Quotes by Expectations It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself. Barbara Sher aquariumseventsexpectations People who believe in a divine creator, trying to live their lives in obedience to his supposed wishes and in expectation of a supposed eternal reward, are victims of the greatest confidence trick of all time. Barbara Smoker expectationsbelievepeople Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones. Baron de Montesquieu contractsexpectationsfriendship We don't have a lot of expectations [for Donald J. Trump] because the American administration is not only about the President; it's about different powers within this administration, the different lobbies that they are going to influence any President. Bashar al-Assad administrationpresidentexpectations I find it really interesting that people are shocked by the raw, natural representation of a woman and a man's body. I guess it's subverting our expectations in terms of how we've come to expect women to present themselves when they're being naked. Also the woman's and the man's role is subverted in that image. You'd expect the man to be carrying the woman. Bat for Lashes expectationsmeninteresting You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster. Bear Grylls disasterrecipesexpectations I guess I'll never measure up to anyone's expectations. I surely don't measure up to what I'd like to be. Beatrice Sparks expectations I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for. Beck prayingexpectationswinning I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people's expectations of me as a comic actor. Ben Stiller expectationsdramapeople If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad. Benedict Cumberbatch madexpectationspeople When auditioning, I try to imagine that I'm the only person that they [directors] are seeing that day because it can be overwhelming, in the same sense that it could be overwhelming if you try to fulfil everyone's expectations rather than the people closest to you in the creative process, be it your director, or fellow actors and the writers. So, that's kind of it - I try to trick myself into believing that no one has ever gone there before. Benedict Cumberbatch expectationsbelievepeople Always do one thing less than you think you can do. Bernard Baruch expectationsworkthinking Man can be stimulated by hope or driven by fear, but the hope and the fear must be vivid and immediate if they are to be effective without producing weariness. Bertrand Russell hopeexpectationsmen I have really tried my best to ignore any double standard. I can't control the expectations of other people. I can control my attitude and my energy, and that's always been very positive. Beth Mowins expectationsattitudepeople You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation. Bette Davis expectationsweight-losshappiness I've always said that people have unrealistic expectations. Bette Midler unrealistic-expectationsexpectationspeople He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom. Bias of Priene storeswitexpectations Opportunity meets you at your level of expectation. Bill Bartmann levelsexpectationsopportunity Give to another human being without the expectation of a return. Bill Bradley returnexpectationsgiving When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable. Bill Bradley speechexpectations«345678910111213»
