Quotes by Expectations Uh... what can I say? Made money. Given a launch pad for a working life. Set a precedent I had no interest in following. Created expectations that I was not cut-out to match. Disappointed virtually all of my readers subsequently. But I like what I've done, and I stand by it all. Alex Garland cutting done expectations There's a difference between expectations and aspirations. Alex Kapranos aspiration differences expectations And so, in calm expectation of a blessed future and a finished work which will explain the past, in honest submission of out way to God, in supreme delight in Him who is the gladness of our joy, the secret of tranquillity will be ours. Alexander MacLaren blessed expectations past The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety. Alexandra David-Neel disappointment expectations wise You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts. Alexandre Dumas devotion expectations mean Assessments should compare the performance of students to a set of expectations, never to the performance of other students. Alfie Kohn assessment students expectations Playing villains is very liberating because unlike the leading man, nothing is expected of you. Leading men have to look good, they have to behave in a certain way, they have to fulfill an audience's expectations. But as a bad guy, you have free license to take the audience by surprise. And that's what audiences want - they want unpredictability from their villains. The villain's job is to subvert it. Alfred Molina guy expectations men Faith speaks when hope is disassembled; faith lives when hope dies dead. Algernon Charles Swinburne speak hope expectations Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity's most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on climate change are real, and our industry is expected to take a leadership role. Ali al-Naimi business real expectations Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them. Alice Hegan Rice expectations heart people It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought. Alice Hegan Rice hopeful fashion expectations Girlhood ... is the intellectual phase of a woman's life, that time when, unencumbered by societal expectations or hormonal rages, one may pursue any curiosity from the mysteries of the yo-yo to the meaning of infinity. These two particular pursuits were where I left off in the fifth grade when I discovered a hair growing in the wrong place and all hell broke loose. Alice Kahn expectations hair two Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt, the sense of not having lived up to their parents' expectations. This feeling is stronger than any intellectual insight they might have, that it is not a child's task or duty to satisfy his parents needs. No argument can overcome these guilt feelings, for they have their beginnings in life's earliest periods, and from that they derive their intensity and obduracy. Alice Miller expectations children people Honestly, that is the most important thing to me: Can I continue to live up to my own expectations of myself - and not fall back into slacking? Alice Walker important expectations fall You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No. Alison McGhee powerful expectations people Totally. 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 somewhere in particular. You’re just enjoying it, and making something because you love it, and love the people that you’re playing with. I guess everything happens as a reason. Alison Mosshart expectations beautiful thinking If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what we have (Hebrews 13:5). Much of our discontentment may be traced to expectations that are essentially selfish and more often than not completely unrealistic. Alistair Begg selfish contentment expectations The expectation of substantive unity between natural science and social science has faded.... Gone is the cosmic intention of placing man in the universe. Allan Bloom unity expectations men The first discipline modernity's originators imposed upon themselves was that of self-restraint, learning to live with vulgarity. Their high expectations for effectiveness were made possible by low expectations of what was to be. Allan Bloom effectiveness self expectations For me, there's a lot of expectations and you want to be able to live up to them. Allyson Felix able expectations want «1234567891011»
