When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks by all sides.
Perhaps today was all that mattered. Perhaps today was all anyone could expect. Perhaps tomorrow was always an illusion that never came.
I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.
If there were a bunch of Buddhist or Hindus or Roman Catholics carrying out grotesque acts of international terror, I would expect to see their faces on the side of bus.
Countries that perceive themselves to be vulnerable can be expected to try to redress that vulnerability - and in some cases, they will pursue clandestine weapons programs.
I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.
Us atheist people, we believe we have to act properly and honestly for a moral principle and not because we expect an award in Paradise.
Create a wisdom and share it with others; in return, don’t wait for anything, not even a simple thanks, because expecting something in return does not belong to the wisdom!
I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule." Clarence Birdseye
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.
In 'Breaking Bad,' we have a lead character who definitely finds himself in a situation he would never have expected to find himself in normally.
Most people can’t stand spending a few minutes by themself. Yet they expect others to spend an hour, a day, or, even a lifetime, with them.
We do live in a world with lunatic and mentally corrupted people, and still you expect I shouldn’t smash some faces.
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.
When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.
I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway.
I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
I have high expectations of myself. I always have, always will. That will never waver. I always believe in my talent - always have.
I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.
Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.
I am quite a cheerful, dark person. On the outside, I'm optimistic but I expect the worst to happen.
