Expect Quotes

4103 Expect quotes by 2712 unique authors

When the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.He becomes a sort of hollow,posing dummy,the conventional figure of a sahib.For… — George Orwell
You see, nothing matters except pleasure - which is the opposite of happiness, its tragic part, I expect. — Lawrence Durrell
Love will find you when you least expect it. — Taylor Swift
You can't expect a man in a dung heap to smell sweet. — Aravind Adiga
That's the strangest thing about this life, about being in the ministry. People change the subject when they see you coming. And then sometimes those… — Marilynne Robinson
When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. “Do they expect students not to be anarchists?” he said. “What else can the young… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere… — R A Salvatore
What a quality of innocence people have when they don't expect to be harmed. — Hanif Kureishi
His mind’s always on something else. He’d live in a ratty cardigan, and he’s always worrying holes in the pockets of his pants. He can… — Nora Roberts
Everything in my world was about him. What a silly thing to expect. — Stephenie Meyer
Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why should it be life's business to give… — Julian Barnes
Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to… — Julian Barnes
Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human… — Brandon Sanderson
Before a Cat will condescend To treat you as a trusted friend, Some little token of esteem Is needed, like a dish of cream; And… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice. — R.L. LaFevers
I don't know why boys expect us to like boy movies. We don't expect them to like girl movies. — John Green
You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people. — Joel Osteen
I was having coffee with my bodyguard. I didn't expect to be hunting bad guys until later. Leather before sundown is tacky. — Kim Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Do you think my husband and his soldiers will be overly upset with me?" The priest broke into a wide grin. "I'll stand by your… — Julie Garwood
Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood.… — Paulo Coelho
There is no use being alive if one must work. The event from which each of us is entitled to expect the revelation of his… — Andre Breton
Audiences know what to expect, and that is all that they are prepared to believe in. — Tom Stoppard
People assume that they perceive reality as it is, that our senses accurately record the outside world. Yet the science suggests that, in important ways,… — Jonah Lehrer
I'll scream!" "Likely. If not before, certainly during. I expect they'll hear ye at the next farm; you've got good lungs. — Diana Gabaldon

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