Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martha Beck

The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.

Martha Beck

If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: it's that we often create what we anticipate.

Michel de Montaigne

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.

Michel de Montaigne

There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.

Marianne Williamson

Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close.

Chris Martin

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.

Miguel de Cervantes

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

The GDP report looked pretty good, showing greater than expected strength, with inflation statistics not bad.

The GDP report looked pretty good, showing greater-than- expected strength, with inflation statistics not bad,

The games are going to be played. I don't expect anything.

The futures are higher this morning because the markets don't really see anything happening. If nothing happens we'll probably get a relief rally. Today is a day of reflection for everybody. It's also a shortened trading day, so volume is expected to be light.

The futures are down and that's got to be expected after the previous week's strong moves. But what's most impressive is that the market for all intents and purposes is hanging on to those gains.

The fundamentals in Japan are favorable. We can expect shares to rise higher.

Edith Evans

I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.

The market was impressed by the ISM but how long will it last is the question. A lot of Japanese exporters were happy to see levels they did not expect so they could sell their dollars.

The market was impressed by the ISM but how long will it last is the question, ... A lot of Japanese exporters were happy to see levels they did not expect so they could sell their dollars.

The market is so overweight with this stock. Investors expected more.

The markets have been expecting a policy shift for some time and the announcement has clarified several issues.

The market reflected losses on foreign exchanges. We're waiting for positive news. We did not have any large sellers. I expect the market to recover next week after this week's fall.

The market reacted positively to the lower than expected inflation figures. That means inflation is under control.

Lin Dan

The match was harder than I expected. There is a lot of pressure on me because everyone expects me to be the champion.

The market has been quite optimistic on those (companies) as they expect them to have done better than they originally thought.

Marc Chandler

The market has a strong predisposition to expecting a peak at 4.5 percent, as no month has a 4.75-percent rate completely discounted.

The market is reacting the most to the gasoline waiver in Bush's outline, which is expected to increase the motor fuel supply in the States.

The market is not expected to do anything much.

The market is expecting another significant jump in U.S. stocks later today, and this focus has pushed geopolitical uncertainties off to the side, for now at least.

The market is expected to stop falling after a recovery in U.S. stocks.

Jonathan Kozol

I went to Washington to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations

Jonathan Dimbleby

I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources on which this biography is based.

Laurie Anderson

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

Terry Gilliam

The success of the Hollywood marketing machine is to limit what we see. Not just to limit what we can see, but also to limit our expectations - to limit what we want to see.

Simone Elkeles

I keep my expectations low, so nobody disappoints me." "Yeah, well, I have high expectations." I look toward Miranda. "I guess my friends do, too." "Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

People now, especially with the Internet, are connected. They have an expectation of behaviour, of accountability, avoiding conflict and fair and just competition.