Expected Quotes - Page 4

Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected

Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.

What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected.

I'm always interested in the unexpected and know that things, especially in show business, but in life generally, are inevitably fleeting to one extent.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man

We attempt to define a person, the most commonplace person we know, but he will not submit to bounds; some unexpected beauty of nature breaks out; we find he is not what we thought, and begin to suspect that every person exceeds our power of measurement.

I always expect unexpected challenges.

The picture must be... a revelation, an unexpected and unprecedented resolution of an eternally familiar need.

You never know what will be expected of you, so you just go out and play.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

The unexpectedness of life, waiting round every corner, catches even wise women unawares (...) To avoid corners altogether is, after all, to refuse to live.

Well I'm still working on The Incredibles. So I'm going to take a little time off. I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve. I'm not ready to talk about them yet, but expect the unexpected.

It's still a compliment when you're backed by younger and older, but it's actually unexpected. It's surprising, but for me it's in fact the most beautiful compliment.

The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.

Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.

When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.

Greens are not expected to be anything but nice.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

If we do not expect the unexpected, we will never find it.

We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.

The ring, the call, the surprise, the shock that you have out-of-doors - be always looking for the unexpected in nature, do not settle to a formula.