whatever to do or think about until inspection tomorrow.

I am an architect of days that have not happened yet.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others

To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.

What I didn't realize was this: It's never possible to be prepared when the future takes over from the past.

You always know when Danny (D'Angelo) is coming. You hear him first (because of the Tic Tacs in his pocket) and then you smell him (because he uses way too much cologne!)

melted milk chocolate; it's a roaring fire on a snowy night; it's a double rainbow; the green-glass barrel of a wave; the first sip of ice-cold champagne. And then…he arrives