Nothing is so great an adversary to those who make it their business to please as expectation. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Things temporal are sweeter in the expectation, things eternal are sweeter in the fruition; the first shames thy hope, the second crowns… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Anxiety and anticipation, I was to learn, are the essential ingredients in suffering from pain, as opposed to feeling pain pure and… — Lucy Grealy Copy Share Image
When spring is here the sketcher begins to look over his equipment and relishes in anticipation the soothing hours he will spend… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
The panther prowled around me in a loose, wide circle. Its mouth turned down, almost in a pout, and it seemed disappointed… — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
I Became a free woman when I decided to stop dreaming, freedom that is waiting for nothing .. and anticipation is a… — Ahlam Mosteghanemi Copy Share Image
[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. — A.J. Cronin Copy Share Image
My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody's anticipation. I know what they want, I know what… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
“But all of these hours were strained by fear, as if fear were a brooding specter, or a strange, lost bird trapped… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
My family is delighted every time I cook maitake. Our taste buds awaken in anticipation of its rich, deep and nuanced flavors. — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Before I ever start a job that I'm really excited about, I usually have some sleepless nights or weeks or months. But… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
They never exhale, the trees; on a very windy day, they rustle and inhale, and then the leaves and the branches all… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
It is not given to human beings, happily for them, for otherwise life would be intolerable, to foresee or to predict to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Best not to anticipate too much ... it jiggles the possibilities. — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
In many cases your imagination is much more effective than what can be shown. It primes you to know something is about… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
“Perhaps life’s simplest and most frequent mistake is to take who we are for granted in our anxious anticipation of who we… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread… — Zilpha Keatley Snyder Copy Share Image
As you read the Word of God today, read it with expectancy and anticipation for the changes it will make in you. — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
Decorating in relation to hotels is really nothing more than planned showmanship or the art of attracting attention in a delightful way… — Dorothy Draper Copy Share Image
Innovation involves anticipation. It is having a broad base of knowledge on your subject and an ability to see where the end… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
Look forward to future years, if not with eager anticipation, yet with a calm reliance upon the power of good, wholly remote… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image