Expectations Quotes · Page 51

I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.

— Quentin Tarantino

You're not disappointed in what it is. You're disappointed in what you thought it would be.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I try not to have any expectations so I don't have any disappointments.

— Anonymous

You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation.

— Janelle Monae

Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.

— Brad Meltzer

Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.

— Mason Cooley

Don't blame people for disappointing you but blame your self for expecting too much from them

— Anonymous

People hear what they want and expect to hear, not what is said.

— Fay Weldon

...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.

— Francis Chan

I think anytime you have expectations for your team and for yourself and you have goals that you want to accomplish you…

— J. J. Redick

I think expectations of 'Doctor Who' should always be high, because it's a show that must always progress and get better and…

— Matt Smith

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

— Condoleezza Rice

The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we…

— John C. Maxwell

Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great…

— Norman Cousins

Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes,…

— Anonymous

Students, in particular, now find themselves in a world in which heightened expectations have been replaced by dashed hopes.

— Henry Giroux

I'd say most qualifying sessions in the Chase are about the only times I get nervous, because qualifying is so important. A…

— Denny Hamlin

Americans love marriage too much. We rush into mariage with abandon, expecting a micro-Utopia on earth. We pile all our needs onto…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“I think we often hold heroines to an absurd standard. Be brave! Be wise! Always know what's in your heart and speak…

— Leigh Bardugo

I like when the manuscript keeps its authentic style and form, so even if I have accepted some advice from editors, I…

— Lidija Dimkovska

You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting it's going to last forever, and…

— Jenna Fischer

Selfless service to the people and resolution of their problems should be the top priority of local bodies representatives, as they can…

— Shehbaz Sharif

White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of…

— Robin DiAngelo

“I saw the northern lights once. In upper Alberta. I booked a trip with this outfit called See the Northern Lights! I…

— Nathan Hill

One would love nonetheless to know how to be a man, how to be a woman before God, in the mirror of…

— Tariq Ramadan

There comes a point when you've exhausted your opportunities playing good guys. I've been around long enough, I think I'm entitled to…

— Harrison Ford

I don't have any expectations about my films. If they're good, they're good - if they're not, they're not. About 10 years…

— Anthony Hopkins

There's very notable dynamics in all of the collaborations I've done. It's hard to say if one is more important than the…

— Steve Vai

A marriage bound together by commitments to exploit the other for filling one's own needs (and I fear that most marriages are…

— Larry Crabb

Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt, the sense of not having lived up to their parents'…

— Alice Miller

Give me the old familiar walk, postoffice and all, with this ever new self, with this infinite expectation and faith, which does…

— Henry David Thoreau

Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose…

— J. K. Rowling

The expectations were low for 'Castle;' people thought we'd be one season and done.

— Tamala Jones

I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations.

— Rosemary Clooney

In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles.

— Jane Porter

When someone says expect the unexpected, slap them and say I bet you didn't expect that!

— Anonymous

In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.

— Will Cotton

Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.

— Dhirubhai Ambani

To expect to be kissed having bad breath is the secret of a fool.

— Dejan Stojanovic

One thing I always remember: Frustration is built by unmet expectations.

— Andrew McCutchen