Quotes about Expectation

The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam to-day ." "It must come sometimes to 'jam to-day,'" Alice objected. "No, it ca'n't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know

but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

generally happens when one eats cake; but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.

If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.

The definition of insanity is doing the same experiment and expecting different results.

Szale?stwo: wykonywanie tej samej czynno?ci bez ko?ca i spodziewanie si?, ?e da to odmienne rezultaty.

Everybody strains after happiness, and the result is that nobody's happy.

No holiday is ever anything but a disappointment.

And, anyhow, hadn't you better wait till you actually see the new world?

Mary looked at the picture for some time without saying anything. Indeed, she didn't know what to say; she was taken aback, she was at a loss. She had expected a cubist masterpiece, and here was a picture of a man and a horse, not only recognisable as such, but even aggressively in drawing.