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People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.


Samuel Butler

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SAMUEL BUTLER Reasons... questions... what they have in common?

- All get finded in the hard way.
DEYTH BANGER You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them.
JEFFREY FRY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Now they have a riddle.

- Criminal Minds
DEYTH BANGER You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE Human is what he decides to be.
ZAMAN ALI You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.
CAROL PLUM-UCCI You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel.
CAROL PLUM-UCCI Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
DANIEL MELGAçO The score line from that game doesn't show what a good team they are and what a fight they put up. T...
KYLE MCBRIDE Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you...
LISA KLEYPAS Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ...
GERMANY KENT I know everyone has been training really hard. Since the girls are so young, they do not know what t...
LESLY HAINSWORTH And all have degrees according to what they do; and your Lord is not heedless of what they do.
QURAN People are starting to see that it's not what they were led to believe. So I think now in the popula...
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG People are nervous because they don't know what to expect.
DERRICK PARKER Romance is like having to go through security at airports in order to get on the plane.
BOBBY W. MILLER We all must learn that in some cases there is something much worse than saying the wrong thing; that...
RICHARD BELLZON I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up.
"Yes," I sai...
SARAH DESSEN When people get disillusioned and get insecure and content about the future, they tend to brood abou...
DAVE DAVIES They have another year of experience. They've been here before. They know what to expect.
BOB MILACKI It's important anywhere. The winning organizations, that's what they have. They have a plan and stic...
AUSTIN KEARNS The difference between what you expect and what you get is the problem.
- HARRISH SAIRAMAN Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools what they wish to do
FRENCH PROVERB I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON People don't say what they mean very often. You have to read between the lines of their behavior, of...
M.C. FRANK Lucky me not to be able to get along with too many people; unlucky them not to get along with me.
HAZEM R AHMED Brokers and consultants are now asking carriers if they have (preferred hospitals) - and what they a...
GLENN SMITH There are two methods of human activity -- and according to which one of these two kinds of activity...
LEO NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY Judge not lest ye be judged.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW People get stupid when they're in love; people want what they can't have; and the years between ages...
CLAUDIA GRAY You're a throwback."
"To what?"
Jess considered this. Hi-tech at work, Emily was paradoxic...
ALLEGRA GOODMAN Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they ...
PROVERB Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, w...
VINCENT BUGLIOSI Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Everything happens according to the Lord's Will; what can the poor people do? Attached to self-conce...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB Who cares what THEY think, what do YOU think? You can't control others' perception of you, so just b...
DAN O'DONNELL Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can ...
ERICH FROMM We were nervous. Jacksonville has been here before and they know what to expect.
BENJAMIN CANTU The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have...
H. G. WELLS The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have...
H. G. [HERBERT GEORGE] WELLS Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want a...
HEATHER BROOKE If you're confused about what to do,
it's a sign that your enemy is winning.
TOBA BETA Self discipline is reflected in inner strength & talent.Self discipline people does not expect or de...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What ...
KURT MASUR When people say what is 'Gone With the Wind' about, they say it's a love story between R...
DONALD MCCAIG Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do.
RICHIE NORTON We are pursuing every avenue to recover this money. The money has been promised to people. They expe...
CELESA WILLETT What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give mo...
WILLIAM PALEY I have been meeting with the county to try and work something out. They are trying to get a handle o...
JAMES COBURN We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too mu...
JAMI GERTZ They were looking with media experience who knew how to shoot video tape, so I got lucky. It's a sma...
CHRIS HEALY People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w...
ANTHONY LICCIONE Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you...
MARGARET MITCHELL Why be an ostrich?
MARGARET MITCHELL Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone e...
TONY ABBOTT You usually judge people according to your standards. Your worst expectations of someone are usually...
POATE J MATAIRAVULA Lucky people are simply those who think continually about what they want and then attact it into the...
BRIAN TRACY Give the People what they want - and they'll get what they deserve.
THE KINKS People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what i...
CHINUA ACHEBE A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
MADONNA They know what they want, but aren't sure how to find it.
JAMES C. DOBSON The team goes as he goes, but not just by his performance. His enthusiasm and excitement are what ge...
GREG VALASKEY They are the playoff team. They're the team standing in the way of our ultimate goal. So we just hav...
JAMES FARRIOR Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the diff...
WILLIAM HAZLITT Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the differ...
WILLIAM HAZLITT The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.
JIM HARRISON Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. ...
LEE TREVINO The words you can’t find, you borrow.
We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN No need to feel shame for what you are.
DEYTH BANGER you know what the best kind of organic certification would be? make an unannounced visit to a farm a...
MICHAEL POLLAN (Hitting coach) Frank (Butler) teaches the girls to sit on one side or how to have a different appro...
JENNY PARSONS All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.
SAMUEL BUTLER I have heard of people dying from prostate cancer, and they are the unlucky ones, the people who did...
IAN MCKELLEN I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotion...
KIRSTEN DUNST That's what hookers get...
...
DEYTH BANGER Your Pursuit Is What You Get
SUNDAY ADELAJA We're a pretty young team. We have four seniors and two juniors, the rest are sophomores and freshma...
CHAD BELL We both know... that soon everything is going to end...

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This chat will be in the...
DEYTH BANGER In fiction, I exercise my nosiness. I am as curious as my cats, and indeed that has led to trouble o...
MARGE PIERCY This is a major milestone for our companies and our industries. We are going to combine the best of ...
GARY FORSEE We were unlucky to have a third goal disallowed. That could have led us to the quarterfinals.
CHARLES MHLAURI In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as ...
NAOMI WEISSTEIN They are the people who have to choose between groceries and medicines.
ANNIE YAZDANI Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to s...
VINCENT BUGLIOSI I've been thrilled with this. Just the number of people who have come out shows how many want jobs. ...
LAURIE MORAN We'll see what they are doing and try to get people healthy enough to play again.
JACKIE BLEDSOE Women dress very much according to their moods, so when you see their shoes, it really shows you the...
EDGARDO OSORIO It gives people the opportunity to find out and they know what to expect when they come here so they...
BRIAN GREZENSKI Cops aren't really your friends, they are trying to be your friends but they are not....

DEYTH BANGER What have you been reading, the gospel according to St. Bastard?
EDDIE IZZARD Flights are very full, probably at the highest...what we call 'load factor', the ratio between seats...
BOB NOBLE To my understanding, it takes many years to have success. From what I have been told, many people re...
BRIAN ITEN Slowly but surely we're overcoming some conditioning issues. I don't think they were used to what I ...
COACH REBECCA ELDREDGE Why compare yourself to others? You never know what people have endured to get where they are.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my...
BRITTANY RENéE I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my...
BRITTANY RENéE Would it please you if I said your eyes were twin gold-fish bowls filled to the brim with the cleare...
MARGARET MITCHELL Results are what you expect, and consequences are what you get.
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SAMUEL BUTLER Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed.
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SAMUEL BUTLER All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.
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SAMUEL BUTLER Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.
SAMUEL BUTLER For Wealth are all things that conduce, to one's destruction or their use. A standard both to buy an...
SAMUEL BUTLER Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
SAMUEL BUTLER Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, i...
SAMUEL BUTLER An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God ha...
SAMUEL BUTLER The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in ...
SAMUEL BUTLER To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched, And count their chickens ere they're hatched
SAMUEL BUTLER Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate
SAMUEL BUTLER Quoth Hudibras, Friend Ralph, thou hast Outrun the constable at last
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