There can be no complete and permanent reform of the civil service until public opinion emancipates congressmen from all control and influence… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to… — James Richardson Copy Share Image
But metre itself implies a passion , i.e. a state of excitement, both in the Poet's mind, & is expected in that… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Usually, something that is fairly expected is already factored in. I also think that you have to think that America is raising… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
The models we have, and the standards we are expected to maintain, come to us via heterosexuality as a normative state. Heterosexuality--whatever… — Hanne Blank Copy Share Image
It would perhaps not be amiss to point out that he had always tried to be a good dog. He had tried… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Maybe this is why Misty loved him. Loved you. Because you believed in her so much more than she did. You expected… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
...what's always exciting is when you hear something amazing when you least expected it. Every now and then I'll hear something for… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
I had a little epiphany when I was a writer at 'Chicago' magazine. I sat down to dinner at the Ritz-Carlton. Somebody… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You… — Ronaldinho Copy Share Image
Oh, and Cammie," At the sounds of his voice, I spun around, expecting to hear him crack a joke or call me… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Callan took a deep breath. “I never expected you.” He shook his head with an edge of amusement. “You are a dangerous… — Lora Leigh Copy Share Image
What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressed by nickname, expected to participate in Show And… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
We call the fates of the Titanic and the Concordia - as well as those of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
But that was in the days when they expected perils to come from without, and nothing made less sense by that time… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Studies show that women seeking power tend to be punished for doing so, because it goes against cultural bias. Women are expected… — Catherine Mayer Copy Share Image
I just found that the knowledge of ordinary Americans about Iran is very small - which is totally expected. — Jason Rezaian Copy Share Image
I was just trying to fit in to the stereotype American dream, exactly what my parents and everyone expected of me, i… — Christophe Beck Copy Share Image
The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down. — Errol Flynn Copy Share Image
... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
I came from a white middle class neighborhood. Was I expected to go back there and teach the woman next door about… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
It seems to me that we often, almost sulkily, reject the good that God offers us because, at that moment, we expected… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Those who come forward will not be offered an automatic pass to citizenship and should be expected to pay a substantial fine… — Elaine Chao Copy Share Image
I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. I have never judged myself by… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
