Quotes by Expectations It's a lesser-known story, but the Japanese government (after the Russian-Nazi pact, which split Poland) did allow Polish Jews to come to Japan, with the expectation that they would then be sent to the United States. But they weren't accepted, so they stayed in Japan. Noam Chomsky japangovernmentexpectations We have learned that history is something that takes no notice whatever of our expectations. Oswald Spengler expectations The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me. Oprah Winfrey expectationswhitemight A picnic may well be a metaphor for life. The essentials for happiness are the right company, moderate if sanguine expectations and a reasonable standard of physical sustenance and comfort, the whole being bedeviled by the belief that there is always something better to be had if only one presses on. P. D. James essentialsexpectationscomfort [Mikhail Bakunin] expectations were generally confirmed, including his prediction that some would seek to gain state power on the backs of popular revolution, then constructing a "Red bureaucracy" that would be one of the worst tyrannies in history, while others would recognize that power lies elsewhere and would serve as its apologists, becoming mystifies, "disablers," and managers while demanding the right to function in "technocratic isolation," in World Bank lingo. Noam Chomsky expectationslyingworld I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No. Paddy Ashdown doneexpectationsjustice To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. Oscar Wilde futureunexpectedexpectations Being open to the concept that globalisation is only 10-20% complete leaves room for some expectation that there might be more gains to be achieved from further integration. Pankaj Ghemawat expectationsmightrooms I said publicly last year that I wanted 2012 to be a great season, not just a good season. We certainly had a very good season and perhaps exceeded a few expectations. But Broncos fans, you and I know what a great season looks like. Pat Bowlen lastsexpectationsyears I came up and was a first-round draft pick and there was a lot of hype and a lot of expectation, and I enjoyed that. Have I also seen the other side of that? Absolutely. Pat Burrell hypeexpectationsfirsts It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out. Pat Summitt basketballexpectationspeople When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace. Patricia Briggs importantgraceexpectations Throughout history, the human species has struggled to some extent. It's part of us, as human beings, to provide better for our children and to try to do all these different things. The expectations have changed drastically, and thank God they have. Women have more rights, and women do have their own power in the world. Patricia Arquette rightsexpectationschildren Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed. Patricia McCormick disappointmentexpectationslooks There's a lot of expectation in the Middle East that post-Obama there will be a sort of tougher U.S. line on Assad, there will be more intervention and so forth. But I don't know if that's going to be fulfilled. If there is more intervention, then I think it's going to go the same way as these other interventions that we've seen in Iraq, we've seen, to a degree, in Syria, we've seen in Libya, you know, that they do really badly. They make bad situations worse. Patrick Cockburn iraqexpectationsthinking I like confounding expectations. I can expand what it is I am able to do, and hopefully get to do more weird, interesting projects like this. There's nothing wrong with doing comedies, and I'm not against comedies, either, but I always want to do stuff that keeps me off my guard and gets me out of my comfort zone. And how the audience perceives that... It's out of my hands. And I don't get that frustrated by it, because I'm on to the next thing at that point. Patton Oswalt expectationshandsinteresting In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level of contentment be determined by outside factors-a new car, fashionable clothes, a prestigious career, social status-the more we relinquish control over our own happiness. Paul Brand clothescareersexpectations Until we let go of our mental images of who we are or who we should be, our vision remains clouded by expectation. But when we let go of everything, open ourselves to any truth, and see the world without fear or judgement, then we are finally able to begin the process of peeling off the shell of false identity that prevents our true self from growing and shining in to the world. Paul Buchheit selfexpectationsletting-go The front windows as are the watchmen of grief - I've been looking beyond expectation - Beyond myself - and I do not know as I love you - Which one of us is missing. Paul Eluard griefexpectationslove-you High expectations and belief in people leads to high performance so very often belief creates fact. Paul Hersey expectationsfactspeople«5556575859606162636465»
