Famous quotes containing the words expected to and/or expected:
“If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.”
—Harriet Martineau (1802–1876)
“I don’t think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion.”
—Tom Stoppard (b. 1937)
“I believe that all women of working ages and physical capacity, regardless of income, should be expected to earn their livings either in or out of the home. Until this attitude prevails I believe the position of women will be uncertain and undignified, in spite of poetic rhapsodies to the contrary.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)
“Vanessa wanted to be a ballerina. Dad had such hopes for her.... Corin was the academically brilliant one, and a fencer of Olympic standard. Everything was expected of them, and they fulfilled all expectations. But I was the one of whom nothing was expected. I remember a game the three of us played. Vanessa was the President of the United States, Corin was the British Prime Minister—and I was the royal dog.”
—Lynn Redgrave (b. 1943)