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Expectation Quotes (page 28)

Do what thy manhood bids thee do,From none but self expect aplause;He noblest live and noblest diesWho makes and keeps his self-made laws. Richard Francis Burton
The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife. They were also expeced to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs that were too fiddly for the boys Terry Prachett
Emma Thompson quote: "There is a painful difference between the expectation of an..."
There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty. Emma Thompson
I love everything about Tyler Durden, his courage and his smarts. His nerve. Tyler is funny and charming and forceful and independent, and men look up to him and expect him to change their world. Tyler is capable and free, and I am not. Chuck Palahniuk
So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations. Carl Sagan
But I affirm that you are: so much depressed that a few more words would bring tears to your eyes-indeed, they are there now, shining and swimming; and a bead has slipped from the lash and fallen on the flag. If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing, I would know what all this means. Well, to-night I excuse you; but understand that so long as my visitors stay, I expect you to appear in the drawing-room every evening; it is my wish; don't neglect it.... Charlotte Bronte
Tennessee Williams quote: "All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect..."
All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be. Tennessee Williams
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most..."
Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected! J. R. R. Tolkien
- Might it console you to know that I expect nothing but torture from her return? That I regard you as a bird of paradise? She shook her head. - That my admiration for you is painfully strong? - I want Van – she cried – and not intangible admiration. - Intangible? You goose. You my gauge it, you may brush it once very lightly with the knuckles of you gloved hand. I said knuckles. I said once. That will do. I can't kiss you. Not even your burning face. Good-bye, pet. Tell Edmond to take a nap... Vladimir Nabokov
There was very much in the whole affair of which he would not be proud as he led his bride to the altar;--but a man does not expect to get four thousand pounds a year for nothing. Anthony Trollope
Elaine Dundy quote: "I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When..."
I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous. Elaine Dundy
Jane Austen quote: "You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call..."
You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged. Jane Austen
Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being... Marvin J. Ashton
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us. Milan Kundera
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly - waking up some find morning and suddenly saying to myself: 'Why, this is Christmas Day! Ray Stannard Baker

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