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Quotes About Anticipation

One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.
~ American Proverb
All promise outruns the performance.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent.
~ Author Unknown
Shedding late-summer tears for the end of cherry season. Patiently and hopefully waiting for pumpkin pie season.
~ Terri Guillemets
Only one shopping day left 'til tomorrow.
~ Author Unknown
The man walked from his shoulders, anticipating life's next blow, the way ageing boxers did.
~ Graham Hurley
The way to avoid the tragedies of the past is not to let them happen to begin with.
~ Graham Masterton
Maybe it seems strange to you, all the trouble we're taking to catch a glimpse of what you're going to see in close-up, so soon. It's hard to explain: I don't think it's jealousy, or even impatience. Just a need for independence.
~ Greg Egan
You're bored. Two weeks without someone trying to kill us and you're bored out of your mind. Leia to Han
~ Greg Keyes
Defensive coverage is about anticipation, and offensive effectiveness is essentially the art of surprise.
~ Greg Wyshynski
Anticipation of pain leads to fear, and fear amplifies pain," he says. "Expectation of relief from pain increases the opioids in the brain, makes the hurting stop. How your mind reacts to pain determines how much pain you actually feel.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
I think you could have a really good night tonight," she said huskily. Jade's eyes danced over her cheap outfit, taking in her costume jewelry and her ruby-red lipstick. "Yeah?" he said. "Thanks for the premonition.
~ Gregg Hurwitz
What had he hoped for back then? What kind of future had he dreamed of when he'd stared up at the lightning-fork crack in the ceiling?
~ Gregg Hurwitz
We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future.
~ Gregory Bateson
he came down. 'Two days. I had a
~ Gretta Mulrooney
My plans are still in embryo, a town on the edge of wishful thinking.
~ Groucho Marx
We left New York drunk and early on the morning of February second. After fifteen days on the water and six on the boat we finally arrived on the shores of Africa.
~ Groucho Marx
From things which have been obtained after having been long desired men almost never derive the pleasure and delight which they had anticipated.
~ Guicciardini
Abidal explains that before he arrived at Barcelona, every time he was called into action on the pitch, as a defender he'd been taught to focus on winning the ball. As soon as he arrived at Barcelona, he was taught to think one step ahead about what he could do with it once he'd got hold of it.
~ Guillem Balagué
In future they must place themselves more cleverly to receive the pass, and to start pressuring their opponents more quickly.
~ Guillem Balagué
It can't be that late already. It can't be. She's had all day, all night to say good-bye to him and she hasn't even begun.
~ Guillermo del Toro
I was far away from where China was changing and was constantly reminded that more changes were around the corner.
~ Gungwu Wang
Words prepare the way for deeds to come, detonate future explosions.
~ Gustav Janouch
Yo tengo fe en el porvenir
~ Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer