'Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
“I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common, that he might be worthier of my society and less open to Estella's… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Having great expectations allows your mind to see the vision, therefore bringing it into existence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you have big dreams, you’re going to have big challenges. If you were an average person you would have average problems. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“All I want, oh dear friend of mine, is for you to go out with someone . Do something, even if it's… — Lauren Morrill Copy Share Image
So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Youre full of great expectations. Your own, and those imposed. Small failures and half successes. The epitome of mediocrity composed — Aly Johnson Copy Share Image
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I am in the U.K. for inspiration because I'm doing a follow on series to 'The Infernal Devices,' called 'The Last Hours.'… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Don’t be satisfied with what the world offers you. Seek for more. Seek for better. Demand greater than the status quo.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Pocket was at home, and was in a little difficulty, on account of the baby's having been accommodated with a needle… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
I won't necessarily make new music because when you make a record there are these great expectations on the side of the… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
Are you expecting GREAT things today? Remember thoughts are things so march into your day with great expectations in your thoughts! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We become attached to certain characters in novels, mostly because they have some mystery attaching to them. We re-read the books, but… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
I have never had great expectations of my performance or of a film. I try not to think about the outcome. If… — Heath Ledger Copy Share Image
“There either is or is not, that’s the way things are. The colour of the day. The way it felt to be… — Mitch Glazer Copy Share Image
“The Montreux Palace Hotel was built in an age when it was thought that things would last. It is on the very… — James Salter Copy Share Image
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“I never knew the extent of God’s greatness until I hang on to His glorious hope.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Coming out of college, there were a lot of great expectations. I wasn't prepared to handle the W. I had to learn… — Kelsey Plum Copy Share Image
“Psychiatrists say unrealistic expectations lead to depression, but why else are we alive if not to dream? Every expectation is unrealistic until… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Eating at a new, highly recommended restaurant is like a Very Important Blind Date, a contract with uncertainty you enter into with… — Stuart Stevens Copy Share Image
