Quotes about expectations
expectations benefits want
I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations. Dane Cook
expectations magazines might
You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have a reasonable expectation for a print-based product, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine, you can certainly exist. Dave Eggers
expectations people littles
Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.
expectations stories fiction
I am not dangerous. Only the stories are dangerous. Only the fictions we create, especially when they become expectations. David Levithan
expectations people do-the-best
A lot of people have high expectations. I'm just going to do the best I can. Deron Williams
expectations proud categories
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. Amber Heard
expectations parent kindergarten
My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. Amy Tan
expectations confusion challenges
The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations. Andre Breton
expectations kind unfair
There's a lot of expectation after you do something that seems to have been well received. It's kind of unfair. Angel Olsen
expectations listening trying
I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist. Chuck Palahniuk
expectations heaven earth
What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.
expectations degrees boxes
Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down. Chuck Jones
expectations able want
For me, there's a lot of expectations and you want to be able to live up to them. Allyson Felix
expectations certain
Everything we do in life, we do with certain expectations. Anne Rice
expectations firsts causes
When you're given something new, it's always exciting 'cause you're the first one to do it. You're not having to live up to any expectations, or be compared to anyone who's ever done it before. Anna Friel
expectations outlook forbidden
prospect, n. An outlook, usually forbidding. An expectation, usually forbidden. Ambrose Bierce
expectations done assassins
RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.
expectations low-expectations lows
Keep low expectations and life gets pretty good. Anthony Hopkins
expectations oscars necks
I just remember Kathy Bates getting on the stage and "The Oscar goes to Anthony Hopkins." I looked around, because I really thought Nick Nolte would get it. I really thought Nick would get it. I was very surprised. It was neck and neck with Nick Nolte and myself. So I really was expecting that to happen, and I went in there without any expectations.
expectations resentment kind
If you have high expectations you're going to get resentments and all kinds of tension.
expectations young stage
I've reached a happy stage in my life - you can call it "happy" - but I have no expectations anymore. I'm glad I'm not young anymore.
expectations life-is expect-nothing
No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.
expectations easier bigs
It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones. Ann Brashares
expectations sanguine
..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself Jane Austen
expectations relax anticipation
Instead of getting wound up, simply relax your expectations of your family, friends, business associates...and yourself.
expectations worst happened
My worst expectations never happened. Barbara Bush
expectations done sincerity
I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life. Bruce Lee
expectations people secret
When you drop your expectations that a person, a situation, a place, or an object should fulfill you, it's easier to be present in this moment because you're no longer looking to the next one. Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment. Eckhart Tolle
expectations people looks
People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
expectations pressure wanted
I definitely felt the pressure I wanted to live up to all of the expectations Elijah Wood
expectations film disappointed
It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised. Bill Paxton
expectations risk safe
There’s something amazing about unbelief – it is able to fulfill its own expectations. Unbelief is safe because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects. Then, after a person gets the answer for their unbelief, they can say, I told you so. Bill Johnson
expectations boredom inspire
One of the deep fundamentals of poetry is the recurrence of sounds, syllables, words, phrases, lines, and stanzas. Repetition can be one of the most intoxicating features of poetry. It creates expectations, which can be fulfilled or frustrated. It can create a sense of boredom and complacency, but it can also incite enchantment and inspire bliss. Edward Hirsch