--- title: "1 Told Expect Quotes By Adrian Tan" description: "1 Told Expect quotes by Adrian Tan. Plus more from Adrian Tan and more Told Expect sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/adrian-tan-33122_falling-in-love_you-might-be-looking-forward-to-working_2133898.jpg" --- > [“You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/you-might-be-looking-forward-to-working-falling-in-love-marrying/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/adrian-tan-33122_falling-in-love_you-might-be-looking-forward-to-working_2133898.jpg) ## More by Adrian Tan > [“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/so-here-you-are-in-your-twenties-thinking-that-you-ll-have-another-40/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/you-will-find-that-when-you-have-someone-to-love-that-the-face-is/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [“There’s a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are “making a living”.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/there-s-a-common-misconception-that-work-is-necessary-you-will-meet/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/it-is-far-too-easy-to-be-liked-one-merely-has-to-be-accommodating-and/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [Find that pursuit that will energize you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If you don't,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/find-that-pursuit-that-will-energize-you-consume-you-become-an/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [Life is complicated. It wtarts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it. And it ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/life-is-complicated-it-wtarts-before-we-re-ready-it-continues-while/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone. You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life expectancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/don-t-work-avoid-telling-the-truth-be-hated-love-someone-you-re-going/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/don-t-expect-anything-erase-all-life-expectancies-just-live/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [“You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that you should expect to find a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/you-might-be-looking-forward-to-working-falling-in-love-marrying/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/loving-someone-has-great-benefits-there-is-admiration-learning/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/do-not-waste-the-vast-majority-of-your-life-doing-something-you-hate/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/be-hated-one-does-not-have-to-be-evil-to-be-hated-in-fact-it-s-often/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/it-far-easier-to-find-a-reason-not-to-love-someone-than-otherwise/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/finally-you-will-find-that-there-is-no-half-measure-when-it-comes-to/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) > [“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-tan/so-here-you-are-in-your-twenties-thinking-that-you-ll-have-another-40-2/) [Adrian Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-tan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/told-expect/adrian-tan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Told Expect Quotes By Adrian Tan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much. That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste. 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