Expectations Quote by Evelyn Waugh Download Open image ““My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret.”” — Evelyn Waugh ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Expectations Fathers-and-sons Parenting Potential Regret
“I felt something I had never felt before, a mixture of fear and pride. I liked it. This was fatherhood. The biggest mistake anyone… — Carl-John X Veraja Copy Share Image
“I wanted to say something to him about regret, about how I didn’t really believe in the idea of regret because it was always… — Kim Culbertson Copy Share Image
“I saw the regret in his eyes, the remorse that consumed him, and the pain of knowing his decision was more costly than he… — Nancy S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“If you live long enough as a parent, you discover that you have made mistakes you didn't bother to know about as well as… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“My dad’s life was magnificent, but only if I let myself see and remember more than his years of decline.” — Lisa J. Shultz Copy Share Image
“For the first time in some years, I didn't care what Father said to me, even though I knew that by the end of… — M.L. LeGette Copy Share Image
“My father had never spoken of goodness this way before. It disarmed me.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Regret is the sound of the ghosts of our own making. I will live with mine until I die.” — T.A. Webb Copy Share Image
“Jobs expressed regret that he hadn’t been a better father. He wished he better understood his daughters.” — Yukari Iwatani Kane Copy Share Image
“I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about journey,… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“My father sighed, hiding behind the sad smile that followed him like a shadow all through his life.” — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Sometimes," Helena continued, "I have a terrible dream of the future. Not now, but presently, people may forget their loyalty to their kings and… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Rex has never been unkind to me intentionally. It's just that he isn't a real person at all; he's just a few faculties of… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe and Aloysius in a good temper... — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“My dear, I should like to stick you full of barbed arrows like a p-p-pin cushion...Where do you lurk? I shall come down your… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Beware the Anglo-Catholics. They're all sodomites with unpleasant accents." --Cousin Jasper” — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“The fortnight at Venice passed quickly and sweetly-- perhaps too sweetly; I was drowning in honey, stingless.” — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“It’s awful to think that I shall probably never, as long as I live, see you dancing like that again all by yourself.” — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
I've always been bad. Probably I shall be bad again, punished again. But the worse I am, the more I need God. I can't… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation… There are going to be priorities and dimensions of… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If I had… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I say this all the time: I've always been really good at managing my expectations so that I'm not let down. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed. — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Does your reality match your expectations? If not it's time to change either your expectations or your reality.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
Jesus' kingdom was not like the popular expectation. He used the phrase 'kingdom of God' with a different meaning. His kingdom was not of… — Tom Harpur Copy Share Image
Disappointment contains an appointment for doing much better. High expectations mean your higher capacity and belief in abilities. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
