"I never thought I could make so much money fighting fake goods -- or that there are so many fakes out there, " says Wang, now 22.

CNN: A Profitable Crusade

"I never thought I'd say so, " Wolff says, but he sees true soccer fever among Americans.

NPR: Spain Wins Euro 2008 Soccer Championship

"I never thought this day would come so quickly, " Babar said, as she and her husband, Khuram, arrived from Marietta, Georgia.

CNN: U.S. couple from Georgia experiences Hajj pilgrimage

"I never thought I'd see so much passion for sheets or Rubbermaid storage containers, " said Duncan Mac Naughton, the company's U.S. merchandising chief.

WSJ: Early Holiday Sales Pay Off, for Now

"I never thought that I would be so worried about him, " said Ms. Fernandez, who is also the daughter and wife of career soldiers.

WSJ: U.S. Troops Fly Home to Joy, Relief

So I never thought the show was about me.

CNN: Larry King on pop culture, star power and suspenders

Zakir Hussain, a knowledge worker who participated in the community screening session in Seelampur ICT centre in New Delhi said: "I never thought the technology could be used so effectively to communicate our problems".

UNESCO: Communication and Information

I've never worked with a muse or thought, Oh, I am so inspired by her, because I'm not doing the collection for one woman.

WSJ: Alber Elbaz | Soapbox

"My friends and I thought it was so appalling we vowed to never see the film, " says Suzuya Bobo, a 22-year-old Los Angeles video producer.

FORBES: Why do theaters charge the same price for all tickets?

So that's what I did, but I never thought I'd fool Jerry.

WSJ: Anatomy of a Song: Otis Redding's '(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay'

For the next seven years of my military career, I let the army give me a new timepiece every couple of years or so and never gave watches much thought.

WSJ: The March of Time