Expectations Quotes

I think the media makes it tough to play in New York. There are so many papers and TV channels covering the Knicks and the expectations for the Knicks are so high.

I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points.

I had very low expectations. Honestly, I think I had 11 rounds of golf the entire year in before this tournament, and I had hit balls maybe four or five times.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

I think one of the major differences between Wonder Woman and Jessica Jones is that Wonder Woman is iconic and much better known, so you get into a lot of ridiculous expectations, like what's her costume going to look like? Well, nobody knows who Jessica Jones is, except for fangirls and boys.

When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience.

So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.

We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.

In my 20 years in football, I was fortunate enough never to have experienced relegation. And while there is the pressure of expectations at the top of the league, at the bottom it comes in fear and trepidation, which is almost worse.

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.

If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.

People have expectations of me but I'm not a magician.

If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed.

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.

When I put out a record or single I don't allow myself to set up expectations like, 'This song must be a number one hit. Its got to sell X amount of records.'

I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly.

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I see to be the next course of action, how do you expect the group to deal with the expectations of thousands of people. It is not possible.

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.

The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.