“I don't think we really measured the enormity of the whole occasion. I'm very, very surprised. We never expected it. When I set out in May we didn't realise how big this was. Only now have we realised the importance of this. [on the 2005 Ashes win” ThinkingMayWholeBigsWinningImportanceExpectedOccasionsRealisingAshesRealised Author:Duncan Fletcher
“The Bolshevik slogans and ideas on the whole have been confirmed by history; but concretely things have worked out differently; they are more original, more peculiar, more varied than anyone could have expected.” Has BeensIdeasWholeOriginalsExpectedPeculiarSlogansBolsheviks Author:Vladimir Lenin
“The whole point of religious faith, its strength and chief glory, is that it does not depend on rational justification. The rest of us are expected to defend our prejudices. But ask a religious person to justify their faith and you infringe 'religious liberty'.” PersonsDoeWholeFaithAsksReligiousLibertyDependsGloryPrejudiceExpectedRationalChiefsJustifyJustificationReligious FaithReligious LibertyReligious PersonGod Delusion Book:The God Delusion Source: The God Delusion
“Death by hanging... well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.” WellsDifferentWholeViewsSituationExpected Author:Arthur Seyss-Inquart