One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Loyalty was a funny thing. So was love. They both bit you when you least expected it.” — Jodi Lynn Anderson Copy Share Image
Should philosophers be expected to change the world? Such an expectation seems to me extravagant. Marx himself didn't change the world: he… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
What? You mean to travel almost five hundred miles alone? No. I can’t let you do that. I . . . I… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing. — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
I said to this priest: 'Am I expected to believe that if I went out and had an affair that God was… — Diana Dors Copy Share Image
I never expected to have any kind of film career, to be honest. It was all a bit of a surprise. But… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
So it's happened, I kept thinking, you're in the middle of a story exactly as you've always wanted, and it's horrible. Fear… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
A thoughtful investment process contemplates both probability and payoffs and carefully considers where the consensus - as revealed by a price -… — Michael Mauboussin Copy Share Image
“I realized clearly, perhaps for the first time, what strained and anxious lives dogs must lead, so emotionally involved in the world… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As the stars make more and more money - one person gets $12 million, $14 million, $15 million, $20 million - everyone… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; if they expected perfection from… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
If one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I can't recall a story that played out exactly as I'd expected it to. That's one of the thrills of journalism -… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I've broken it down to three basic types of people in gangs. You have the first type, the most dangerous, which are… — Malik Yusef Copy Share Image
As God’s chosen, blessed sons and daughters, we are expected to attempt something large enough that failure is guaranteed…unless God steps in. — Bruce Wilkinson Copy Share Image
In War more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected, and look differently when near,… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
To have privilege in one or more areas does not mean you are wholly privileged. Surrendering to the acceptance of privilege is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers. — Jerry Moran Copy Share Image
Knowing that "me" is inextricably linked to blackness, [I try to enjoy] the process of expanding beyond the expected boundaries set by… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
The thing that was much harder than I expected was figuring out what to do with 20 tons of books. That led… — Ian Christe Copy Share Image
Because it's one of those things I never expected in my lifetime," he told me. "Like a comet. Or world peace. I'm… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly… — Benjamin Boukpeti Copy Share Image
