Source: Brave New World Revisited (1958), Chapter 4 (p. 34)
“Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Variant: If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=807&chapter=88152&layout=html&Itemid=27 (6 January 1816) ME 14:384 <br class="br">1810s
“Never expect God to do for you what you don't do to others.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”
Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer
“You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.”
Bette Davis (1908–1989) film and television actress from the United States
Gerhard Gschwandtner, Great Thoughts to Sell By: Quotes to Motivate You to Success, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007, ISBN 0071475990, p. 89.
Attributed
“It was common talk that the King's moods shifted this way and that you never knew what to expect.”
Hilda Lewis book The Gentle Falcon
The Gentle Falcon (1957)
Context: Nobody seemed to know where the King was. He was at Windsor choosing new furnishings for the little Queen's rooms; he was hunting at Eltham; he was at Leeds Castle; he was at Havering. He was here, he was there, restless as quicksilver. Certainly I never set eyes on him. I was disappointed. And yet I was relieved, too. It was common talk that the King's moods shifted this way and that you never knew what to expect. <!-- p. 60
