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Quotes About Disappointment

I went to these mixers, you know, where you're supposed to meet people. And sure enough, some guy asked me for my phone number. but at the end of the evening he gave it back.
~ Marcia Wallace
Being vice-captain at Chelsea, I've learned to manage my emotions better this season and have matured massively, but part of that is embracing those feelings of disappointment rather than suppressing them and pretending everything is OK.
~ Millie Bright
I had a chance to go on the Supreme Court of the United States, and my whole family was more disappointed in my deciding not to do that than in my deciding not to run for president - much more.
~ Mario Cuomo
I was so frustrated after 2016 with the Republican Party. When we had the House, the presidency and the Senate, and we had a pretty fair Supreme Court, I really expected to see all of these things that Republicans have wanted for so long finally come to fruition, but then it all kind of fell flat on its face.
~ Madison Cawthorn
I was so sure 'Doli Saja Ke Rakhna' would do well, but when it didn't I lapsed into depression.
~ Priyadarshan
Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He's a boy's idea of a man. He's a man's idea of a boy.
~ Richard Cohen
I will say that Surface has been a big disappointment for us and for Microsoft. Both of our expectations from the product were much greater than what came to be and not only that. We invested enormous amount into research and development and spent a lot of time and energy into it.
~ Jensen Huang
Manchester United was a sad experience. Things didn't go as I had hoped. I was disappointed, and it didn't help me to rise to the surface.
~ Angel Di Maria
And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.
~ Thomas Haden Church
I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.
~ Martin Freeman
There are things that are really disappointing about being an actress in Hollywood that surprise me all the time.
~ Maggie Gyllenhaal
I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised.
~ Roger Scruton
I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.
~ Tabitha Soren
I don't always expect good from people. I always expect the bad and I am pleasantly surprised when they are nice.
~ Nick Wechsler
It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.
~ Bill Paxton
So, it didn't do well. But now when I talk to kids who are first seeing it, they're surprised to hear the movie failed at the box office. Sometimes that's what happens.
~ David Zucker
I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.
~ Karl Pilkington
The day I went to see my father to say I wanted to become an architect, he was a bit surprised, because for him being a builder is much more than being just an architect. He was very angry, and I never thought I could do something else.
~ Renzo Piano
I feel I disappoint people when I am not 'Samantha.' They seem surprised when I don't have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking 'Samantha,' and I would show up.
~ Kim Cattrall
When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.
~ Christopher Poole
I'm always taken aback by things that are successful that I think are just crap, and then I'm completely surprised when things I do end up being successful because you walk into things and you never know... It's just really remarkable.
~ Kevin Spacey
When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.
~ Ryan Gosling
I'm always surprised when a sequel is not as good or better than the first one. I never understand that. You've already set your own bar. You've already done the hard work. It should be easier to make the second one, but a lot of the times, it's not.
~ Steven Van Zandt
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
~ Jane Austen