Quotes by Expectations One of the smartest things a person can do is dampen investment expectations, especially with Berkshire. That would be mature and responsible. I like our model and we should do nicely Charlie Munger matureexpectationswould-be I've heard that one-half of the students at elite schools want to go into private equity or hedge funds. They want to keep up with their age cohorts at Goldman. This can't possibly end well in terms of meeting these expectations. Charlie Munger ageexpectationsschool Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. Charlotte Bronte expectationssuccesslife Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life — if ever I thought a good thought—if ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer — if ever I wished a righteous wish — I am rewarded now. To be your wife is, for me, to be as happy as I can be on earth. Charlotte Bronte sacrificeprayerexpectations People are only 'disappointing' when one makes a wrong diagnosis. Charlotte Mew diagnosisexpectationspeople It is not what you think should be, but what is, that is interesting. When you have the expectation that something should be such and such a way, you will never learn what your nature wants. Charlotte Selver expectationsinterestingthinking The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of gender expectations. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie selfexpectationswould-be If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations. Chip Kelly being-the-bestexpectationslows Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path , All they do is trip you up Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni rockspathexpectations If you read the novel, you have expectations. And, if you've seen something first, it's just hard to do. Chloe Grace Moretz novelexpectationsfirsts When meditating, do not expect something to happen. Otherwise, you are meditating on your expectation, and you are not doing the Meditation itself. Choa Kok Sui meditatingmeditationexpectations Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and direct. If we can open, then we suddenly begin to see that our expectations are irrelevant compared with the reality of the situations we are facing. Chogyam Trungpa disappointmentexpectationsreality Great leaders do not see people for who they are, but who than can become. Further, the great leader compels those that follow them to become that man or woman of the future, likely exceeding the expectations of both. Chris Alexander expectationsmenpeople ...You don't always get what you expect. I wish someone, sometime when I was growing up, would have told me what expectations would get me. ... Our parents, schools, everyone tells us things will be a certain way when we're adults and if they're not that way, we should make them be; or at least pretend. But after a certain point that just doesn't work. Chris Crutcher growing-upexpectationsschool I'm not fun to bowl with. I take it way too seriously. I have high expectations for myself. Chris Hardwick expectationsfunway We have different expectations for different groups of people. We tend to modulate the degree with which we're forgiving or punitive depending on how well we know folks, or how much we consider them peers, or how much social capital we've invested in them. That has to do with race, class, gender, and socioeconomic status. We have a tendency to bend over backwards to forgive folks we think of as part of "the us." The question of who we define as "the us" is a lot of what constitutes how we punish who we punish. Chris Hayes expectationspeoplethinking The one thing I’ve always had going for me was people’s low expectations. Nobody ever expects a whole hell of a lot from me. Chris Isaak hellexpectationspeople If you tell people what you are going to do, and you suggest it's going to be successful, you need to be successful. Because once you create those expectations and you don't fulfill them, when you already have a significant credibility problem, it just further degrades your credibility. Chris Lehane successfulexpectationspeople Fans feel they know me, so they want me to be on-the-spot funny, and it's hard to fulfil their expectations. Chris Lilley fansexpectationswant When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations. Chris Martin fifthalbumsexpectations«910111213141516171819»
