Explore 'Expectation'-Themed Quotes & Sayings

No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

Lynda Barry

Always, always ask for what you want. Because the Universe might surprise you — and give it to you.

James A. Owen

Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall be gloriously surprised.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

No matter how much you’re expecting it, it’s still unexpected when it comes.

Jason McAteer

Surely people should eventually cease to be surprised at anything? And yet they continue to be.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Look how often the unexpected happens – yet we still never expect it.

Ashleigh Brilliant

If you expect a kick in the balls and you get a slap in the face, it’s a victory.

Ardal O'Hanlon

A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.

Mark Twain

One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

Norman Ralph Augustine

As a rule we perceive what we expect to perceive… The unexpected is usually not received at all.

Peter Drucker

Doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected?

Bob Dylan

In the theatre the audience want to be surprised – but by things that they expect.

Tristan Bernard

Expecting anything, living frugally in surprise.

Alice Walker

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