Expected Quotes

Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in.

When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian it was expected that I would know about a wide range of books.

Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.

The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.

I was always confident that I knew. I never expected this.

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.

The party has to be rebuilt on all levels. In a way, maybe it's to be expected when you've had a governor in office for 12 years and he and his people are stepping down.

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

The Asian nation's oil demand is expected to grow this year by 800,000 barrels per day and represents more than one-third of the total growth in global demand, according to the Energy Information Agency.

My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected.

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.

I was used to playing misled youth, rough-and-tumble guys. It was nice to get back to a big-hearted, warm and gentle soul, a guy who is destined for something a lot larger than he ever expected.

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.

It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want.

Men were never expected to be monogamous.

I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal.

I expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot of people had the opportunity to see me play much.

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.

Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this.

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

Artists are expected to fit into fraudulent categories.

Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it seemed easy, then that would be the time to worry that I am on the wrong path.

I grew up in a home and in a world in which you can do anything. We were all expected to go to college. My father was a doctor.

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland.

I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.

But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it rational? Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this Earth to do.