Quotes about expectation
expectations gold scarcity
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap as it becomes vulgar, and will no longer raise expectation or animate enterprise. Samuel Johnson
expectations taste ashes
[Michael Hastings] has composed a dirge to incompatibility, which, because it raises expectations only to defeat them, leaves a taste of exhumed ashes. Richard Corliss
expectations people rosemary
I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations. Rosemary Clooney
expectations together share
Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations. Sam Walton
expectations giving want
Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.
expectations lessons given
The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation. Sam Abell
expectations want what-you-want
If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear. Roberto Bolano
expectations pandas disappointing
Summit meetings tend to be like panda matings. The expectations are always high, and the results usually disappointing.
expectations dollars portfolios
There is one thing of which I can assure you. If good performance of the fund is even a minor objective, any portfolio encompassing one hundred stocks (whether the manager is handling one thousand dollars or one billion dollars) is not being operated logically. The addition of the one hundredth stock simply can't reduce the potential variance in portfolio performance sufficiently to compensate for the negative effect its inclusion has on the overall portfolio expectation. Warren Buffett
expectations results term
Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis.
expectations secret lows
The secret to happiness is having low expectations.
expectations way diplomats
It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations. Wentworth Miller
expectations joy risk
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing. William Congreve
expectations joy wish
Would any thing but a madman complain of uncertainty? Uncertainty and expectation are joys of life; security is an insipid thing; and the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
expectations trying junkie
I'm a junkie for exhaustion, and I'm a junkie for setting up my expectations too high and then trying to meet them. Stephen Colbert
expectations self-respect women-history-month
I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth. Sonia Sotomayor
expectations resistance novelty
In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation. Thomas Kuhn
expectations matter flow
Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens. Ville Valo
expectations choices actors
I'm an actor. I can do whatever I want. As an actor, not everything has to be the most obvious choice. And sometimes, the best thing you can do is to defy expectations. Vin Diesel
expectations trying make-me-happy
I really, really try to be a good servant. It makes me happy when I'm a good giver without expectations. Russell Simmons
expectations heaven negotiation
Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Rumi
expectations should
You should do things because of what your expectations are of yourself. Mike Krzyzewski
expectations people guy
I thought about the bigger picture of my life, and about the people—and particularly the guys—I would encounter during my lifetime. How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed … connection? Rachel Cohn
expectations connections anticipation
How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed...connection?
expectations taught music-industry
One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations. Q-Tip
expectations people fundamentals
By manipulating queuing, by manipulating expectation, you can lead people to a fundamental confrontation, not only with themselves, but with the Other. Terence McKenna
expectations sin sinner
There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner... Teju Cole
expectations absence
Patience is the absence of expectation. Shinichi Suzuki
expectations perception engines
Expectations are the engines of our perceptions. Seth
expectations prepared
We expect everything and are prepared for nothing. Sophie Swetchine
expectations focus acting
Although a person acting under authority performs actions that seem to violate standards of conscience, it would not be true to say that he loses his moral sense. Instead, it acquires a radically different focus. He does not respond with a moral sentiment to the actions he performs. Rather, his moral concern now shifts to a consideration of how well he is living up to the expectations that the authority has of him. Stanley Milgram
expectations differentiate
It's expectation that differentiates you from the dead. Sheila Ballantyne
expectations priorities feel-good
Why not make cheerfulness, outrageousness, playfulness a new priority for yourself? Make feeling good your expectation. You don't have to have a reason to feel good - you're alive; you can feel good for no reason at all! Tony Robbins