Quotes About Anticipation

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.

I think childhood is, generally speaking, a preparation for disappointment.

Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.

It's quite funny because I always talk to baby through Susie's belly, and every time I start speaking, I just get kicked in the face.

I've never caught muskie. That would be quite special.

I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when the special effects are good' to represent what was in these books by Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance.

I'll buy a special occasion dress even if I don't know when or where I'll wear it.

When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you don't know a specific joke, you can pretty much guess what it's going to be.

I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat.

Perhaps if you are in support functions waiting on the warfighters to spell out the specifics of what you are to do, you can avoid the consequences of not reading. Those who must adapt to overcoming an independent enemy's will are not allowed that luxury.

The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. More: You have ceded them power.

We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.

I really don't think in the past. I sit down with many friends at dinner, and they like to talk about the good old days. I'm respectful of the good old days, but I find myself spending very little time reminiscing. I'm really looking forward.

I didn't want to release a song like 'Spice Girl' right after 'Caroline' because I didn't want another 'hit' kind of song.

One of my favorite memories as a kid was when the original 'Secret Wars' came out with the debut of the black costume for Spider-Man. I remember I couldn't wait to get home to read it, and I was like, 'Oh, my God, I've been waiting for this comic to come out. I hope, God forbid, nothing happens to me before I get home to read it.'

Plans for a Spider-Man film had gone on for so long. It was starting to look like there would never be a film. There was always a different actor, or a different director they were talking about.

The famous pilot season literally sends shivers down my spine.

I'm not big into spoilers. Just personally, I don't want anything spoiled.

I hate when the major event of a show I watch is spoiled for me. And I'm wracked with guilt when/if I spoil something for someone else.

I don't like spoilers. I don't like things being spoiled.

I have always known a thing before it happens.

I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong.

I think today will be the day. Today our luck will change,' I proclaimed on the wings of the first coffee of the day, pure optimism in a liquid state.

Sometimes there's luck, When there is you stock up on it and wait for the other times