Quotes by Expectations Most of my life is over. I am going to enjoy my family and friends before any of us depart this earth. I'll never start another company. I'll never work long hours again. At this point in my life, I only answer to God, my wife, and my kids. Everything else is secondary - especially the expectations of strangers. Guy Kawasaki expectationslongkids If you don't know, then it's all right. There need not be any expectations. If there are no expectations, then you are free. If you expect, then you are in bondage. Choose whatever you want. Expectations are never fulfilled. H. W. L. Poonja expectationswantneeds If you're not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don't have the expectations of yourself that you should have. Hale Irwin should-haveexpectationssports People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. Halle Berry expectationswinningfall I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech. [Optimism through positive expectations can help to bring about what is desired and makes the wait more enjoyable.] H. Jackson Brown, Jr. optimismexpectationswaiting No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone. As long as our expectation is from other things, nothing but disappointment awaits us. Hannah Whitall Smith disappointmentexpectationslong If things continue as they have been, in five years, at the latest, we will need to acknowledge that something is fundamentally wrong with our climate models. A 20-year pause in global warming does not occur in a single modeled scenario. But even today, we are finding it very difficult to reconcile actual temperature trends with our expectations. Hans von Storch global-warmingexpectationstoday In expectation of his demise, a successful businessman may sell out to his competitors to prepare his estate with readily marketable securities, such as U.S. Treasury bonds. The confiscatory death tax eliminates many family enterprises and promotes the growth of giant corporations. Hans F. Sennholz growthsuccessfulexpectations In the 1950s that tug-of-war between the expectations of behaving normally and the limitlessness of thinking freely produces some very strange characters. Hanya Yanagihara expectationscharacterthinking Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it. Hannah More possessionexpectationsdesire I see knowledge increasing and human power increasing, I see everincreasing possibilities before life, and I see no limits set to it all. Existence impresses me as a perpetual dawn. Our lives, as I apprehend them, swim in expectation. H. G. Wells limitsdawnexpectations I am one of the few goyim who have ever actually tackled the Talmud. I suppose you now expect me to add that it is a profound and noble work, worthy of hard study by all other goyims. Unhappily, my report must differ from this expectation. It seems to me, save for a few bright spots, to be quite indistinguishable from rubbish. H. L. Mencken nobleexpectationsprofound It would be an incalculable gain to domestic happiness, if people would begin the concert of life with their instruments tuned to a very low pitch: they who receive the most happiness are generally they who demand and expect the least. Harriet Beecher Stowe expectationswould-bepeople My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities. Heather Bresch gender-biasexpectationsopportunity I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series. Harrison Ford rolesexpectationstelevision In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations. Hayao Miyazaki betrayexpectationsorder I've never had high expectations of my work and I certainly am not going to let that plague my thoughts. I'm just going to continue to choose what feels right for me at the time and go with it. Heath Ledger my-thoughtsplagueexpectations I'm the master of low expectations. George W. Bush low-expectationsexpectationslows After you free yourself from the incredible expectations of love through the media from the time you were so high, you realise that it's the spaces between the notes that make music. Hector Elizondo mediaspaceexpectations I have never had great expectations of my performance or of a film. I try not to think about the outcome. If you look that far ahead, it sort of taints your choices as an actor. I try as hard as I can to believe that no one is ever going to see it and that it's not even a movie. Then you can allow yourself to bare more. Then, once a project is done, I tend to forget about it until it comes out. Heath Ledger expectationsbelievethinking«2627282930313233343536»
