Expect Quotes

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My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old. — Dolly Parton
I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a… — Orson Scott Card
... you must not expect to find that people understand what they do. — John Steinbeck
In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being a… — Charles Horton Cooley
The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected. — Charles Kennedy
People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready… — Nomar Garciaparra
You come to the United States not knowing what to expect. Then all your worst prejudices are confirmed. — John Fowles
We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad. — Lin Yutang
There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect. — Primo Levi
The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to… — Josephine Baker
Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers demanding that you read their unpublished manuscripts… — Barbara Ehrenreich
People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it.… — Barbara Ehrenreich
If a writer disbelieves what he is writing, then he can hardly expect his reader to believe it. — Jorge Luis Borges
One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision… — Jim Ryun
I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. — Robert Penn Warren
My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections… — Kate Clinton
Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we don't expect… — Esther Dyson
Growth is kinda built into everyone's genes. It's built into management's genes, the salesman's genes, the investors' desires. People expect companies to grow. — Andy Grove
There is no way you're going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New… — Tony Blair
Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that. — Bill Joy

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