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...

We hire on requirement basis and not on anticipation.

Danger will come upon us when it will. We can’t stop it. We can only try to be prepared. There’s no point in looking ahead to that danger and suffering its effects even before it...

In my experience, when a woman’s cruelty is combined with love and devotion, it is almost always without exception an act performed not out of treachery, but as a painful self-sacrifice for the good of...

I do believe it’s the weakening economy, where cyclical stocks can only gain strength on the anticipation of an economy solidifying, and any evidence of an economy slowing more than expected is not good news.

Her fingertips reached to trace the damage, but he grasped her hand with his own. He leaned down, far enough that the dark ends of his hair brushed feather-light against her face, caught in her...

Customers we talk to are saying they’re going to respond to increasing demand, but they won’t do anything in anticipation of increasing demand, … That’s why employment, inventories and manufacturing will move in positive directions,...

The whole process should have been filled with excitement and anticipation, … but the whole process has been push, push, push because we wanted to make sure we saved these elephants. The bottom line is...

Be willing to give, but only when you aren’t expecting anything in return.

Don’t anticipate for a promise, let it be an unexpected favour, this will increase your power of independence.

And where two waging fires meet togetherThey do consume the thing that feeds their fury.Though little fire grows great with little wind,Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.

I felt like I was an arrow, pulled back and ready to be launched into something big.

Nobody likes to play against Fabrice Santoro. His anticipation, his touch and hands are unbelievable. Every time we play, I know I am going to have a tough match but today, I felt good and...

People do this a lot. They don’t seem to realise that the future is just like now, but in a little while, so they say they’re going to do things in anticipation of some kind...

The only way I can see why the market is not reacting to several negatives out there is the anticipation of one more (rate) hike and we’re done.

Cursing will create a hole in a whole Heart.

Businesses are still awfully cautious about hiring. They used to hire in anticipation of increase in demand. [Now] they try to wait till the last minute.

It is very rarely that a middle-aged man finds an author who gives him, what he knew so often in his teens and twenties, the sense of having opened a new door.

The thing about stereotyping is it’s usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it.

Before you speak… I have already heard. Before you see… I had seen a million times. Before you reach… I came and departed, so is the way and life of a versatile soul.

I haven’t sold my soul to conform to what anyone else wants, … There is a nervousness and anticipation, but mainly I’m really proud of it.

Time to Appreciate

Your strength as a rationalist is your ability to be more confused by fiction than by reality. If you are equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge.

He took the necklace out of the box and carefully fastened it around her neck. Just like he’d imagined himself doing when he bought it. That might even be why he bought it – so...

No harm ever came from a but of dramatic anticipation,” said the Doctor. “There is an art to the building of suspense. A prince from Denmark told me that.