Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Eggers

Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.

David Levithan

I am not dangerous. Only the stories are dangerous. Only the fictions we create, especially when they become expectations.

Amber Heard

I have successfully avoided being stereotyped into a specific category. I've worked very hard at that, and I'm proud of not being easily lumped into anybody's preconceived notions or expectations.

Amy Tan

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.

James Sullivan

Kids will reach whatever expectation you set for them.

Kids come and they have no expectation that there's anything like that when they're feeding the ducks, ... You can imagine what could occur.

Billy Donovan

I think it probably means something to their players because they understand what they're representing. A lot of times, it's the past players that they know are watching them that gives them a level of expectation of the way they're supposed to perform. I think that's a good thing for a program.

I think it may be tougher this year because there are more nerves from the expectation of winning it. I have more motivation to train harder. I never take anything for granted. I like Vitaly. He's a good kid. I'm glad to see him make it here. He'll be a good opponent to have in the finals.

I think it's a slam dunk. But knock wood, you know. Everyone seems very happy, so I have every expectation that we'll be here next year.

It is a fact of life that the higher you go in public service and the higher your pay is the lower the expectation of privacy.

I think the nature of Big Ten schools (is) they're not happy just to have programs. You put smiles on people's faces by winning. And the expectation is you do it the right way.

I think the expectation is that they will not make much progress today and the US (team) will go home this afternoon.

Richard Garnett

He loves the court, ... So he must have felt, 'If I can stay on the job with a reasonable expectation I can maintain my health, then why not.'

Ehud Barak

There is no failure, even though the level of expectation is very low.

Brian Cashman

He hasn't performed to his expectation or ours, but that's not something that hasn't happened before, either.

John O'Donohue

If you have a trust in and an expectation of your own solitude, everything that you need to know will be revealed to you.

There is probably some expectation of interest rises here in the new year but no one is expecting a regime of rises.

When you go to the line with a sense of urgency, there's more of an expectation to knock those free throws down.

Jim Les

We don't want this to be a one-and-done. Heck, I want to put pressure on myself to make this a yearly event, and that will trickle down to the expectation of our players having gotten a taste of this.

We've had this pattern of strong month, weak month lately. May numbers were weaker and the expectation is for June numbers to be stronger.

Stephen Jay Gould

If new species arise very rapidly in small, peripherally isolated local populations, then the great expectation of insensibly graded fossil sequences is a chimera. A new species does not evolve in the area of its ancestors; it does not arise from the slow transformation of all its forbears. co-author with Niles Eldridge

Two capsules here, three capsules there. It sounds like nothing, but when they're HIV meds, they're expensive. So I'm praying to God it's going to even out. Everyone had an expectation that this was going to be a smooth transition, but it hasn't been. Not even close.

There has been an expectation of a revaluation, and I'm not sure what the reaction will be to such a limited move,

Bill Bruford

People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby.

Bill Bradley

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

I think there is an overall unreasonable expectation right now that there is such a thing as a risk-free drug.

My own expectation is that she will remain at the hospital for many, many years.

It isn't like the last time where they said it's going to be a day off. Don't have any expectation that this will kick in again.

It is our hope and expectation that perhaps by the end of the day some major announcement will be made.

It is our expectation that we will be profitable in the second half of next year.

It is important not to have the unrealistic expectation that we will find a magic key to help get rid of all suffering. It takes determination, patience, and more than one week.

I think we're going to steal some games. There's not much expectation for us outside the district. But I think we're going to squeak quite a few out. I think we'll surprise some people.

Carl Jung

A complex is a cluster of energy in the unconscious, charged by historic events, reinforced through repitition, embodying a fragment of our personality, and generating a programmed response and an implicit set of expectations.