Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between. Votes: 3
Maya AngelouHoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it. Votes: 3
Bernie SiegelHoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less happiness are passing by. Votes: 3
Elizabeth BishopHoping gets you nothing in life. If you want more in life it's your job to earn it. Votes: 3
Robert KiyosakiMotto of the U.S. airline industry - "We're Hoping to Have a Motto Announcement in About an Hour." Votes: 3
Dave BarryHoping to fashion a mirror, the lover doth polish the face of his beloved until he produces a skull. Votes: 3
John UpdikeDon't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty. Votes: 2
Penn JilletteI'm just kind of taking whatever life gives me and hoping that I make the right decision. Votes: 2
Amy SmartHarboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die. Votes: 0
Joyce MeyerThis generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival. Votes: 0
Penelope SpheerisResentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. Votes: 0
Nelson MandelaMen marry women hoping they'll never change. Women marry men hoping they will. Votes: 0
David MitchellPeople enter Web sites hoping to be led somewhere, hoping for a payoff. Votes: 0
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThings aren't magically better if that's what you're hoping for. It's not that simple. Votes: 0
R. K. MilhollandWhen you're young, you can excuse many things, hoping they will strengthen with time. Votes: 0
Gail TsukiyamaEvery candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment. Votes: 0
Peter JenningsFew things are as foolish as hoping old behaviors will somehow present new results. Votes: 0
Robin SharmaI'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently. Votes: 0
Michael CaineHolding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaNobody has been able to stop them [homosexuals] so far, I'm hoping Uganda can. Votes: 0
Scott LivelyLive life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future! Votes: 0
Jerry GarciaWomen marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinMost people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death. Votes: 0
Earl NightingaleI'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented. Votes: 0
Phumzile Mlambo-NgcukaAn appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Votes: 0
Winston S. ChurchillNot forgiving somebody is like drinking poison and hoping that the offender will get sick. Votes: 0
Gary SmalleyUnforgiveness is the poison you drink every day hoping that the other person will die. Votes: 0
Debbie FordBeer, of course, is actually a depressant, but poor people will never stop hoping otherwise. Votes: 0
Kurt VonnegutNor dread nor hope attendA dying animal;A man awaits his endDreading and hoping all. Votes: 0
W.B. YeatsI'm hoping for a return to at least partial sanity someday, but I'm not optimistic. Votes: 0
David RosenfeltIts crazy! I'm watching Linsanity hoping every shot goes in. Hope I never grow up. Votes: 0
Steve NashFlip a coin. When it's in the air, you'll know which side you're hoping for. Votes: 0
Arnold RothsteinDead yet?" Gus answered.I smirked. "Not yet, but the night's still young.""Here's hoping. Votes: 0
Jessica ShirvingtonWishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present. Votes: 0
Sammy Davis, Jr.there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst. Votes: 0
Stephen KingDirecting is something that I'd been wanting and hoping to do, as I've grown into myself. Votes: 0
Eric BalfourWe're hoping to succeed; we're okay with failure. We just don't want to land in between. Votes: 0
David ChangI've been saying for a long time that I'm hoping to find intelligent life in Washington. Votes: 0
Arthur C. ClarkeKeep hoping to see the light in her eyes. Even knowing it'll mean she's saying good-bye. Votes: 0
Karen Marie MoningDo something whatever you do, it will be better than sitting and hoping things will improve. Votes: 0
Robert AnthonyI smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an early death and I need to cling to something. Votes: 0
Steven MorrisseyI was hoping to attend the School of Visual Arts and had a portfolio built up. Votes: 0
Kevin DillonIt is people who live by the rules that are always hoping to get them changed. Votes: 0
Robert HarbisonI'd really love to live in New York for awhile. That's what I'm hoping to do. Votes: 0
Rosamund PikeA poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning. Votes: 0
James DickeyAren't you afraid?' 'Of what?' 'Of losing yourself.' 'That's what I'm hoping for. Votes: 0
Maggie StiefvaterMy main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation. Votes: 0
Vikram SethWhat I'm hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That's what I'm trying to contribute to. Votes: 0
Dannel MalloyRefusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy. Votes: 0
Max LucadoI'm hoping they slow down a little bit with technology, because I'm just trying to keep up. Votes: 0
Kate UptonThis is the first time I've done something like this and I'm really hoping this will work. Votes: 0
Joe TetiI suppose I'm like most coaches now, standing on the sideline hoping somebody asks them a question. Votes: 0
Bobby BowdenDeep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes. Votes: 0
Nafisa JosephTake the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping it's not poison. Votes: 0
Ursula K. Le GuinI've heard the rumors but you won't come clean. I guess I'm hoping it's because of me... Votes: 0
Selena GomezNor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all. Votes: 0
William Butler YeatsOne day there'll be no need for me. I'm actually hoping to put myself out of business. Votes: 0
Michael MooreWe need to stop the dying and start the living; stop the hunger and start the hoping. Votes: 0
Penelope CruzI'm standing on a field full of landmines doing the moonwalk hoping i blow up in time Votes: 0
Kendrick LamarI was hoping we could just listen to Jimmy Eat World and forget we ever grew up. Votes: 0
Crystal WoodsA man of supreme folly: his life flies away while he is merely hoping to enjoy it. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciI'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community, Votes: 0
Johnny WeirI'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience Votes: 0
Dave BrubeckI haven't done much voice-over work, but I enjoy it. I'm hoping to do more in the future. Votes: 0
Mark ValleyI'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience. Votes: 0
Dave BrubeckWe are hoping and praying that they will not be able to deny what the Lord has ordained. Votes: 0
Roland BurrisMy favorite book is my next one. I'm always hoping to make my next book my best one. Votes: 0
Mo WillemsClearly no working class movement ever came about that was able to do what Marx was hoping for. Votes: 0
Allen W. WoodWaiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed. Votes: 0
Gian Carlo MenottiThe last decade has been a little rough, so I'm hoping to start this one on the right foot. Votes: 0
Jeffrey Dean MorganI can't change the world, but I'm hoping that what I say and do will inspire everyone to try. Votes: 0
TabloI close my eyes, hoping to slip into the same dream again, but then that never happens, does it? Votes: 0
L.A. Meyera person hoping to become a poet must have the capacity of thinking of several things at a time. Votes: 0
Vladimir NabokovI am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences. Votes: 0
Louis Farrakhan[Eric:] "I'm hoping that the more you see me, the more I'll grow on you." [Sookie:] "Like a fungus? Votes: 0
Charlaine HarrisHe walks through the house of his past, hoping he'll find the right door, hoping he'll find the key. Votes: 0
Steven HerrickI mean, I'm not hoping for the apes and the monolith. I'm hoping for controlled chaos to assist us. Votes: 0
Jon StewartI set out on a narrow way many years ago, hoping I would find true love along the broken road Votes: 0
Rascal FlattsI'm hoping for a bench clearing brawl during the warm up so I can go out and grab his stick. Votes: 0
Ron TugnuttOpening a door to the mysteries, hoping to shed a little dark on all the stuff we think we know. Votes: 0
Brian AndreasI was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living. Votes: 0
Bobby WomackI went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again. Votes: 0
Charles BukowskiI am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol. Votes: 0
Steven SeagalI heard I'm going to have scenes with Lady Gaga so I'm hoping it's true. I know of one scene I have. Votes: 0
Kathy BatesHe was twenty. I remembered twenty. I'd known everything at twenty. It took me another year to realize I knew nothing. I was still hoping to learn something before I hit thirty, but I wasn't holding my breath. Votes: 4 Laurell K. Hamilton