I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I think writing about the time in Hermione’s life that I write about – growing from childhood into womanhood, literally, I think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is odd to watch with what feverish ardour Americans pursue prosperity, ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they might not… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
I'm used to the egos in the 1960s, '70s and '80s where people just expected massive success and thought it was their… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
My father expected his first child to be a boy, and when it didn't turn out that way he didn't let the… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected. — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I smiled at him as best I could and pushed the paper across the table before he could change his mind. Because… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I was astonished to find that the positions my grandfather had defended were now overgrown and entangled with trees and thorns. I… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I was scared every time I put on a uniform and stepped on the field. I’m scared every day I go into… — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation. I expected —… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
I was raised in an orthodox Jewish home where it was expected that, as a woman, I'd marry an investment banker, raise… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
It's not always expected of filmmakers to do stereotyped stories. But one has to be willing to travel to festivals and hook… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
I feel more and more at ease, because I think the older I get, the less pressure there is. People say, 'Well,… — Jude Law Copy Share Image
To approach the badlands is to find a gap in the known and expected world. — Robert Kroetsch Copy Share Image
The nation wept tears of remorse for their leader: the tear-gas accomplished what was expected. — Minimaks Copy Share Image
The physicists are getting down to the nitty-gritty, they've really just about pared things down to the ultimate details, and the last… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect - I guess that's where you and I are different. See, I thought it would… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
