Expect Quotes

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

I don't expect to get yesterday's medicine. If I can help it, I'd like to get tomorrow's medicine.

People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it.

People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

They say 'expect the worst.' I say 'Expect the best and even better will happen.'

I didn't expect to be dropped by England.

If you never budge, don't expect a push.

If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental.

If we want to implement climate protection worldwide, countries like Germany, which are capable of developing new technologies, will have to hand over some of their knowledge. We can't expect to have our cake and eat it too.

I try to not focus on what people expect from me.

Sailing is a completely new sport for me and I wasn't sure what to expect but I've definitely got the bug.

You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.

You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland, that's what they expect from me and I'm not going to be deflected by interesting academic or media speculation or attempts to take the whole debate back.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.

Shows have been sold out. It's overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it's overwhelming.

There are moments when the human body can overcome things you would never expect.

I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

I think you can expect Sony, in the case of PSP specifically, to deliver a technology that is going to reinvent and change handheld entertainment, and take it to a brand new level.

We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.

You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

It was just a hobby. I didn't expect it to turn into a business.

I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free.

Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised.

We're both accustomed to being the center of attention. We're both accustomed to being spoiled by the people around us. And we don't expect to have to compete with somebody for all of that.

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.

I fully expect to be doing yoga for the rest of my life.

Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.

I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back.

I am kind of the guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.

We didn't really expect to achieve anything outside of the UK, and it just went crazy. It's just crazy that people know our music. We're just humbled by it.

Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance.

Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.

If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.

It's hard being bisexual, omnisexual, multisexual, whatever you want to call it, when people have their agenda and expect you to just represent their agenda.

I really don't want to do anything that resembles stand-up comedy. But I will agree to say that I am doing it, and I will hope that people expect it to be that, so I can thwart those expectations.

It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar.

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

I think we have to be very careful when we toss around terms like 'cut health care costs.' We would do very well to expect a cut in the rate of increase.

Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

I never expect I would become a K-pop star.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reason, and not just to mingle with the right people.

When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?

Governments cannot assume or expect that the ECB will always facilitate their funding independently of the achievement of their fiscal and other policy objectives.

The Internet has changed everything. We expect to know everything instantly. If you don't understand digital communication, you're at a disadvantage.

The relationship between renewable energy sources and the communities we expect to host them must be appropriate and sustainable and, above all, acceptable to local people.

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

We tend to get what we expect.

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.

Don't just expect the scouts to find you. Go to camps, clinics and make sure you are seen.

I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date.

I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.