Quotes About Anticipation

That's the one thing you can always depend on; as we're fighting one war, we're always preparing for the next one.

armies perfect the art of fighting the last war just in time for the next one.

Before he goes into the water, a diver cannot know what he will bring back.

The trick is to discern a market – before there is any proof that one exists.

Those who missed His Majesty's arrival that night missed it not because of evil acts or malice; no, they missed it because they simply weren't looking. Little has changed in the last two thousand years, has it?

Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.

That knowledge humbles me, melts my bones, closes my ears, and makes my teeth rock loosely in their gums. And it also liberates me. I am a big bird winging over high mountains, down into serene valleys. I am ripples of waves on silver seas. I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation.

She used to say that her secret to life was that she "hoped for the best, was prepared for the worst, so anything in between didn't come as a surprise.

My obsession with pineapples nearly drove me mad. I dreamt of the days when I would be grown and able to buy a whole carton for myself alone. Although

All my ways of being are musical and mysterious. Yet I embrace you openly. Ripe with expectancy.

I am a big bird winging over high mountains, down into serene valleys. I am ripples of waves on silver seas. I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation of full growth.

They were assured that they were going to be the only inhabitants of that milk and honey...

Excitement is a drug, and people whose lives are filled with violence are always wondering where the next fix is coming from

Preparation is rarely easy and never beautiful.

Whether our new start was going to end in success or failure didn't cross my mind. What I did know, and know consciously, was that it was already exciting.

Tell me, warrior, how soon can we do this again?

I'd be a dumbass if I didn't plan for every contingency.

The only thing I'm sure of is that I've waited entirely too damn long to have you.

The funny thing about dreams is that every now and then they come true.

I'm going to take a shower, I want you naked and in bed when I get back.

She's the one, Pop.

From what they've told me, I definitely think it's a good idea for you to go. But I'll be very disappointed if you don't come home shitfaced in a sexy dress and fuck-me shoes. It's all I've been tortured with ever since the last time they all went out. Now that I get to participate firsthand, have to say I'm looking forward to it.

Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the fact that he was actually saying something that sounded like it might be a prelude to asking me out - well, I nearly threw up. I mean it. I felt really sick, but in a good way.

But. . . you said we were going to play Parcheezi. . .