Quotes About Expectations

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

I think when you get all the money and all the freedom, rarely do you get a good movie out of it or a movie that you're proud of.

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles.

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

If I had a dog I would not feel so lonely, but I suppose that is asking for too much.

To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing.

The more we seek exclusivity in friendship, the more it becomes obligatory and the less likely it is to fulfill the wonderful vision of what true friendship can be.

friendship was always contingent.

You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves.

A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.

I don't think I was fully satisfied acting. You know, the girlfriend role or the best friend role, and that wasn't enough for me.

When we are old, our friends find it difficult to please us, and are less concerned whether we be pleased or not.

It is foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend as upon the chastity of a wife.

If any of you cry at my funeral I'll never speak to you again.

To me, crying is not a sign of weakness. She wants it that bad and she puts her whole heart into it. She had really high expectations, and that's why she's so good. She just had a bad game.

A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp.

The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.

We had to break up, though. We wanted different things - like he wanted kids and I wanted him to hear.

People think [baseball players] make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000.

Every week Republicans are excited about a new candidate because the one they liked last week turned out to be a moron.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.