Quotes About Anticipation

It was Monday morning, and Sally did not have to go to school since it was a holiday. What she didn't know is that this day was going to be special.

Your only "security" is knowing what you do well. Knowing your areas of competence will give you freedom amid corporate politics and unexpected layoffs. Wayne Gretzky was once asked why he was such a great hockey player. He responded with an eloquent morsel of wisdom: "I simply went to where the puck was going to be." An average player would go where the puck was or is.

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

feedforward — an understanding of what is going to happen before it happens.[17]

We love pictures, descriptions, testimonies from folks who've been there, and an idea of what there is to do once we've arrived. Without this information our excitement dims considerably, especially when the place we're thinking about lasts forever.

If we were having this discussion three years from today, and you were looking back over those three years, what has to have happened in your life, both personally and professionally, for you to feel happy with your progress?

the illusion of a group hallucination is achieved through the following mechanisms: expectation, anticipation, suggestion, and cross-infection that can begin prior to the hallucination, operate during the experience, and continue to modify the memories of the participants long afterward.

I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. I'm always itching to get back in the car. It's going to get harder, so I've got to make sure that I'm doing everything I possibly can do to make sure I can start next season how I ended this season.

She tasted like the blank page of a book before he'd written the first word, the possibilities limitless.

She stripped out of her bra first, then her panties. "Happy?" "I could be happier.

As he waited for her, he braced himself for the sight of her, ready to turn out the light as soon as she reached her bed. But when Daniela came in, she wasn't wearing her nightgown. She returned from the bathroom in a bath towel. And then she locked the door behind her and dropped the towel. Drops of water glistened on her naked skin as if she'd been painted with diamonds. "Christ," he breathed.

Ah, you're warming up to me. You know what comes next." "Bitter disappointment?" she deadpanned.

I thought he might kiss me as we sat shivering on the bank of the spring with our clothes soaked through and our feet dangling in the steaming water. We looked into each other's eyes the way I'd always imagined people did right before they leaned in closer and touched lips for the first time. But that was all we did. We looked at each other. Into each other. We were still clutching hands.

Well?" he said, arching a dark brow. "Well, what?" "I don't bite." "Oh. I was waiting for you to make the first move." "I have. Your gown is conveniently unfastened. Or had you not noticed?

Oooh! I just felt him kick again!" "Now Juliet, how can you know it's a 'he'?" "I know because I'm not nearly as sick as I was with Charlotte. Boys are easier to carry than girls, you know. Or so they say. Oh!" An excited little squeal. "Put your hand right there, Gareth." "Here?" "Yes, right there — do you feel it?" A tense, expectant silence. And then, "Oh, Juliet . . ." Charles

Ah, dearest, we must set a date," he said, into her hair. "A very early date, given your delicate condition.

I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car.

Preview Future Connection:

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Indeed, thinking about the future can be so pleasurable that sometimes we'd rather think about it than get there.

anticipating unpleasant events can minimize their impact.

We treat our future selves as though they were our children, spending most of the hours of most of our days constructing tomorrows that we hope will make them happy.

What is the conceptual tie that binds anxiety and planning? Both, of course, are intimately connected to thinking about the future.