Best Anticipate Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“What I’ve learned, Uncle, in a life you despise, is that everything we do has more than one consequence, and half those or more we never anticipate.”

Decisions Decision Making Anticipation Consequences Anticipate Forethought

Book:Oath of Fealty

Source: Oath of Fealty

“First, the wind would rumble in the distance like an approaching river, then he would see grass bend, pressed by a great invisible hand. The dull rumble would rise in pitch to a swishing, lashing exultation, causing stalks to lie flat against the ground while the tougher branches of shrubs held themselves up and shrieked their defiance in the gusts. Then the first drops, cold and heavy, would plummet from the sky and burst on the ground.”

God Earth Peace Enjoy Nature Freedom Tree Sky Wind Cold Rain Storm Weather Grass Anticipation Lightning Free Gods Trees Fury Anticipate River Defiance Wild Ground Rumble Defiant Pitch Torrent

Book:Dawn of Wonder

Source: Dawn of Wonder

“When negative thoughts about anything – be it a person, an unhealthy habit, a circumstance or a work deadline – surround our existence, we tend to feel helpless, for our energies are draining faster than we had anticipated.”

Habit Circumstances Negative Helpless Anticipate Unhealthy Draining Anything Energies Deadlines

Author:Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Plan ahead for developments that could seriously impact you, and then decide how you’d deal with them.”

Planning Preparation Anticipate Risk Management Planning Ahead

Book:The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

Source: The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Suddenly and unexpectedly the birds descended on the feeder in droves. Thirty minutes later, the snow began. And I thought that to anticipate something is far better than to fall prey to it.”

Needs Nature Bird Planning Consequences Anticipate Plan Proactive Prepare Feeder

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.”

People Feels I Can Feelings Animal Pure Comfortable Equality Motivated Anticipation Anticipate Gorillas Animal Intelligence

Author:Dian Fossey

“I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.”

Thinking Want Jobs Audience Anticipate

Author:Shawn Ryan

“We usually get what we anticipate.”

Excellence Anticipation Anticipate

Book:The Magic of Believing

Source: The Magic of Believing

“Too many people don't protect their smartphones with a password or PIN. I anticipate that Apple's fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.”

People Facts Reader Protect Secure Apples Owners Pins Anticipate Iphone Fingerprints Smartphones Passwords

Author:Al Franken

“There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically. Our wanting to reserve equal powers of reason as some universal heritage of humanity will not be enough to make it so.”

Should Reason Enough Humanity Evolution Prove Equal Intellectual Capacity Universal Firm Heritage Reserves Anticipate Equal Power

Book:Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science

Source: Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science

“A photograph isn't necessarily a lie, but nor is it the truth. It's more of a fleeting, subjective impression. What I most like about photography is the moment that you can't anticipate: you have to be constantly watching for it, ready to welcome the unexpected.”

Moments Lying Ready Photography Photograph Impression Welcome Unexpected Fleeting Subjective Anticipate

Author:Martine Franck

“We are so habitually nostalgic by now that we anticipate looking back in the midst of enjoyment, look forward to watching the videos we're taking of our children even as we make them.”

Looks Children Our Children Nostalgia Video Enjoyment Midst Looking Back Anticipate Nostalgic

Book:From where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place

Source: From where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place

“Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.”

Wisdom Happiness Concern Investment Investing Quarters Being Happy Businessman Anticipate Cautious Great Happiness Self Happiness Be Cautious Looking For Happiness Attaining Happiness Admonish

Book:Civilization and Its Discontents

Source: Civilization and Its Discontents

“NCI now actually anticipates further increases, and not decreases, in cancer mortality rates, from 171/100,000 in 1984 to 175/100,000 by the year 2000!”

Years Increase Rate Cancer Mortality Anticipate Decrease Chemotherapy

Author:Samuel Epstein

“I think there is also a certain degree of expectation that's set up by trailers, where even if you know what's going to happen in parts of the film based on the trailer, you almost anticipate and look forward to those moments based on having seen the trailer.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Looks Moments Happens Film Certain Degrees Expectations Anticipate Trailers

Author:Duncan Jones

“A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself.”

Deceit Deceiving Cunning Mistress Anticipate

Author:Ninon de L'Enclos

“Writing objects to the lie that life is small. Writing is a cell of energy. Writing defines itself. Writing draws its viewer in for longer than an instant. Writing exhibits boldness. Writing restores power to exalt, unnerve, shock, and transform us. Writing does not imitate life, it anticipates life.”

