The trick here is, while the actual pleasure begins to recede and blur, we simultaneously bring the imagined pleasure more fully into focus. And when we do, even the memory of the pleasure becomes more...

I love clean sheets. It’s the simultaneous reminiscence of how they got dirtied to begin with, and hopeful anticipation of what stories they will live to tell next time you are standing fatefully in front...

There’s been a lot of anticipation of good earnings numbers, but I think the market may have gotten ahead of itself.

When I began writing stories in exercise books I tried to put off all the things I really wanted to write about till at least the second page – I thought it would be like...

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

Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act. Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.

He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. “The wait will be fun, but it’s not going to be easy.

When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud....

When you anticipate adversity, you can then plan for adversity. You may never gain control of it, but you can keep it from controlling you.

And so, wish becomes pang; the crave, an ache; pleasure, pain. Losing all its pleasure, anticipation cuts the opposite direction and becomes merely a constant, painful reminder of what they’ve lost, forever.

Like a rollercoaster, my mind had climbed its way to the top—only to witness how far there was to fall. And like a coaster, the second the fear hit, my stomach plummeted with the drop.

It is said there are flowers that bloom only once in a hundred years. Why should there not be some that bloom once in a thousand, in ten thousand years? Perhaps we never know about...

We do not enjoy a story fully at first reading. Not till curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savor the real beauties.

We’ll continue to see some movement in response to anticipation of future Fed rate hikes.

When Well Mara stood to speak at a league meeting, the room would become silent with anticipation because all of us knew we were going to hear profound insights born of eight decades of league...

Anticipation is sometimes more exciting than actual events.

There’s grim anticipation. They knew this was going to happen; they realized this was only a matter of time. But having it finally happen means that prosecutors believe they can put some big pelts up...

Clouds out of control decoct anticipation. What use can any of us have for two moons? The miracle of order has run out and I am left in an unmiraculous city where anything may happen.

It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort…only to find a big bear hug coming his way.

It was an image Melody would never forget. Or was it the emotions the image conjured – hope, excitement, and fear of the unknown, all three tightly braided together, creating a fourth emotion that was...

…the way a man might hesitate before he kissed a woman, to gauge her reaction, to see how he would be received. Perhaps he would hesitate to prolong the moment, that ideal moment of anticipation,...

If you come at four in the afternoon, I’ll begin to be happy by three.

Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.

There’s a lot of inflow into silver in anticipation of the ETF.

The market has factored in a lot of damage beforehand, in anticipation that this storm will equal or exceed the damage caused by Ivan. Prices may fall as reports come in.

When you have referendum materials that show a cash-flow crisis and $13 million in [tax anticipation warrant] debt is needed, and that turns out not to be the case, the public was deceived.

She understood perfectly that when the object of anticipation becomes paramount, trouble begins to lurk like a panther.

The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.

This is now a period with a lot of anticipation for new products. Only six months ago people were quite convinced that calendar 2005 would be a dead year as we waited for Longhorn but...

The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that.

It’s looming as one of the great matches of the season so far. The anticipation here in Newcastle is enormous.

Right now we’re in the exploratory phase. We will submit our application and fees the first of June with the anticipation we’ll be a provisional member of the NCAA the first of July.

The bank of Canada is operating textbook econ 101 here in hiking rates in anticipation of inflation going higher 12-16 months in the future, because we’re operating at full capacity right now in Canada and...

Some part of me can’t wait to see what life’s going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And underneath it all is the feeling that we both belong here, just as...

The anticipation was that the corn crop would be devastated.

I don’t think businesses will hire more people in anticipation of higher demand. They want to see demand first. They feel they have the flexibility to increase production without hiring people.

… We need the sweet pain of anticipation to tell us we are really alive.

To be intuitive is to possess a godly characteristic, to be bad at second-guessing the good.

… since I was still, and must for long remain, in that period of life when one has not yet separated the fact of this sensual pleasure from the various women in whose company one...

Suddenly, I was just sure he was going to kiss me. He was there, I could feel his breath, the ground solid beneath us. But then something crossed his face, a thought, a hesitation, and...

Though delivery of superior solutions to our customers and creating sustainable value to the shareholders remain unchanged, we are devising strategies in anticipation of challenges and opportunities to focus on execution for higher operating productivity.

Oh the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make...

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work’s important, family’s important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You’re cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what’s coming.

Talking is great, but don’t ignore the value of listening. Pay attention to the words being spoken. Some people just love the sound of their own voice. And, when another person speaks, they are only...

I never assume anything. I anticipate the possibilities and allow my imagination to create the future.

They look forward to prom night with anticipation, and those of us who are a little older remember the event with nostalgia. Regrettably, prom night is synonymous with drinking for some people, and we urge...

Our School Board is so wonderful in making accommodations for us in anticipation for problems.

I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.

Once you have money and fame, the next thing you should expect is scandal and shame.

We’re into a bit of the summer doldrums. There have been a lot of positive earnings surprises, but the anticipation of that has lifted markets for months, with little proof that the economy is improving...