Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only… — Samuel Johnson
Truth can hardly be expected to adapt herself to the crooked policy and wily sinuosities of worldly affairs; for truth, like light, travels only in… — Charles Caleb Colton
I never dreamed of being Shakespeare or Goethe, and I never expected to hold the great mirror of truth up before the world; I dreamed… — Peter Altenberg
Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not. — Robert M. Pirsig
I've always said that I expected to grow up and get married like any nice southern girl, but the fact is you don't get married… — Condoleezza Rice
Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed… — Ayn Rand
It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet. — Thomas Sowell
The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always. — John Maynard Keynes
I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers… — Harper Lee
To WOW, you must differentiate yourself, which means do something a little unconventional and innovative. You must do something thatâ€™s above and beyond whatâ€™s expected.… — Tony Hsieh
I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills. — Justin Trudeau
I expected so much from life and if I had not seen it so close, I would to this day be expecting something. What treasures… — Ivan Goncharov
On that very first day, when I queued up, in the thousands, I never expected to get very far — Cher Lloyd
Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are… — Henry Ward Beecher
The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find… — Eugene H. Peterson
So, very early reports are that Obamacare exchanges are, as expected, having some technical glitches on the first day â€” maybe even a bit worse… — Paul Krugman
Israel must never be expected to jeopardize her security: if she was ever foolish enough to do so, and then suffered for it, the backlash… — Margaret Thatcher
If one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid it. It will… — Margaret Thatcher
I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound and knowing the music business the way I do - all I can say… — Barry White
Your dreams may not be happening, and things aren't turning out the way you expected, but that doesn't mean your life is spinning out of… — Pete Wilson

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