“The contention came, after all, to this - the secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I don't have great expectations for the next 4 years. Members of both parties are too focused on winning non-existent games to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Coming out of college, there were a lot of great expectations. I wasn't prepared to handle the W. I had to learn… — Kelsey Plum Copy Share Image
“When we commit our lives to the Lord, He lives in us, He gives us grace and power to accomplish far greater… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Yet he would smoke his pipe at the Battery with a far more sagacious air then anywhere else - even with a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The imagination, backed by great expectations, can bring about almost any reality within the range of probalities. — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
“Don’t be satisfied with what the world offers you. Seek for more. Seek for better. Demand greater than the status quo.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common, that he might be worthier of my society and less open to Estella's… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“As we walk through the secretive doors of our remembrance, looking for forgotten benchmarks of our history, we can find unexpected escape… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
As for 'Great Expectations', it is up there for me with the world's greatest novels, not least as it vindicates plot as… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Some medical beast had revived tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“...but everything in our intercourse did give me pain. Whatever her tone with me happened to be, I could put no trust… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“All I want, oh dear friend of mine, is for you to go out with someone . Do something, even if it's… — Lauren Morrill Copy Share Image
I won't necessarily make new music because when you make a record there are these great expectations on the side of the… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
Yup, Nicki, looks like Philly got walloped. Then again, niohtng better than a good read to curl up with. You might like… — Amit Copy Share Image
We've been invited to come and believe the Unbelievable, receive the Inconceivable, and see beyond our wildest imaginations... Lord, we come with… — Steven Curtis Chapman Copy Share Image
I have great expectations about 'Trance.' It has been in the making for two years and we shot in Kanyakumari in Tamil… — Dileesh Pothan Copy Share Image
Why can I not get seen for parts in 'Emma,' 'Great Expectations,' or 'Downton Abbey?' Is it because I'm not 'the right… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
The law of self-fulfilling prophecy says that you get what you expect. So why not create great expectations and the highest vision… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year,… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
But since doing the film ["The Invisible Woman"] I've really learned to appreciate [Charles Dickens], he's phenomenal. "Great Expectations" would be one… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
Great expectations are placed on this generation for the establishment of peaceful and neighborly relations in the North Caucasus. — Yunus-bek Yevkurov Copy Share Image
“Let’s go forth tomorrow with no great expectations of finding perfection. Then, expecting only a small share of happiness, we won’t be… — V.C. Andrews Copy Share Image
“It is not important for life to meet your great expectations. What is important is that you hold high expectations of yourself… — Dr Roopleen Copy Share Image
I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Nothing great was ever achieved without a personal sacrifice. You have to pay the price to realize your goals.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Before meeting u, I was a lonely man with no hopes, future or treasures. When I met u, I was a lonely… — Hemantsmarty Copy Share Image
“Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures," replied Estella, with a glance towards him, "hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I built the solenoid and with great expectations late one evening I pressed the switch which sent a current of 40 amperes… — Nicholas Kurti Copy Share Image
“Here my sister, after a fit of clappings and screamings, beat her hands upon her bosom and upon her knees, and threw… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“When I had lain awake a little awhile, those extraordinary voices with which silence teems, began to make themselves audible. The closet… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“We were always more or less miserable, and most of our acquaintance were in the same condition. There was a gay fiction… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I have never had great expectations of my performance or of a film. I try not to think about the outcome. If… — Heath Ledger Copy Share Image
“A man would die tonight of lying out on the marshes, I thought. And then I looked at the stars, and considered… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image