Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
Kurt VonnegutWhen 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 SwiftAll in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.
Neil ArmstrongFor a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
Douglas AdamsIf I make a mistake and finish 10th when we should have finished ninth, then I will be unhappy.
Lando NorrisI was enjoying myself writing, because I don’t know what’s going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You don’t know at all what you’re going to find there. That can be thrilling when you read a book, especially when you’re a kid and you’re reading stories.
Haruki MurakamiI have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.
Groucho MarxI’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 WalkerProgress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.
George OrwellTomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.
David BowieMan alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
Samuel JohnsonDread, 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 MeyerDepression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement.
Joyce MeyerI had a much better view with the halo than I expected.
Lando NorrisThe future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.
James BaldwinA 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 SchopenhauerIf pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
Elbert HubbardMy father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.
Alexander the GreatYou 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 MurakamiThis suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
Oscar WildeThose thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.
William JamesClimate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Mark TwainI’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.
Groucho MarxBeing 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 LincolnNobody likes to have trouble. The moment we get a hint that it’s coming, a common response is, ‚Oh no! Not again!‘
Joyce MeyerThere is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.
Bill GatesI 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 HitchensWe must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King, Jr.All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Jean-Jacques RousseauA particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
Carl JungGratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Jean-Jacques RousseauSuch 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 JohnsonOften 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 PratchettIt is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
VoltaireI used to really love Fiend, but he stopped. He just stopped. Every time he had a project, every project – ‚There’s One In Every Family,‘ ‚Street Life‘ – I had to have them. And he just stopped. And that was disappointing, ‚cause that was my favorite rapper at one time.
Kevin GatesMy 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 HartThere can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
AristotleNo 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. BushDemocracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn’t anticipate.
Hunter S. ThompsonI never think of the future – it comes soon enough.
Albert EinsteinMen marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
Oscar WildeI 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 TwainI always wished for this, but it’s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.
EminemIt’s hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring.
Bob DylanJust because something didn’t work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.
Joel OsteenWhen my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn’t be playing football.
Joe BidenI 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 MuskI 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 DickinsonI 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 HartHope 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 MeyerMy biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.
Ayrton SennaI look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.
Billy GrahamStarting at about, I guess, forever, I’ve always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn’t wait to be 16 and get a driver’s license.
Matthew McConaugheySometimes 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 MeyerFor me, when you are have people wondering what is next, what is coming out, you are on the right track.
Stephen CurryI 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 NewtonLife affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
Samuel JohnsonDo the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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 Ginsburg