Quotes About Expectations

Without sounding arrogant, I achieved a lot more than I thought I would do.

I'd no longer be the same player without my rigorousness, and certainly not the player Arsenal wanted.

You know when you play for Arsenal, if you want to play for Arsenal, you need to be very, very good.

Many young artists, they look at the art world and think they can make a lot of money.

Die Elsässerin, die man mir zur Frau vorgeschlagen hat, hat sechs Zehen am linken Fuß: ich kann mit keiner Frau leben, die sechs Zehen hat! Das spräche sich herum, und ich wäre lächerlich. Sie hat nur 18000 Francs Rente! zuwenig Geld und zuviel Zehen!

Ha a n?k elmésnek, tehetségesnek találják, a férfiak el fogják hinni, hogy az, hacsak maga ki nem ábrándítja ?ket. Akkor aztán mindent akarhat, mindenütt megvetheti a lábát. Akkor majd megtudja, hogy a világ nem egyéb, mint megcsaltak és csalók közössége.

Una mujer bella puede ser ella misma a su antojo; la sociedad le pasa siempre por alto una tontería o una torpeza, mientras que una sola mirada detiene la más magnífica expresión en los labios de una mujer fea, intimida sus ojos, aumenta la poca gracia de sus ademanes, coarta su actitud. Bien sabe que sólo a ella se le prohíbe cometer faltas, que todos le niegan el don de repararlas, y, por lo demás, nadie le proporciona la ocasión de ello.

mere boy, who dances badly; besides, he has no fortune. And, after all, papa, none of these people have titles. I want, at least, to be a countess like my mother.

Men without means ought to be perfect," added Moreau, not suspecting the profundity of that cruel sentence.

He puesto demasiadas esperanzas en ti para no tener miedo de todo. Para mí, una separación es el primer paso hacia el abandono, y el abandono es la muerte.

In the first place, my child, from what you have yourself told me, it is clear that the one unpardonable sin in society is to be happy.

Once, she'd dreamed about being taken care of by this man. But this care didn't have the sugared taste she'd imagined.

You know what I have noticed? And this is really sad. Flying first class is less scary than flying coach. They speak to you and they're so nice to you and they want to help you and they know you want a drink before the plane takes off. And they bring it to you without asking. If you're sitting in coach and hoping for a drink, good luck.

When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.

I hate the cliche of 'just have fun ' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids.

Life's brief span forbids us to enter on far-reaching hopes.

Ya no pedían más belleza e inteligencia como en el primogénito; ¡pero un hijo, un hijo como todos!

The truth was never easy, and it was never simple, and it had a way of breaking your heart. Thus men chose its imitation whenever possible and made the world fit the shape that suited them best. Smith believed man created God and Truth both in his own image, and he attached no blame to that. He had long ago decided that most people got along as best they could, trying to be brave, trying to be good, trying to subdue the terrors of life with whatever expectations lay easiest to hand.

If everyone likes it, it's probably because it has been doing well. Most people seem to think that outstanding performance to dates presages outstanding future performance. Actually, it's more likely that outstanding future performance to date has borrowed from the future and thus presages subpar performance from her on out.

Any scene in which a character is shown waking up in bed or getting into bed is deeply suspect, unless there is someone new in bed with her.

Early on, I'd got a sample of how Cornelia Tell questioned all motives for politeness. I'd sat down and said, "Would it be too much trouble if I got a scone with my coffee?" Cornelia Tell shot back, "Even if it does cause me trouble, do you still want a scone?" I never put it that way again, believe me. I just said, "I'd like a scone.

To Coach Brantford, I could do almost nothing right. He told me that I didn't play tough enough, I didn't hit anybody and that my skating and passing needed a lot of work. If you came to a practice or a game, you'd have never known that I scored 25 goals & had 39 assists what with Coach Brantford always harping on me about something I was doing wrong.

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward in my actions and not from them.