“Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.”

“Hope for the best. Expect the worst.
The world's a stage. We're unrehearsed.
No way of knowing which way it's going.
Take your chances, there are no answers.
Hope for the best. Expect the worst.”

“Hope for the best. Expect the worst.
The world's a stage. We're unrehearsed.”

“Hope deferred is sickness to the heart — and she was now suffering that sickness, at its worst.”

“No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst.”

“I love listening to Alphaville, sometimes I take words from Alphaville and make them mine for example “Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst.”

“Look, the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best or just expect the worst.”

“Plan for the worst, expect the best.”

“If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.”

“Prudence, and experience, suggested she expect the worst.”