Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards. — Chris Guillebeau Copy Share Image
If you live your life only following the path you think is approved or acceptable, or the one you think is expected… — Carson Kressley Copy Share Image
I never actually expected success, but it doesn't surprise me when it comes because I know how much work I put into… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
The conflict between what one is and who one is expected to be touches all of us. And sometimes, rather than reach… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a convention that the principal heir should be kept away from real danger. As the 'spare' rather than the heir,… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Now, no one expects us to agree on everything, whether in Juneau or in Washington. But we are expected to govern with… — Sarah Copy Share Image
Everything is important, but there is a weight to these big or expected things and then there is the logistics of them… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
As members of the Lord's Church, we must take missionary work more seriously. The Lord's commission to 'preach the gospel to every… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation… — Chris Van Hollen Copy Share Image
Ross was a firm believer that you could not force circumstance. You could buckle your seat belt, but still crash the car.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The chemical differences among various species and genera of animals and plants are certainly as significant for the history of their origins… — Ray Lankester Copy Share Image
If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he… — Emma Willard Copy Share Image
I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
In the kind of New England I'm from, you are expected to stay and marry somebody from New England - well, Maine,… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
Yet the women's misery is socually invisible. Despite our education and accomplishments, we are expected to keep our mouths shut and accept… — Jennifer Morse Copy Share Image
“Living in sterile man-made environments that are disconnected from nature should be expected to lead to sickness.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I never expected, when I had a daughter, that one of my most important jobs would be to protect her childhood from… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
Don't worry too much about how spiritually poor you are. God sees that, but for you it is expected to trust in… — Seraphim Rose Copy Share Image
