I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect.

One cannot demand that anybody be a hero, though one can hope for it.

— Dwight Macdonald

When Frank Zappa would get an idea for a song, he just did it. He didn't wait for anybody or expect anyone to do…

— Steve Vai

“I have nothing to offer anybody expect my own confusion.”

— Jack Kerouac

“we expect a wine of quality to demand something from us.”

— Anne Fadiman

i expected demands. he gifted me with tenderness. i expected ego. he let me experiment. i expected disrespect. he called me beautiful. i expected…

— Ellen Hopkins

Let me say I was trained at Juilliard. I have a very high standard. I expect everybody around me to work equally as hard…

— Patti LuPone

I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is…

— Julius Erving

Design truly is a contact sport. It demands that we bring all of our senses to the task, and that we apply the very…

— Tom Wujec

When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.

— Oscar Robertson

When I hit bottom, I can attack the problem and get to where I want to be.

— Dennis Rodman

Beare with evill, and expect good.

— George Herbert

Get to know yourself well enough to not only expect, but also control, your response to the unexpected challenges in life.

— Senoraroy

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's…

— Phil Ochs

If you expect the worst from a person you can never be disappointed.

— Anthony Burgess

I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to…

— David S. Goyer