“ One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations. Anthony Liccione
“ The anticipation of loss is much more frightening than the actual loss as anticipation leaves room for the imagination to create that which, in all likelihood, will never transpire. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Before you speak... I have already heard. Before you see... I had seen a million times. Before you reach... I came and departed, so is the way and life of a versatile soul. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target. Ashwin Sanghi
“ Don't anticipate for a promise, let it be an unexpected favour, this will increase your power of independence. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ What early Christianity meant by 'faith' (pistis) was initially nothing other than running ahead and clinging to a model or idea whose attainability was still uncertain. Faith is purely anticipatory,… Peter Sloterdijk
“ At night the cries of cats making love or fighting, their caterwauling in the dark, told us that the world was pure emotion, flung back and forth among its creatures, the agony of the one-eyed Siamese… Jeffrey Eugenides
“ Sometimes what we lack is the thrill of anticipation or the delay of gratification. We enjoy things far more when we've really desired them but had to wait for them. The real value is found in our sel… Cristin Frank
“ When you see someone on top, look away and don't try to bring him down, because he may someday help you reach the top. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Some part of me can't wait to see what life's going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And underneath it all is the feeling that we both belong here, just as we are, right n… Alexander Shulgin
“ Your strength as a rationalist is your ability to be more confused by fiction than by reality. If you are equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge. Eliezer Yudkowsky
“ It is sometimes but the mere hope for enjoyment that allows one to enjoy something, even when he is not really enjoying it at the moment. Criss Jami
“ The trick here is, while the actual pleasure begins to recede and blur, we simultaneously bring the imagined pleasure more fully into focus. And when we do, even the memory of the pleasure becomes mor… Geoffrey Wood
“ When you anticipate adversity, you can then plan for adversity. You may never gain control of it, but you can keep it from controlling you. T. Jay Taylor
“ I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives. Spectator no. 7
