“With his release imminent, Knight seems more unsettled than ever. He scratches furiously at his knees. Jail, he's realized, might not be… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command. — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Until I was a junior in high school, I was a "boy scientist" type and expected to go into chemistry. Then I… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The school plays needed kids that were big and bold and weren't afraid to be on stage, and I fit that bill,… — Jesse Johnson Copy Share Image
You don't understand me. You are not expected to. You are not capable of it. I am beyond your experience. — Richard Ramirez Copy Share Image
I don't want to be expected to fall in passively someone else's plans for me. That's what I don't want. I don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Umpires, like players, are expected to show constant improvement each season and at each level. Inconsistent plate work and the inability to… — Jim Evans Copy Share Image
Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming… — Lisa Kudrow Copy Share Image
Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection and the base of a moral existence.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We shuffle out of office buildings after being laid-off by draconian bosses; we sit on hold for ten minutes only to be… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
I was pretty successful before Sept. 11 and fully expected that when I left being mayor I would be very successful. — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
I have purpose. My life has meaning. I am engaged in a profession that I'm passionate about. I have some place to… — Mackenzie Phillips Copy Share Image
On snowboarding as an Olympic sport: Since I was 6 years old I've been in the mix and watching this grow and… — Shaun White Copy Share Image
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Sometimes the character will go into a completely different direction than I expected once the cameras start rolling. That's what I love… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
The one certain thing was that death never came at an expected moment. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
English life, while very pleasant, is rather bland. I expected kindness and gentility and I found it, but there is such a… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
If you want to maximize your expected utility, you try to save the world and the future of intergalactic civilization instead of… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
I feel like there's no such thing as failure. When something doesn't go the way I want it to, I learn from… — Thomas Jones Copy Share Image
I'm thinking that it might actually be possible for things to work out sometimes. Definitely not everything and maybe not the way… — Susane Colasanti Copy Share Image
Merely because I was black, it seemed, I was supposed to listen to Hugh Maskela instead of Carole King, just as I… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I have never believed that my limitations were in any sense punishments or accidents. If I had held such a view, I… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
