Quotes About Anticipation

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the guy had a hot date

ear that she doubted if they would be able to get this particular train when the doors opened and people began to descend.

waited in the passenger seat of

Oh, boy," Jim said, giving an excited wiggle. "Cat fight! Wish I had some popcorn.

I have seen enormous changes. I have not seen enough change. I, too, can hardly wait.

With every detail about his home she noted, anticipation built inside her. His silence added to the feeling when the closing of the door and the latch of the lock shut out the moonlight and everything else. The last what-if niggles of doubts fled entirely, replaced one hundred percent by the awareness that she was with the man she was supposed to be with. Broken, bruised, guarded. Liam needed her. Even more than she needed and wanted him.

Katsuya J?nouchi: I...I don't know what's gonna come in the future. For example, if I go down this street and I turn at the corner, I might be able to see the next town...Maybe there's a lady I don't know, carrying a baby and shopping...That's about as much as I can see into the future!

I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon across the field and gradually get larger until I'd see it was Tommy, and he'd wave, and maybe even call.

Memory, which so confounds our waking life with anticipation and regret, may well be our one earthly consolation when time slips out of joint.

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation. —Robert H. Schuller

Hi, this is Keith Ferrazzi. I'm just calling back because I haven't heard from Michael." Here again, without being too pushy, you begin to create the presumption that his return call is imminent and expected.

just want to reiterate my excitement regarding our meeting. I've never heard John talk so flatteringly of a business associate. I understand how busy you must be. I haven't heard from your administrative assistant, but I'm sure I will. See you soon.

J: You will not believe what Mom is doing. M: Ballroom dancing lessons? Hot-air balloon classes?

M: Don't go there. Besides, you want to tell me about this prom date? Hmm? J: He's just a friend. We barely know each other. M: Nice. The stuff dreams are made of.

laundromats . . . like a waiting room for people who didn't go anywhere

Nightmares are the dress rehearsal for the dread awaiting.

because imagination is vitally important to our lives. Through imagination, we can visit the past, contemplate the present, and anticipate the future. We can also do something else of profound and unique significance. We can create.

Anticipation forward points the view.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Life would be very miserable indeed were I to spend it in terror of the thing that has not yet happened.

Forecasts are difficult to make—particularly those about the future.

Sometimes the day you long for turns as sour as month-old Yaks' milk, while the one you dread blows in with floral breath.

The future is not what we make but what we see