Quotes About Expectations

I don't know that I'm not normal, because usually, when I tell people the things I do, either their jaw drops or they look at me shocked, but I'm sure I do normal things - everyone eats, that kind of stuff.

I think most of my life I have spent trying to gain normalcy, whatever that may be.

I can act normally, and I can go out, but people around you don't act normally. If it was normal, I'd go out and have my dinner and nobody would be video-phoning me eating my dinner.

It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.

It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch.

Playing Mo-yeon was satisfying because I could be irritable. I normally can't be like that in public because of my image.

Sometimes, when comedians get success, they don't do as much weird stuff as they normally do.

Ghosts of Marriages Past can haunt many aspects of a new relationship - your expectations of what a man should do, how you behave in conflict, your ideas of how commitment should look - they can even make your new man look untrustworthy when he's really behaving normally.

When you're normally networking, it's with men. And they claim they want to help you and work with you, but when it comes down to it, they want to go on dates.

It is my opinion that Norman Rockwell and his ilk have done more to make already anxious people feel guilty than anyone else.

A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.

Too often athletes think there's these norms that I have to fit into and there are people that I have to please.

Sometimes people expect you to be something that you're not or want you to be something that is out of your philosophy, yet they claim they are a fan. Like, 'I'm really your fan, but you should get a nose job!' That's not really a fan.

First, the media blames us stars for not doing more films. But when we are shooting, you want us to take a break. Not fair!

I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.

Alia and Shaheen have a smart father and have got good genes. But it's not fair that people expect them to do as well as their father.

It is not fair; we live in such a hypocritical society where only film stars are supposed to dress up. It is almost like the shabbier you look, the more focused you are in your game.

I was told, 'You are not beautiful and glamorous enough,' 'Oh no, you're too serious an actor...' 'You're not good enough an actor,' 'You are not so and so's daughter.' I was even told, 'You are not a big, marketable name.'

Good is not good enough at United.

I've worked under a lot of managers, whether it's the national team or at St Mirren and everyone has their moments. I think it is important, you can't just let things pass if they are not good enough.

You have to hit the ground running at West Ham. If you don't, suddenly from the fans it's, 'You're not good enough to play for our football club.'

Comments like 'he's not committed' or 'he's not good enough' appear as soon as you are not 110 per cent. I find it quite annoying how people read into stuff and form their own opinions.

When it comes to United, if you don't win everything, it's not good enough.