Expected Quotes

1453 quotes by 1199 authors

The students were staring at her in the manner of those who have heard of the species 'female' but have never expected to get this… — Terry Pratchett
"It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the… — Thomas Jefferson
I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but it's all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it to… — Whitfield Diffie
Among the expected glories of the Constitution, next to the abolition of Slavery was that of Rum. — George Clymer
Poems infatuated with their own smarts and detached from any emotional grounding can leave the reader feeling lonely, empty and ashamed for having expected more.… — Tracy K. Smith
I never expected this to happen in my lifetime and shall be asking my family to put some champagne in the fridge. — Peter Higgs
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What am I, really? The beautiful thing...is nobody can tell us what we are. Nobody can really tell us. Not in a way that's going… — Adyashanti
In the past a man was expected to give his seat on a bus to a woman. Today it would be much more courteous for… — P.J. O'Rourke
Success. I don't believe it has any effect on me. For one thing I always expected it. — W. Somerset Maugham
We can see now that we Americans were caught unprepared, because we were ordinary human beings, following the best advice we had at the time.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressed by nickname, expected to participate in Show And Tell, and bullied… — Judith Martin
Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music. — Alber Elbaz
From an early age I was told that I was expected to do more than continue to run a small business. Education was important and… — John Pople
If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent upon… — Simon Greenleaf
If astronomy teaches anything, it teaches that man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and the resemblant though diverse details are… — Percival Lowell
Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to… — Laura Hillenbrand
Each routine you read turns out to be pretty much what you expected. You can call it beautiful code when the code also makes it… — Ward Cunningham
Suffering is a byproduct of evolution by natural selection, an inevitable consequence that may worry us in our more sympathetic moments but cannot be expected… — Richard Dawkins
When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take… — Bob Newhart

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