Quotes about expectations
expectations people buying
When you get respect from the people who are buying your music and coming to your shows, there's an expectation that you have to live up to your own standards. Colin Meloy
expectations sometimes floats
When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. Anne Lamott
expectations ponds attention
Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, "Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see," you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.
expectations hollywood enough
Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough. Conrad Veidt
expectations forever talent
Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever. David Foster Wallace
expectations people age
Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we're supposed to look like and it's fed to people at an age that's too young. Dustin Clare
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 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 waiting resentment
Expectations are resentment waiting to happen.
expectations doe ethics
An ethical act is one which does not harm others' experience or expectation of happiness. Dalai Lama
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 woven fabric
In England especially, poetry's woven into the background fabric of society. And in Ireland, it's in the foreground. The place of the poet in Irish society is enormous. If you say you're a poet in Ireland, you'd better know what you're doing, because the standard and the expectations are incredibly high. David Whyte
expectations pressure use
I don't use the word 'pressure.' I use the word 'expectation.' I have very high expectations of myself. It starts with me. Daunte Culpepper
expectations good-place
It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations. Danny Boyle
expectations musical hearing
I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones. Perhaps I should do another musical. Colin Firth
expectations infidelity important
The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity. Dan Savage
expectations trying behavior
If you have expectations, you try to put your standards on someone else's behavior. The fact is you can't control anyone but yourself, so creating standards, as opposed to expectations, keeps the ball in your court. Daphne Oz
expectations drs scared
The only thing that I'm scared of is not livin' up to the expectations of Dr. Dre and Eminem. Curtis Jackson
expectations better-days
I, myself, often wished to be spared the expectation of better days ahead or such. Daniel Woodrell
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 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