Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arrangements, because they shape perceptions of the events of the past, attitudes toward policies being… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
“Never before in history had societies thought that such a set of high expectations about marriage was either realistic or desirable. Although… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
There is one unmistakable lesson in American history; a community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
It’s a curious thing. I suppose most people think of artists as impatient but I don’t know of any first-rate artist who… — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
Don't expect things to happen. Because it's better to feel surprised than disappointed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything That You Lose Has Its Own Way Of Returning Back To You. The Funny Thing Is, Its Not Always The Way… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Man, there's a lot of pressure when you put on that Kansas uniform with the high expectations everyone has. — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation. — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
Awareness-mindfulness-is the first step in healing. In Counterclockwise, Dr. Ellen Langer eloquently describes how becoming more aware of our beliefs and expectations… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The lower your expectation the easier and happier your life will be” — Dee Dee Artner Copy Share Image
My dad is the type of person that says yes to life, and to the adventures it throws at you. Because of… — MyAnna Buring Copy Share Image
If things continue as they have been, in five years, at the latest, we will need to acknowledge that something is fundamentally… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
You can't travel the back roads very long without discovering a multitude of gentle people doing good for others with no expectation… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review.… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
“What makes the earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it ought to feel like Heaven.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Yet how bored they both looked, and how wearily Ethel regarded Jim sometimes, as if she wondered why she had trained the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
My parents sacrificed everything because they wanted a better life for me and my little sister. That's why we came to the… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life,… — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
