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“I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was now left but a jail; and go to bed making a calculation of the expense of putting bow-windows to the house, "in case anything turned up," which was his favorite expression.”
— Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1849-1850), Chapter XI.
“He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."”
— Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred (1847), Book III, Chapter VI.
“ἐὰν μὴ ἔλπηται ἀνέλπιστον, οὐκ ἐξευρήσει”
— He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored.
“He hath indeed better bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.”
— William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act I, scene 1, line 15.
“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.”
— Sun Tzu, The Art of War, (6th Century BC).
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
— Zig Ziglar as quoted in Trigger Events – How To Find Your Next Customer (2007) by Alen Majer, p. 22

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