Expect Quotes

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

I don't expect to be thin, but I'd like to feel a bit healthier.

I got married and decided I wanted to do a dance record, and I didn't ever expect for it to be what it was or for the 'No Doubt' thing to be such a long break, but it was one of those things where you just had to sort of follow your inspiration.

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.

Get more women producers, writers, directors. Why should we expect men to do it for us? They can't.

To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response.

There must be a punitive expedition against the Jews in Russia, a punitive expedition which will expect: death sentence and execution. Then the world will see the end of the Jews is also the end of Bolshevism.

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.

I don't expect that we're going to become the biggest craze. If it happened, I'd be really shocked. I think people will dig it, but there will be a sea of people who just don't get it.

I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.

I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.

I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm. But I don't expect it to happen now because I think that more than ever the entertainment industry is trying to serve as a distraction, to keep people from thinking too hard.

If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters.

True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty.

I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't expect to work, did and some things won't ever work.

I think about dying a lot, every time I fall asleep on a train or a plane I expect to wake up to a crash!

I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad.

People - especially white people - they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.

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

I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.

Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business.

I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

To the contrary, when you look at projections, both Polish and international, we can expect some slowing down of the rate of growth in the coming year, 2012. But of course these are projections.

I don't expect people to agree with all my votes.

I think the one thing about me is I'm a fairly demanding guy, and I give a great deal of myself, and I expect that in return.

An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid.