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Expectation Quotes (page 37)

Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. Irving Layton
If I had my life to live over again, I would form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it were, the remembrance of death. There is not another practice which so intensifies life. Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Muriel Spark
Speak," he urged. "What about, sir?" "Whatever you like. I leave both the choice of subject and the manner of treating it entirely to yourself." Accordingly I sat and said nothing. "If he expects me to talk, for the mere sake of talking and showing off, he will find he has addressed himself to the wrong person," I thought. Charlotte Bronte
Jodi Picoult quote: "Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats..."
Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats them all. Jodi Picoult
There is no resting place along the path called faithfulness. The trek is constant, and no lingering is allowed. It must not be expected that the road of life spreads itself in an unobstructed view before the person starting his journey. He must anticipate coming upon forks and turnings in the road. But he cannot hope to reach his desired journey’s end if he thinks aimlessly about whether to go east or west. He must make decisions purposefully. Thomas S. Monson
You wake up, and you’re nowhere. One minute was enough, Tyler said, a person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. You wake up, and that’s enough. Chuck Palahniuk
It was here one brilliant November midnight that Edward wrote a formal letter to Violet and Geoffrey Ponting declaring his ambition to marry their daughter, and did not quite ask their permission so much as confidently expected their approval. Ian Mcewan
To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return. Kate Millett
Paula Abdul quote: "True genius does not fulfill expectations. True genius..."
True genius does not fulfill expectations. True genius shatters it. Paula Abdul
I want to grow up with my audience. I don't expect to be getting through to the younger pop crowd. I learned that from Paul Simon. Joe Strummer
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm."
When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Everyone had told her, since she became a princess-in-training, that she was very likely the most beautiful woman in the world. Now she was going to be the richest and the most powerful as well. Don't expect too much from life, Buttercup told herself as she rode along. Learn to be satisfied with what you have. William Goldman
C. S. Lewis quote: "often pointed out that bright mornings brought on wet..."
often pointed out that bright mornings brought on wet afternoons, and that you can't expect good times to last. C. S. Lewis
Patrick White quote: "I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but..."
I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm. Patrick White
But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If he sees a thing, he must say that he sees it, whether it was what he thought he was going to see or not. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Douglas Adams

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