Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

Marriage - as its veterans know well - is the continuous process of getting used to things you hadn't expected. — Thomas Mullen
Indeed, the construction of a global telegraph network was widely expected, by Briggs and Maverick among others, to result in world peace: 'It is impossible… — Tom Standage
I do not enjoy the promotional side of being a writer, to be blunt about it. Even with the little amount that is expected of… — Rachel Kushner
A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into… — Laurie Anderson
One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled. — Charles de Lint
The average age of our members is about 79. They expected them (leaders) to be taking care of everything, and in reality, they were taking… — R. Gerald Turner
While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can untie in a common objective and… — Franklin Pierce
One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force… — Georges Danton
The selection process has been powerful enough to produce one indisputable outcome: the family is a universal human institution. . . . In virtually every… — James Q. Wilson
From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the… — John Kenneth Galbraith
When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my primary goal. Sure,… — Larry Ellison
I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it… — Pedro Martinez
The mist was so challenging and the winds hit me, definitely more than I expected. It was definitely those winds, you can't re-enact them, you… — Nik Wallenda
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for. — Walter Kirn
I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's health care and education, and I'd… — Karen Duffy
It just seemed so odd as people had never commented on my body before. Every woman obsesses over her figure, but I was happy, I… — Christina Hendricks
We're doing fine. The fire is no closer today than it was yesterday or the day before. They expected or feared very high winds last… — Bill Taylor
A government cannot be expected to allow independence to its central bank unless that bank is also accountable to it and to the wider public.… — Ian Macfarlane
"Don't worry too much about how spiritually poor you are_God sees that,but for you it is expected to trust in God and pray to Him… — Seraphim Rose
And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat on… — Ernest K. Gann

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