Expectation Quotes

778 quotes by 556 authors

Love is the easiest thing there is. It's the layers of doubt, fear, and expectation that make it complicated. — Luanne Rice
The rosy hearth, the lamplight's narrow beam, The meditation that is rather dream, With looks that lose themselves in cherished looks; The hour of steaming… — Paul Verlaine
I've never created a riot before. I did cause a brawl at the last formal. A large number of young women there actually arrived with… — Ilona Andrews
Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at the top. I… — Dean Koontz
Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing...Certainty is the mark of the common-sense… — Oswald Chambers
When you showed someone how you felt, it was fesh and honest. Whe you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the… — Jodi Picoult
There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty. — Emma Thompson
It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual… — Kurt Vonnegut
no expectations, no disappointments! — Eric Jerome Dickey
I kiss her and she finds the light switch and turns it off, and we're just lit in Pepsi-can colors and it's like we've finally… — David Levithan
When you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the… — Jodi Picoult
A word of wisdom to you, akribos, you need to learn to accept gifts. (Catera) Thereâ€™s no such thing as a gift. If I were… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage) — Elizabeth Gilbert
Happy is one of the many things I'm likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course of a lifetime.… — Carrie Fisher
Expectation is the root of all heartache. — William Shakespeare
Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure. — Robin Hobb
Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful. — Deanna Raybourn
It was only after two years' work that it occurred to me that I was a writer. I had no particular expectation that the novel… — Don DeLillo
What is trust, sidhe-seer, but expectation that another will behave in a certain fashion, consistent with prior actions? — Karen Marie Moning
Most of the time when I have met artists who have meant a lot to me, the experience has been well above expectation. People like… — Henry Rollins

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