Top Expectations Quotes Collection

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Image of Robert J. Shiller
Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure stupidity - or, rather, inattention, misinformation about fundamentals, and an exaggerated focus on currently circulating stories.
- Robert J. Shiller
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Image of Don Roff
Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.
- Don Roff
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Image of Lisa Gardner
If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.
- Lisa Gardner
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Image of Jonathan Nolan
Mankind's expectations have to be greater than ourselves and that the further out there we go, the more we find out that it's about you and me.
- Jonathan Nolan
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Image of Gena Lee Nolin
I had intense anxiety, just with the acting and expectations. Am I good enough for this? This is so big. I'm on the cover of four magazines right now. Am I worthy of this? You question everything about yourself, and I did that. I put a lot of pressure on myself to make sure that I had the body and all of that.
- Gena Lee Nolin
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Image of William Makepeace Thackeray
Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
- William Makepeace Thackeray
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Image of Wes  Moore
We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations.
- Wes Moore
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Image of Wes  Moore
The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.
- Wes Moore
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Image of Mark Spitz
If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.
- Mark Spitz
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Image of Napoleon Bonaparte
I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
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Image of Greg Behrendt
If he's not calling you, it's because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesn't follow through on little things, he will do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he's okay with disappointing you.
- Greg Behrendt
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Image of James Redfield
The universe is energy, energy that responds to our expectations.
- James Redfield
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Image of Rachael Taylor
The first season [of Jessica Jones] exceeded my expectations already, so I'm just waiting to see what will happen in the second season.
- Rachael Taylor
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Image of Miriam Toews
She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself
- Miriam Toews
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Image of Helen Clark MacInnes
Expect the worst, and you won't be disappointed.
- Helen Clark MacInnes
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Image of Julia Glass
I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed.
- Julia Glass
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Image of Jared Padalecki
Don't place expectations on someone. Enjoy the time you have together, and let it go where it goes.
- Jared Padalecki
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Image of Joseph Murphy
Just keep your conscious mind busy with expectation of the best.
- Joseph Murphy
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Image of Daniel Woodrell
I, myself, often wished to be spared the expectation of better days ahead or such.
- Daniel Woodrell
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Image of Brad Warner
Just know that your expectations are only thoughts in your head, and keep on doing what you do.
- Brad Warner
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Image of William J. H. Boetcker
What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.
- William J. H. Boetcker
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Image of Patricia Briggs
When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.
- Patricia Briggs
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Image of A.S.A. Harrison
Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.
- A.S.A. Harrison
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Image of Stanley Milgram
Although a person acting under authority performs actions that seem to violate standards of conscience, it would not be true to say that he loses his moral sense. Instead, it acquires a radically different focus. He does not respond with a moral sentiment to the actions he performs. Rather, his moral concern now shifts to a consideration of how well he is living up to the expectations that the authority has of him.
- Stanley Milgram
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Image of Sylvia Townsend Warner
Anticipation of pleasure is a pleasure in itself.
- Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Image of Wolfgang Puck
Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.
- Wolfgang Puck
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Image of Roberto Bolano
If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.
- Roberto Bolano
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Image of Anne Rice
Everything we do in life, we do with certain expectations.
- Anne Rice
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Image of Steve Almond
Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards. Something is funny because it's outside our accepted boundary of decorum. Something is funny because it defies our expectations. Something is funny because it offers a temporary reprieve from the hardship of seeing the world as it actually is. Something is funny because it is able to suggest gently that even the worst of our circumstances and sins is subject to eventual mercy.
- Steve Almond
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Image of Sylvia Plath
If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.
- Sylvia Plath
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Image of Beatrice Sparks
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
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Image of Yasmine Galenorn
Surrender your expectations. Surrender your doubts. Surrender your fears. Surrender your strengths. Surrender your anger. Surrender your control.
- Yasmine Galenorn
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Image of Shinichi Suzuki
Patience is the absence of expectation.
- Shinichi Suzuki
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Image of Jeremy Renner
I don't do well with expectation in my life. All I can do is do the best that I can do.
- Jeremy Renner
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Image of Stephen Kendrick
You must choose to live by enouragement rather than by expectations.
- Stephen Kendrick
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Image of Alaa Al Aswany
I am according to my slave's expectations of me: if good, then good, and if bad, then bad.
- Alaa Al Aswany
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Image of Kris Carr
Don't shrink to meet the expectations of others, grow to become the person you want to be.
- Kris Carr
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Image of Catherine Ponder
Whatever the mind is taught to expect, that it will build, produce, and bring forth for you.
- Catherine Ponder
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Image of Geoffrey Moore
The biggest problem is typically overly ambitious expectations combined with undercapitalization.
- Geoffrey Moore
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Image of Phillip Lopate
I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations.
- Phillip Lopate
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Image of Rudolf Dreikurs
Whoever alters a person's expectations changes his behavior.
- Rudolf Dreikurs
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Image of Earl Sweatshirt
I've been awkward forever. I have really low expectations for myself. When I do perform to some sort of social standard, I leave feeling really comfortable. I'm either so awkward that I look retarded or I'm so awkward that everyone else feels retarded.
- Earl Sweatshirt
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Image of Paula Abdul
True genius does not fulfill expectations; true genius shatters it.
- Paula Abdul
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Image of Marie Bashkirtseff
The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself.
- Marie Bashkirtseff
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Image of Henry Home, Lord Kames
We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.
- Henry Home, Lord Kames
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Image of Oscar Handlin
In times of shrinking expectations,... everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner.
- Oscar Handlin
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Image of H. W. L. Poonja
If you don't know, then it's all right. There need not be any expectations. If there are no expectations, then you are free. If you expect, then you are in bondage. Choose whatever you want. Expectations are never fulfilled.
- H. W. L. Poonja
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Image of Fanny Burney
to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
- Fanny Burney
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Image of Clea DuVall
The expectations of women are sometimes so unfair.
- Clea DuVall
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Image of Linda Grant
It's not the punch you expect that knocks you down.
- Linda Grant
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