Quotes About Anticipation

I can't say that the ending of a story is always the best part of the story, and yet there's sort of this implicit idea that the finale is somehow supposed to be the mind-blowing best episode of a show. The question is: Why is that? Why do people make that assumption?

There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could come back at any minute and catch us.

But, I understand that Black Comb and Whistler are supposed to be great for snowboarding. So I am looking forward to going there someday soon.

I will surely watch 'Toofaan.'

I still feel like my best surfing is ahead of me.

Life will be interesting only when there is an element of surprise in it.

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to be very successful that, you know.

I always want to surprise myself, more than anybody else.

I know what a full season is like in the big leagues. It's not going to be a surprise anymore.

I've been asking my partner for a dog for a while and she kept saying no. She was obviously keeping it for a birthday surprise, and when I came home from Rotherham, Hugo was sat on the sofa waiting for me. It was a really nice surprise.

One of the difficult things of making a horror sequel in general is because the horror genre is so founded on surprise.

I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn't know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.

I want to make myself and the crowd happy by way of something different, and that makes things difficult. I'm never playing something that hasn't been released or no one has ever heard before because I care to deliver them what they were hoping to see from me. But also I play four or five songs that will definitely surprise them.

I like life to surprise me.

Readers regularly ask what can go wrong but almost never what could positively surprise.

When I think people like one record more than the other, then someone will surprise me.

I assumed that 'Gone Girl' would do incrementally better than 'Dark Places,' and that would be great. So the fact that it did more than that was kind of an incredibly pleasant surprise.

As an actor, you should always keep your trump card hidden from your audience. I want the audience to keep expecting more and more from me. I want to do 'different' work - good and memorable roles - so that audience appreciate me more. That's why I love to surprise my audience with something they never expect me to do.

What I always got excited about with 'Arrested Development' was the element of surprise.

It is always better to wait for a good surprise instead of thinking about it.

It's hard to go from good to great. You go from one to seven by eliminating stupid things. Let's not have 12 penalties in a game. And you surprise some people. When you're a seven-win team, everyone sees you coming.

I don't like to surprise anyone with the music I compose for a film. That way, there is less trouble later on.