Quotes About Anticipation

Appreciation in advance brings everything you want to you.

The time you want the map... is before you enter the woods

I don't know what type of music my son will want. By the time he starts listening to music, really, at like 15, 16, I'll probably have 10 albums out by that time.

I expect to spend the rest of my life in the future, so I want to be reasonably sure of what kind of future it's going to be. That is my reason for planning.

people often act in a way that provokes precisely the reactions they are expecting. These

Think beforehand about afterwards — whatever you decide to do, think ahead about the consequences.

Information about the future is much more valuable and interesting than information about the past.

But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and moon were about to clash, many persons would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it.

Because of that, the buzz and whisper is different. Both more hushed and more thrilled, like a formation of Oprah Winfreys are about to parachute down through the clouds, giving cars out to you, and you, and also you.

Putting it in the spank bank for later.

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Revolutions are like earthquakes: they are always being predicted, and sometimes they come.

He had been around politicians for a long time, and he was prepared for some outburst.

See how the passengers all turn and talk to one another now as they get nearer and nearer to the little town.

The principle is simply this: We tend to get what we expect—both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get more; when we expect less, we tend to get less.

It's so funny when you're actually directing because things start popping that you don't expect to pop, and something that you think is going to pop, maybe doesn't quite have the impetus that you thought it might.

He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.

Had he but known that before the day was over he would discover the hidden dimensions of the universe, Kit might have been better prepared.

Had he but known that before the day was over he would discover the hidden dimensions of the universe, Kit might have been better prepared. At least, he would have brought an umbrella.

If you can see the shape of things to come,' he says, 'and then put yourself into what you see, you will find yourself there.

Always have an air of expectancy.

The future never happens; there will always be a future.