Quotes About Anticipation

Nothing's worse than telling your family you got a pilot, hearing the pilot got picked up, and then finding out it's not in the fall lineup.

Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.

There's nothing worse than the sequel that's a letdown from the first movie.

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

I'm an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best.

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

I plan for the best and expect the worst.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

That's always the actor's worst nightmare: that what they're working on is going to be the last thing they'll ever work on. No lie. So I was very excited to land 'Girlfriends' Guide' immediately.

As an entrepreneur and public company CEO, I've dealt with dozens of rollouts, and when unveiling a new product, the operating approach should be, 'Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.'

Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.

They say 'expect the worst.' I say 'Expect the best and even better will happen.'

One of the worst things about being an actor, besides people being nice to you and getting free stuff all the time - but really, one of the worst things is not knowing what's coming next. You could shoot a pilot, and they could have you on hold for six months waiting to find out what is going to happen with the show, and you're locked into it.

Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they encounter on stage.

The worst thing was being in the car and hearing someone else do your show. Three records in, 'She's still not here.' Four records in, 'She's still not here.'

We often choose knowing over goodness. We'd rather know what's going to happen than expect to be treated with respect and worth.

As a filmmaker, I wish we didn't have to do trailers at all, quite honestly. I wish we didn't have to do posters. I wish didn't have to give anything away. I wish people could just come in the movie blind. But as an audience member, I respect that you have to tell an audience that this is worth your time.

Consider the social proof of a line of people standing behind a velvet rope, waiting to get into a club. The line makes most people walking by want to find out what's worth the wait. The digital equivalent of the velvet rope helped build viral growth for initially invite-only launches like Gmail, Gilt Groupe, Spotify, and Turntable.fm.

Women take so long to get ready, but when they get out of the bathroom, they look smokin' hot. That's the struggle of men throughout history, waiting by the door. The wait is so worth it. Always.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

I learned how important timing is; having a really good idea five years ahead of its time is practically worthless.

Strawberries are like tomatoes for me; I just won't eat them year round. I'll happily wait for them to come into season, then I gorge like a brown bear eating salmon before hibernation.