Writing Doe Life Is Lying Energy Objects Draws Cells Instant Shock Viewers Boldness Anticipate Exhibits

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“I am curious to know what would happen if art were suddenly seen for what it is, namely, exact information of how to rearrange one's psyche in order to anticipate the next blow from our own extended faculties.”

Ifs Knows Art Happens Order Next Information Curiosity Blow Curious Faculty Anticipate

Book:Understanding media: the extensions of man

Source: Understanding media: the extensions of man

“I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a space where I never think about the notes I've already played or anticipate the notes ahead.”

Thinking Realizing Space Letting Go Music Is Mouths Areas Notes Anticipate Saxophone

Author:Kenny G

“If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a little to blame, for in them we find at work the same process of simplification or selection as in the imagination.”

Ifs World Littles Art Process Imagination Forget Blame Works Of Art Anticipation Selection Anticipate Simplification

Book:The Art of Travel

Source: The Art of Travel

“You need language for thought, and you need language to anticipate death. There is no abstract thought without language and no anticipation. I think the anticipation of death without language would be impossible.”

Thinking Needs Would Be Language Impossible Abstract Anticipation Anticipate

Author:David Cronenberg

“We go in with eyes wide open and recognize there will be a lot of hard work involved. But we anticipate having success. We feel like we have assembled a great group of people. If we were going to do it any other way, we would have made an announcement a long time ago. We were very diligent.”

People Ifs Way Feels Long Made Hard Eye Groups Hard Work Involved Long Time Wide Long Time Ago Anticipate Diligence Diligent Announcements Eyes Wide Open

Author:Troy Aikman

“You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and events that you probably couldn't anticipate and indeed probably couldn't even imagine. So just keep your eyes on the course and be ready to move in different directions depending upon the crises and opportunities with which you are faced.”

Different Eye Moving Courses Opportunity Situation Imagine Events Ready Circumstances Crisis Response Defined Anticipate Different Directions

Author:David Stern

“The volatile natural gas market has affected us all, and we are giving our customers an option to lock in their electricity price for the entire year. This will allow them to anticipate their electricity bills and budget accordingly throughout 2006.”

Giving Years Natural Bills Customers Budgets Gas Affected Locks Electricity Anticipate Natural Gas

Author:Jim Burke

“If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without waiting for them to ask you. Especially anticipate the needs of those who are ashamed to beg. To make them ask for alms is to make them buy it.”

Ifs Want Needs Inspiration Faith Asks Wish Waiting Voice Prayer Poor Catholic Ashamed Our Prayers Anticipate Serving Others Needy Alms

Author:Thomas of Villanova

“Through imagination, we can visit the past, contemplate the present, and anticipate the future. We can also do something else of profound and unique significance. We can create.”

Motivational Past Imagination Unique Profound Significance Contemplating Anticipate

Book:The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

Source: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

“Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.”

Thinking Mind Use Sports Football Reflection Reactions Paradox Anticipate

Author:Dhani Jones

“We are so considerate of the minute constitutional rights and even of the political feelings and influence of people whom we have every reason to anticipate with preventive action!... The Japanese in California should be under armed guard to the last man and woman and to hell with habeas corpus until the danger is over.”

“When a man has displayed talent in some particular path, and left all competitors behind him in it, the world are too apt to give him credit for universality of genius, and to anticipate for him success in all that he undertakes.”

Men World Giving Left Behinds Path Talent Particular Genius Credit Competitors Anticipate Universality

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“If men were able to be convinced that art is a precise advance knowledge of how to cope with the psychic and social consequences of the next technology, would they all become artist? Or would they begin a careful translation of new art forms into social navigation charts? I am curious to know what would happem if art were suddenly seen for what it is, namely, exact information of how to rearrange one's psyche in order to anticipate the next blow from our own extended faculties.”

Source: Understanding media: the extensions of man

“In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures, by delightful forethoughts of them; so that when we come to possess them, they do not answer the expectation, nor satisfy the desires which were raised about them, and they vanish into nothing.”

World Heart Desire Answers Pleasure This World Expectations Raised Pursuit Enjoyment Anticipation Sweetness Delightful Worldly Anticipate Forethought Worldly Pleasures

Book:The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...

Source: The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...

“I've always noticed how the Fenway fans get behind the pitcher, especially late in the game if you're having a good game, or if you have two strikes on a hitter, they really start to chant and anticipate a strikeout. And that's the best part about playing in Boston and at Fenway. There are knowledgeable fans who anticipate the flow of the game and they can really help out the pitcher.”

