Expect Quotes

4103 Expect quotes by 2712 unique authors

Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return. — Hector Hugh Munro
she had long accepted the fact that happiness is like swallows in Spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not.… — Elizabeth Goudge
When love first happens, the individuals are giving each other energy unconsciously and both people feel buoyant and elated. That's the incredible high we call… — James Redfield
At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you… — Zane Grey
There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan… — Nicholas Sparks
You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged. — Jane Austen
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to… — William Penn
Well, what do you expect? The Comedian is dead. — Alan Moore
We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws. — Hunter S. Thompson
...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal? — Hilda Doolittle
To expect reason is where the fallacy lies. — Richard Russo
Lucifer protests he was never to blame for inducing anyone to sin, and that he’s never had an interest in owning souls: 'They die, and… — Neil Gaiman
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never… — Steven Wright
The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers...I kept as still as I could. Nothing happened. I did… — Willa Cather
It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future.… — W. Somerset Maugham
I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed… — Patrick White
When you're living your life in endurance mode, you don't expect anything good to happen. I'm not saying that you don't dream about some miracle… — Nancy Werlin
To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian. — Roseanne Barr
I always expect people to behave much better than I do. When they actually behave worse, I am frankly incredulous. — Elaine Dundy
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of action: you can… — W. Somerset Maugham
Is it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret but to criticize; that is, to discriminate… — Mortimer Adler
How can we expect fate to let a righteous cause prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous… — Sophie Scholl
If you're looking to get silly, you better go back to from where you came. because the cops don't need you and man they expect… — Bob Dylan
I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be… — Mark Twain
Maybe we can comprehend a flower or an insect, but we can never comprehend ourselves. Even less can we expect to comprehend the universe. — Jostein Gaarder

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