Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society. — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations. — Martin Short Copy Share Image
Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
If you don't measure up to your expectations, realize that you should just be life without expectations. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Always keep in mind that even your most dreadful expectations, are still nothing more than mere assumptions” — Sherif A. El-Mawardy Copy Share Image
“I think things are beautiful when you don’t plan them, and you don’t have any expectations, and you’re not trying to get… — Alison Mosshart Copy Share Image
I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The love for a child is more an unconditional sort of love ... Although some parents are really narcissistic. In general, I… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
I think, along with the great joy and excitement of having a child, it seems to be that the common themes are… — Chris Sullivan Copy Share Image
John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
A big lesson that we must learn in life is that though things do not always go our way, if we are… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
If we live in the here and now, each moment is a surprise, every instant a new wonder. But it often fails… — Piero Ferrucci Copy Share Image
Having a disability isn't a sob story. It's about celebrating people's abilities and a lot of people out there can have low… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
I mean, like most guys, you carry around this girl in your head, who is exactly who you want her to be.… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
...no way could I fall in love. I just couldn't go there yet. Settle for less. I didn't want to process through… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I have always had an interest in performers who play against the most obvious of expectations and are able to find something… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I do think once I get into expectations, I've just trained myself. I've just trained myself to just move on to the… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves. — Beth Simone Noveck Copy Share Image
Never give meaning to a little act of sweetness for it might give you wrong impression as well as wrong expectation. — RBUENDIA Copy Share Image
Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again. — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“Was it too much to ask that she find someone who wanted the same things in life as she did--a home, someone… — Christie Craig Copy Share Image
Having that amount of nominations makes me a little nervous, because you feel that the bar is really high, the expectations are… — Lee Ann Womack Copy Share Image
...Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Day one of new job. Again. No expectations, no disappointments. Trust nobody. Remember lessons learned. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Obama came to power with this element of raising many new hopes and expectations but he's been fought back by the system,… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share Image
All you can be is the best you can be. You don't have to meet anyone's unrealistic expectations. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to expect, don't be afraid of falling. Because if you're afraid of falling, you'll never get what you expected. — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
“Maybe if you sleep where another person sleeps and do what that person does, then eventually you’ll start turning into that person.” — Jack Cheng Copy Share Image
Sometimes we don't get what we want when we want it, because it's not the right time for us to get it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is not about searching for the things that could be found. It's about letting the unexpected happen. And finding things you… — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond… — Henry Home, Lord Kames Copy Share Image
I never judge myself according to the expectations of others. I judge myself by the jobs I've been given over the years… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
As much as I say no expectations no disappointments, you'd think I'd learn to apply that always. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“His thoughts flicked between the confidence of the Anyala Stone, the expectations of his world, and, the certainty of his failure.” — Allynn Riggs Copy Share Image
There are expectations in everyone's lives. It might be small or big, but then you cannot forget to prioritise what is important… — Mithali Raj Copy Share Image
All of Christian existence ... stands within an expectation. Its fulfillment may be sure, but its timing is unknown. — Luke Johnson Copy Share Image
