We Expect Quotes

248 quotes by 222 authors

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children. — John Sculley
While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth? — George Bernard Shaw
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their… — Adam Smith
Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once. — Henry David Thoreau
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. — Mark Twain
In addition to building better products, a more open world will also encourage businesses to engage with their customers directly and authentically. More than four… — Mark Zuckerberg
Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect or come to… — David A. Bednar
Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts' deepest loves, even when they leave us only for… — Stephen King
That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be. — Richard Paul Evans
April is the cruelest month, T.S. Eliot wrote, by which I think he meant (among other things) that springtime makes people crazy. We expect too… — Barbara Kingsolver
Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves how can we expect the world to give… — Debbie Ford
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be. — Michael Cunningham
Each of us may think we know exactly what we need to make us happy, what will be good for us, what will ensure we… — Jane Green
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
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
Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing our fathers and mothers die?… — Alfred de Vigny
From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All… — Abraham Lincoln
I am only trying to call attention to a fact; the fact that this year, of this month, or, more likely, this very day, we… — C.S. Lewis
The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us. — Viktor E. Frankl
Of course, in fairness, I must remind you of this: that we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the… — Brenda Ueland

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