Top 1200 Expecting Something Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

It's taken me a long time to work out what people are thinking and what they're expecting. I am naturally solitary, and I'm comfortable with that.

The separating of a section of America for Afro- Americans is similar to expecting a heaven in the sky somewhere after you die.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you're expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you're not asking for it.

Just as a random thing, because I can't choose a favorite song ever, I'll go for Minnie Riperton's "Expecting".

I beat myself up in the studio because I know that a lot of people are expecting me to fail.

Love the people that wanna see you be successful and help you expecting nothing in return. That’s priceless. Those are real friends.

But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, "Snow White and the Huntsman" is a considerable experience.

But you weren't born expecting that kind of beauty in everyone, all the time. You just got programmed into thinking anything else is ugly.

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

I don't reckon there are many writers who start out really expecting writing to be an attainable occupation. Well, I didn't. It was a pipe dream.

I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.

My dad always told me that holding a grudge is like swallowing poison and expecting the other person to die.

When I was six, I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that.

In hindsight, I think my manager and I both knew that 'Someone You Loved' was a special song that we had to put out. But no one was expecting it to do so well.

It's nice to know that a studio is willing to put a female in a film without expecting the character to have a love interest.

If you don't have patience in this profession, you almost always end up getting bent out of shape expecting quick results.

By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes.

Merely transferring the content of existing newspapers online and expecting payment won't work because they are two separate business concepts.

But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is a considerable experience.

Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.

Being part of 'Game of Thrones,' you're always expecting your character to die. You're not mentally preparing yourself for a very long haul.

The great test of faith is to wait on God. . . not expecting to push a button and get whatever we want now.

I expected so much from life and if I had not seen it so close, I would to this day be expecting something. What treasures I discovered in my own soul - where are they all? I have exchanged them for the world's coin, given my frankness, my first passion - and for what? For bitter disillusionment, for the knowledge that all is deception, all is brittle, that one can place trust neither in oneself nor in others - and I have come to fear both others and myself. I have not been able, along with this analysis, to accept the trifles of life and be content with them, as many others do.

If people are expecting the mayor of Portland to solve the problem of homelessness they're going to be sorely disappointed and that's just the truth.

I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.

I started realising I'm bigger and stronger than a lot of the full-backs. I was expecting everyone in the Prem to be so strong.

I know a lot of people who make records, and when you meet them, it's not their personality or they're not what you're expecting. But El-P is exactly what you'd expect.

And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.

We'll have all sorts of crazy signals. And you'd be a damned fool if you didn't look for things you weren't expecting, because that's probably what you're going to see first.

He misses the feeling of creating something out of something. That’s right — something out of something. Because something out of nothing is when you make something up out of thin air, in which case it has no value. Anybody can do that. But something out of something means it was really there the whole time, inside you, and you discover it as part of something new, that’s never happened before.

The price we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is a perpetual anxiety that we are far from being all we might be.

Shia [LaBeouf] was great. He's just high energy. He's into really playing, and I had to be on my toes in a way that I wasn't necessarily expecting.

There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.

If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really be in your mind.

Our relationship felt like a Christmas gift that you hadn't asked for and weren't expecting to receive, but the minute you saw it, you knew it was perfect for you.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for.

Just wanting to be more of an example, but letting them know also that I made mistakes when I was a kid; and I'm not expecting you to be perfect.

May we live here like strangers and make the world not a house, but an inn, in which we sup and lodge, expecting to be on our journey tomorrow.

I sometimes wonder if I might be a bit of a disappointment to people, because they are expecting all these '80s hits and what they get is a dark industrial wall of noise.

When you're expecting bad news you have to be prepared for it a long time ahead so that when the telegram comes you can already pronounce the syllables in your mouth before opening it.

I'm cautious about the currency situation, oil pricing and the economies of some countries not performing as we are expecting.

Certainly nobody gets married wanting to get divorced or even expecting to - except me.

I am expecting that consumers are going to continue and exert power and influence. The idea of radical transparency is something that few brands are taking advantage of now, and most brands fight it. I’d say that in 10 years the best brands won’t be those with the best stories, sort of made up fictional stories, but those that will give an accurate and real time picture of what they are doing in the interest of the consumer, in any given time.

They're fanatics. It's like expecting humanity from a falling rock. It's not going to have a fit of compassion and not crack your skull open.

There are things which need to be shown in the trailer in order to let the audience know what kind of film it is that they're going to be expecting to see.

There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.

I hate having to pose for photos. It's just so embarrassing. Everyone is expecting you to know what to do because you're an actor, but I haven't a clue.

Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings, lest they grow up expecting peace and order, and be eaten alive.

There are many people who have worked just because they love the community in which they are in, without expecting any financial consideration.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

Every time someone come out with an album don't change the whole style up but don't do what they are expecting. Surprise them.

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

Everyone's expecting you to be playing fantastic football, winning every game, and course it doesn't happen like that.

And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

Now as a former welfare recipient, I don't have a problem with expecting people to work to earn money. But where I come from we call that a job, not volunteerism.

Drumming is a real part of my live show, and I like to do it because so many people aren't expecting me to go and do it.

When I was six I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that.