Quote by John Brooks Download Open image ““expectation of an event creates a much deeper impression … than the event itself.”—de”” — John Brooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“sometimes when we look forward to an event with great and happy anticipation, the event itself may disappoint or be in import so different… — Sena Jeter Naslund ahab's wife or the star gazer Copy Share Image
“Our responses to events are far more significant than the events themselves” — Sarah Napthali Copy Share Image
“Elinor now found the difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event, however certain the mind may be told to consider it, and certainty… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“This feeling of intentional inclusivity that I picked up on was so clearly ingrained in the DNA of the event, part of the intention.” — The Women's March Organizers Copy Share Image
“You are biased to overestimate the emotional impact of future events.” — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“Without expectations, what can topple the surprising wonder of the moment?” — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
“Of all the thoughts we think, it's only those that actually manifest themselves that seem significant. But the thoughts just before the event are… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“confirmatory events are in fact much more memorable than non-confirmatory events.” — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
“I think that as we experience things, they happen too quickly to be thoroughly analyzed.” — Tasha Alexander Copy Share Image
“I don’t think money makes much difference, as long as you have enough.” — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“The one that’s really new is the lowest-priced, too!” In the more rarefied sectors of Madison Avenue, a resort to rhymed slogans is usually… — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“Usually it is not until there is evidence that the employee [who has changed jobs] has not lived up to his contract, expressed or… — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“Why should I want to have a lot of copies of this and that lying around? Nothing but clutter in the office, a temptation… — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“The cartoonist Jules Feiffer, contemplating the communication problem in a nonindustrial context, has said, “Actually, the breakdown is between the person and himself. If… — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“There is no possible protection from technology except by technology,” he wrote. “When you create a new environment with one phase of technology,” — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“To set high goals, to have almost unattainable aspirations, to imbue people with the belief that they can be achieved—these are as important as… — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“collecting 10 per cent on high incomes and lower rates on lower incomes constituted undue discrimination against wealth.” — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“we may see another speculative buildup followed by another crash, and so on until God makes people less greedy.” — John Brooks Copy Share Image
“In industry, you take a bump now and then, but you bounce back as long as you don’t get defeated inside.” — John Brooks Copy Share Image