A Quote by Italo Calvino

You know that the best you can expect is to avoid the worst.

Italo Calvino

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Italo Calvino
Italian - Journalist
October 15, 1923 - September 19, 1985

You're the sort of person who, on principle, no longer expects anything of anything. There are plenty, younger than you or less young, who live in the expectation of extraordinary experiences: from books, from people, from journeys, from events, from what tomorrow has in store. But not you. You know that the best you can expect is to avoid the worst.

Italo Calvino

To expect wickedness from human beings is the best way I know of to avoid surprises. And when I am surprised, it's always pleasantly.

Orson Scott Card

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

Rima Fakih

When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst. They want to avoid the feeling of pity. As though they were the people most concerned!

Ivy Compton-Burnett

I plan for the best and expect the worst.

Jim Root

Plan for the worst, expect the best.

David Gemmell

Hope for the best, expect the worst.

Angela Carter

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

I have a 'hope for the best, expect the worst' mentality.

Kenya Barris

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

Zig Ziglar

What makes us want to know the worst? Is it that we tire of preferring to know the best? Does curiosity always hurdle self-interest? Or is it, more simply, that wanting to know the worst is love's favorite perversion.

Julian Barnes

Pray for the best, prepare for the worst, and expect the unexpected.

Gary Busey

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

Denis Waitley

We should expect the best and the worst from mankind as from the weather.

Luc de Clapiers

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

Luc de Clapiers

Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his offensive limitations. It is also important that a player know who the best shooter is on the team. When a passer has the option of passing to two players, I expect him to get the ball to the best shooter. I continually stop practice and ask players who the best shooter is and I expect them to know. It is important that you get the ball to your best shooter.

Bobby Knight

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