No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, This is what is expected of you. But... I'm lucky… — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller. It was my first popular book and aroused… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
From the physician, as emphatically the student of Nature, is expected not only an inquiry into cause, but an investigation of the… — John Gorrie Copy Share Image
So this was it. You take a wrong step and you end up wearing yesterday's underwear, sitting on the carpet trying to… — Kate Jacobs Copy Share Image
Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife. They were also expected to read and write, those being considered… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now,… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Turkey in general became too involved with what is happening in Egypt and in Syria. Some politicians with neo-Ottoman dreams developed this… — Elif Safak 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
The difference between me and Tiny Lister is that he has never been the greatest actor, he hasn't been able to do… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
Hannah expected this to make her sob even more, but instead she found her tears drying up and her tummy growing warm.… — Stephen M. Irwin Copy Share Image
We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
[Raymond Roussel] said that after his first book he expected that the next morning there would be a kind of aura around… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness which she had expected this… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
An altered look about the hills; A Tyrian light the village fills; A wider sunrise in the dawn; A deeper twilight on… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I think it backfired. It wasn't what I expected, it was difficult. I didn't expect them to throw somany mind games into… — Sophie Anderton Copy Share Image
I tend to think that the onus is on the writer to engage the reader, that the reader should not be expected… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregard the eternal rules of order and right which… — George Washington Copy Share Image
She thought about how marvelous is would be to have a wife keeping the house in order, the meals on the table.… — Robin Cook Copy Share Image
Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt...It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I never expected that, 20 years later, Chucky would be considered a classic, if I may invoke that term. A golden oldie… — David Kirschner Copy Share Image
Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
A rock star is expected to act like a mess, sound like a mess and look like a mess. People don't expect… — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
Our wishes never seem so little desirable as when on the verge of accomplishment; we draw back instinctively, they look so different… — Geraldine Jewsbury Copy Share Image
The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What shall I do with this absurdity- O heart, O troubled heart-this caricature, Decrepit age that has been tied to me As… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Who knew Demon Child would have such a normal name? I expected something exotic like Serena or Destiny or the Evil One… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
The biggest surprise for most people in dying is to realize that dying does not end life. Whether darkness or light comes… — P. M. H. Atwater Copy Share Image
Suffering is a byproduct of evolution by natural selection, an inevitable consequence that may worry us in our more sympathetic moments but… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
You wake up every morning with a smile on your face because you've got a new day you never expected to have.… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The nice girl thinks she's giving up something to get something better in return. She gives up control over her own life.… — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
The presidency awed me, but presidents do not. Perhaps I have always expected too much of them, but I believe that when… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
When people sit across from people - gay, straight, whatever - and they talk, they find out that people they may have… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
In the meantime, most noble Sir, you have assigned this question to the geometry of position, but I am ignorant as to… — Leonhard Euler Copy Share Image
I still think that I'm dreaming. It's a strange feeling. I always try to watch the final of Grand Slams because that's… — Stan Wawrinka Copy Share Image
Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into… — Douglas Crockford Copy Share Image
Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some people assume you must have a yacht and four homes.… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image