Ifs Two Helping Games Behinds Fans Late Flow Strikes Boston Anticipate Pitcher Knowledgeable Strikeouts

Author:David Cone

“Whenever Alexander heard Philip had taken any town of importance, or won any signal victory, instead of rejoicing at it altogether, he would tell his companions that his father would anticipate everything, and leave him and them no opportunities of performing great and illustrious actions.”

Action Father Opportunity Taken Heard Victory Importance Towns Performing Companion Rejoice Signals Anticipate Philip

Book:The life of Alexander the Great

Source: The life of Alexander the Great

“Best not to anticipate too much ... it jiggles the possibilities.”

Too Much Possibility Anticipation Anticipate

Author:Donald Barthelme

“As a bio-philosopher - as someone who draws upon the scriptures of nature, recognizing that we are the product of the process of evolution, and in a sense, we have become the process itself - through the emergence and evolution of our consciousness, our awareness, our capacity to imagine and to anticipate the future and to choose from amongst alternatives.”

Process Consciousness Imagine Awareness Products Evolution Draws Capacity Philosopher Scripture Alternatives Recognizing Anticipate Emergence Bios

Author:Jonas Salk

“All experience has taught us that solving a complex problem uncovers hidden assumptions and ever more knowledge, trade-offs that we didn't anticipate but which can make the difference between meeting a deadline and going into research mode for a year, etc.”

Years Problem Differences Taught Research Trade Meetings Complexes Assumption Etc Anticipate Deadline Taught Us More Knowledge Trade Offs Complex Problems

Author:Erik Naggum

“Our belief systems are the glasses through which we each view the world and anticipate what is likely to unfold. Our behavior is always loyal with our beliefs.”

World Belief Views Behavior Glasses Loyal Anticipate Belief Systems

Author:Margo Adair

“I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em.”

People Want Writing Trying Song Audience Ems Anticipate

Author:Lyle Lovett

“To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency - how to accurately anticipate the future.”

Age Growing Uncertainty Thrive New Age Imperatives Anticipate Hyper Competencies

Author:Daniel Burrus

“We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not try to anticipate or to direct events, but merely to accept them with intelligence.”

Trying Mind Accepting Events Bears Direct Anticipate

Author:Epictetus

“At times like the present, when the evils of unsound finance threaten us, the speculator may anticipate a harvest gathered from the misfortune of others, the capitalist may protect himself by hoarding or may even find profit in the fluctuations of values; but the wage earner - the first to be injured by a depreciated currency and the last to receive the benefit of its correction - is practically defenseless.”

Source: Special message, August 8th, 1893. Extract from third annual message, December 2nd, 1895

“The chimps love holidays - in fact Tatu actually anticipates them and asks about them.”

Facts Asks Atheism Positive Atheism Holiday Anticipate

Author:Roger Fouts

“The tension of a mysterious danger is even more unbearable than danger itself. People hate the vacuum of an unknown situation. They want security. They even prefer war to the insecure expectation of a war with its threat of enemy surprise. This vague fearful expectation acts on their fantasies. They anticipate all kinds of mysterious dangers; they begin to provoke them. It is the evocation of fear and danger in order to escape the tension of insecurity.”

“There's no doubt that I'm a better president now than when I first took office. This is not a job where there's a manual, and over time you get a better sense of what's important, what's not, how to see around corners and anticipate problems, as opposed to just managing problems once they've arrived.”

Firsts Important Problem Jobs President Doubt Office Corners No Doubt Anticipate What's Important Manuals Around The Corner

Author:Barack Obama

“I have this peculiar ability to be able to anticipate mouth movements on screen and fill them with words or sound.”

Able Sound Ability Movement Mouths Screens Peculiar Anticipate

Author:Frank Welker

“There is a future which is predictable, programmed, scheduled, foreseeable. But there is a future, l'avenir (to come) which refers to someone who comes whose arrival is totally unexpected. For me, that is the real future. That which is totally unpredictable. The Other who comes without my being able to anticipate their arrival. So if there is a real future, beyond the other known future, it is l'avenir in that it is the coming of the Other when I am completely unable to foresee their arrival.”

Ifs Real Able Known Unexpected Unpredictable Anticipate Predictable Arrivals

Author:Jacques Derrida

“We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?”

May Cups Bliss Drank Anticipate Enchanted

Author:Charles Caleb Colton

“At almost every step in life we meet with young men from whom we anticipate wonderful things, but of whom, after careful inquiry, we never hear another word. Life certain chintzes, calicoes, and ginghams, they show finely on their first newness, but cannot stand the sun and rain, and assume a very sober aspect after washing day.”

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