Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Mark TwainThere is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Franklin D. RooseveltHope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.
Joyce MeyerI expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.
Huey NewtonA particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
Carl JungNo one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn’t find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.
George W. BushGratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Jean-Jacques RousseauI never think of the future – it comes soon enough.
Albert EinsteinIt confuses me and disappoints me when somebody says, ‚What does he do? What does he do?‘ My records are some of the biggest anthems ever. What do you think, they magically just appear? Obama walked out to my record.
DJ KhaledAll of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Jean-Jacques RousseauOur desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
Elbert HubbardMaturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
Kurt VonnegutNobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it’s coming, a common response is, ‚Oh no! Not again!‘
Joyce MeyerIf I make a mistake and finish 10th when we should have finished ninth, then I will be unhappy.
Lando NorrisI had a much better view with the halo than I expected.
Lando NorrisI think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people.
Elon MuskMy show ‚The Big House‘ was picked up; they flew me to New York. I’m about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart’s ‚The Big House.‘ And a hand grabs my shoulder, ‚Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.‘ It’s a serious smack-in-the-face business, and either you can take it, or you can’t.
Kevin HartI have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.
George BestProgress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.
George OrwellWhen my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn’t be playing football.
Joe BidenIn England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.
Oscar WildeOften I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen next, to make certain it fits what was going to be happening soon.
Terry PratchettBeing elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.
Abraham LincolnDemocracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn’t anticipate.
Hunter S. ThompsonSometimes when you’ve had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you’ve already had.
Joyce MeyerI know a dramatic role is going to happen, but you just got to be patient, you know? It’s going to happen when it’s supposed to happen. I’m not rushing it. I’m not trying to make it happen tomorrow.
Kevin HartI always wished for this, but it’s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.
EminemDread, which is closely related to fear, steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. It keeps them from looking forward to the next day, the next month, or the next decade.
Joyce MeyerJust because something didn’t work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.
Joel OsteenBe a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Steve JobsI must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come.
Christopher HitchensIf humanity doesn’t land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed.
Elon MuskI was out of my bed in one second, trembling with excitement, and I dashed to the door and into the adjoining room, where I could watch the streets below from the windows.
Hermann HesseDo the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark TwainSuch is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
Samuel JohnsonMan alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
Samuel JohnsonEverything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
Joseph AddisonWhen I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn’t I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
Taylor SwiftIt’s hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring.
Bob DylanIf pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
Elbert HubbardTomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.
David BowieWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
Benjamin DisraeliThose thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
William JamesI do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Abraham LincolnI’m really looking forward to seeing what life brings to me.
RihannaDepression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.
Joyce MeyerNothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaWe must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Jim RohnI’m very disappointed in Obama. I was very much in support of him in the beginning, but I cannot support war. I cannot support droning. I cannot support capitulating to the banks.
Alice WalkerThe future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.
James BaldwinFor a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
Douglas AdamsI came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don’t go out with Halley’s Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: ‚Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.‘
Mark TwainMy mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment.
Ruth Bader GinsburgIt is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
VoltaireI’ll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it’s disappointing.
Marilyn MonroeI am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don’t doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.
Emily DickinsonMy biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.
Ayrton SennaYou have to be practical. So every time I say, if you want to write a novel you have to be practical, people get bored. They are disappointed. They are expecting a more dynamic, creative, artistic thing to say. What I want to say is: you have to be practical.
Haruki MurakamiIf we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Henry David ThoreauA man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
Arthur Schopenhauer