Expecting Quotes - Page 9

• Heaven is a paradise, a city, a country . . . and so much more that we can't begin to wrap our finite minds around it. But one thing I do know: Jesus is expecting me, and He's prepared a place for me.

  Greg Laurie

  Country, Jesus, Cities

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• You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a moment of escape, a deepening of your own humanity. Not much else.

  Anne Roiphe

  Book, Giving, Humanity

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• I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all.

  Wallace Shawn

  Thinking, Play, One Day

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met, they are disappointed and discouraged. This same disposition will be seen through their whole lives, and they will be helpless, leaning upon others for aid, expecting others to favor them and yield to them.

  Ellen G. White

  Children, Yield, Expectations

  Ellen G. White (1994*). “Spiritual Gifts Vol 3 & 4”, Review and Herald Pub Assoc

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• Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Insanity, Different, Remember

  Sudden Death ch. 4 (1983)

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• One Blue Dog Democratic House Member reminded me earlier this month of the saying that 'insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' He wondered if his fellow Members weren't more in need of advice from psychiatrists than from economists at this point.

  John Fund

  Dog, Blue, House

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• To anyone who took the trouble to look, I was plainly visible, but when people are expecting to see nothing, that is usually what they see.

  Diane Setterfield

  People, Looks, Trouble

  Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in the world, do good to society, without shutting yourself up in a monastery at other people's expense, and without expecting a reward up aloft for it--you'll find that a bit harder.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Father, People, Heaven

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.208, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• Instead of expecting all and being lowered into despair each time I get less, I expect nothing now and, occasionally, I get a little, and am more than a little happy.

  Susan Sontag

  Despair, Littles, Expect Nothing

  Susan Sontag (2009). “Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963”, p.189, Macmillan

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• Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I’m not stupid. (Xypher) I didn’t say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mistake, Stupid, Moving

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• I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of my character, and of what kind of a mortal I am, by the one, would give you a better relish for the other: As you proceed further with me, the slight acquaintance which is now beginning betwixt us, will grow into familiarity; and that, unless one of us is in fault, will terminate in friendship.

  Laurence Sterne

  Writing, Character, Giving

  Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott (1832). “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman”, p.7

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• King Shrewd is expecting me, rather he isn't expecting me, and that is precisely why I must go to him now.

  Robin Hobb

  Kings

  Robin Hobb (2014). “The Farseer Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest”, p.751, Del Rey

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• If you choose to be looking for something, you'd better be ready for whatever it is you are find. Because it may not be what you've been expecting.

  Jodi Picoult

  May, Ready, You Choose

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• Phresine showed him where he could sleep, in an interior room with no windows, a narrow bed, and a washstand. There were chests stacked along one wall, and Costis guessed the dismal spot was probably a closet cleaned out to make room for him. Hard to believe the royal apartments, so lavish elsewhere, would otherwise have such a plain corner. Expecting better of royal closets, Costis went to bed disappointed.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Wall, Believe, Sleep

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• I laugh maniacally, then take a deep breath and touch my chest- expecting a heart to be thumping quickly, impatiently, but there's nothing there, not even a beat.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Heart, Laughing, Take A Deep Breath

  Bret Easton Ellis (2014). “American Psycho: Picador Classic”, p.100, Pan Macmillan

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• [T]he experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire. Drop them and the radiance comes. (16)

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Desire, Radiance

  Joseph Campbell (2001). “Thou Art that: Transforming Religious Metaphor”, p.16, New World Library

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• But Rhett, you mustn't bring me anything else so expensive. It's awfully kind of you, but I really couldn't accept anything else." "Indeed? Well, I shall bring you presents so long as it pleases me and so long as I see things that will enhance your charms. I shall bring you dark-green watered silk for a frock to match the bonnet. And I warn you that I am not kind. I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. Always remember I never do anything without reason and I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Dark, Expecting Something In Return, Please Me

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• He put the book down. “As you wish.” He rose and walked past me. I lowered my sword, expecting him to pass, but suddenly he stepped in dangerously close. “Welcome home. I’m glad you made it. There is coffee in the kitchen for you.” My mouth gaped open. He inhaled my scent, bent close, about to kiss me… I just stood there like an idiot. Curran smirked and whispered in my ear instead. “Psych.” And just like that, he was out the door and gone. Oh boy.

  Ilona Andrews

  Coffee, Book, Home

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.245, Penguin

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• Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, well, more.

  Christopher Paolini

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Littles

  "Eragon". www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• Anyway, I want to remember that love can happen. Because there is life after not having a life. I never expected love to happen. What was I expecting from life, then?

  Douglas Coupland

  Want, Remember, Expected

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• Holly winked. 'Do I look like a fly boy to you, Fowl?' Artemis had to admit that she didn't. Captain Short was extremely pretty in a dangerous sort of way. Black-widow pretty. Artemis was expecting puberty to hit in approximately eight months, and he suspected that at that point he would look at Holly in a different light. It was probably just as well that she was eighty years old.

  Eoin Colfer

  Boys, Eight, Light

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• Oh, its big enough,” he said patronizingly, “but somehow I was expecting…you know.” He gestured with his hands, indicating something roughly the size of a house cat. “It’s the Mortal Cup, Jace, not the Mortal Toilet Bowl,” said Isabelle. -Jace & Isabelle, pg.349-

  Cassandra Clare

  Cat, Hands, House

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Bones”, p.349, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh, and Cammie," At the sounds of his voice, I spun around, expecting to hear him crack a joke or call me Gallagher Girl. The last thing I expected was to feel his arms sliding arounds me, to sense the whole world turning upside down as Zach dipped me in the middle of the foyer and pressed his lips to mine. Then he smiled that smile I'd come to know. "I always finish what I start.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Voice, Cracks

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• There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was just some weird mist coming from the East out of an amp.

  Jeff Beck

  Music, Hysteria, East

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• You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Want, Expecting Things

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