Quotes About Expectations

Still writing tales?" he said. I told him yes and he nodded once, returning his attention to the snake. Very few of the boys I grew up with had finished high school, but they accepted that I was a writer. I was merely doing what other men did—following in my father's footsteps. Sonny was a plumber. The son of a local drunk was the town drunk in two towns. Sons of soldiers joined the army. That I had become a writer was perfectly normal.

Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.

I think the most dangerous word in the English language is "should." I "should" have done this. Or I "should" do that. "Should" implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.

Only women, children, and dogs are loved unconditionally whereas men are loved conditionally (, - and that's not right.)

Women don't like nice guys. Say they do, don't. They got to have an asshole first. Every woman goes through her asshole phase.

Only women, children, and dogs are loved unconditionally. A man is only loved under the condition that he provides something.

Do you know? What the fuck do women want? l know what you want: everything.

What tasks I've completed since the last daily scrum. What tasks I expect to complete by the next daily scrum. What obstacles are slowing me down.

There are people that I believe shouldn't like me, and if they did, I'd be sad. ~ Jon Stewart

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

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Adolescence is a time of uncertainty, stuffed with expectations and glazed with rebellion

my favorite chapter in Cheryl Richardson's book The Art of Extreme Self-Care (Hay House, 2009) is the one titled "Let Me Disappoint You.

People who see an unhappy, sulky pop star assume that she's an ungrateful, self-absorbed little ninny. But nobody knows what's really going on. I need to eat, I need to sleep, and sometimes those things weren't considered. It was like, "When do you think I'll have time to go to the bathroom?" That wasn't on the schedule.

Girls from my graduating class come into the store brandishing solitaire diamonds like Legion of Honor medals, as if they've accomplished something significant—which I guess they think they have, though all I can see is a future of washing some man's clothes stretching ahead of them.

He squints at me. "Except for the red hair and freckles, you look okay. You'll be fine and dandy sitting at the table with a napkin on your lap.

Mamey said that in her day a woman who had not married by the age of thirty was called a thornback, named after a flat, spiny, prehistoric-looking fish.

I know all too well how it is when the beautiful visions you've been fed don't match up with reality.

Sometimes you don't look for perfect. Sometimes enough is the most you can hope for.

Lori says, "Look at this. Your SATs are in the 600s. And you have a 3.8 average this semester. That's really good." "It's an easy school." "No, it isn't." "It's not that big a deal." "It is a big deal, actually. These are applying-to-college stats. Have you thought about that?" "No." "Why not?

At breakfast—lumpy oats with no sugar—when I ask how to get to school and what time I'm expected to be there, Mrs. Byrne looks at her husband and then back at me. She pulls her dark paisley scarf tight around her shoulders. "Dorothy, Mr. Byrne and I feel that you are not ready for school.

I couldn't tell if, as husbands went, Paul was unusual, but he seamed to need lots more care and feeding than I bargained on. If only he'd come with an instruction booklet, like our new steam iron did, or even with a little plastic stick with tips about watering and sunlight, like a florist azalea.

I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.