Quotes by Expectations Digital technologies are setting down the new grooves of how people live, how we do business, how we do everything--and they're doing it according to the expectations of foolish utopian scenarios. We want free online experiences so badly that we are happy to not be paid for information that comes from us now or ever. That sensibility also implies that the more dominant information becomes in our economy, the less most of us will be worth. Jaron Lanier technologyexpectationspeople She wasn't the only one to be physically morphed by reader expectation. Miss Havisham was now elderly whether she liked it or not, and Sherlock Holmes wore a deerstalker and smoked a ridiculously large pipe. The problem wasn't just confined to the classics. Harry Potter was seriously pissed off that he'd have to spend the rest of life looking like Daniel Radcliffe. Jasper Fforde rest-of-lifeelderlyexpectations ..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself Jane Austen sanguineexpectations I know so many who have married in the full expectation and confidence of some one particular advantage in the connection, or accomplishment, or good quality in the person, who have found themselves entirely deceived, and been obliged to put up with exactly the reverse. What is this but a take in? Jane Austen qualityaccomplishmentexpectations After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!" Jazmine Sullivan expectationslongpeople The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action. Jean-Baptiste Andre Godin expectationsattitudeinspirational Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the keenest enjoyment. Jane Austen mrs-bennetcousinexpectations Our children can achieve great things when we set high expectations for them. Jeb Bush achieveexpectationschildren We strive to teach our children the importance of being caring and compassionate to others. This outpouring of emotion and effort by our children was so gratifying, and what they achieved absolutely exceeded our wildest expectations. Jeff B. Davis caringexpectationschildren In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations. Jeff Bridges movieexpectationschallenges One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting. Jeff Bezos knowingexpectationsmorning You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you. Jeff Kinney dedicationexpectations One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to happen, and it's certainly like that making movies; every once in a while, one will come along that transcends all of your expectations. Jeff Bridges expectationsexcitinglife-is If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all. Jeff Kinney realexpectationspeople I stood up. It was all too much. I could not even meet my own expectations, and to be asked to deal with all theirs too was suffocating. Jeff Lindsay stood-uptoo-muchexpectations Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures. Henry David Thoreau demandexpectationsanswers Sometimes you'll have a movie that you're very proud of and you think it transcended all of your expectations but it doesn't come out at the right time. I have done movies that have never been released. That can be depressing. Jeff Bridges depressingexpectationsthinking It's impossible for anyone to meet the expectation of being the savior of the world. Jeffrey Pierce expectationsimpossibleworld Fishermen, hunters, woodchoppers, and others, spending their lives in the fields and woods, in a peculiar sense a part of Nature themselves, are often in a more favorable mood for observing her, in the intervals of their pursuits, than philosophers or poets even, who approach her with expectation. She is not afraid to exhibit herself to them. Henry David Thoreau philosophicalnatureexpectations Society is so tough and expectations are so unrealistic. Could I take better care of myself? Absolutely. I joke all the time that I'm old and I'm getting older and I feel it, so I guess I would rather talk about it with a smile and say, 'Oh God, I'm old!' than spend all my time at the dermatologist. I approach aging with ice cream and a martini. Jenna Lyons getting-olderice-creamexpectations«3132333435363738394041»
