Quotes on Anticipation

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

Author: Theodor Adorno

Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so.

Author: John Bernal

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

Author: Umberto Eco

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Author: Oliver Goldsmith

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

Author: Alfred Hitchcock

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

Author: Elbert Hubbard

There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.

Author: Ted Koppel

I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending.

Author: Fred Rogers

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

Author: Lucius Seneca

It varies from song to song, although Buck Owens and I recently collaborated on writing a duet together and am looking forward with a great deal of anticipation to recording that track for the new studio album.

Author: Dwight Yoakam