Quotes About Expectations

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

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

A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.

If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?

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

I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me—and that I've made of myself—as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it

Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them, not by how happy you can make them.

true love cannot extend its claims to spouses.

If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they'are fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave. So, lots of lonely hotel rooms, my dear.

If you're a woman, it's almost impossible to establish a relationship. You're too much for everybody. It's too much. The woman always has to play this role of being fragile and dependent. And if you're not, they're fascinated by you, but only for a little while. And then they want to change you and crush you. And then they leave.

Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.

People who love you start to hate you when you become that rock star. Everybody is scrutinizing. They want you to be poor, to suffer, to struggle. I could not pay my electricity bill until I was 50, and now I can. I think this is something I should not be criticized for.

How could I get up there in public and act like I'm some representative of the class? I can't even go to college like the rest of them. I don't even know where I'm going to live. That's not right. That's not who the valedictorian is.

I hear Mrs. Roble say, "You know, I've seen this happen before with the Muslim kids. I push those girls—they're so bright. Then one day they come in with a head scarf, and they say their marriage has been arranged and they're not going to college after all.

Lo que sentimos no depende tan solo de lo que esté ocurriendo en el cuerpo y en nuestra fisiología, sino también y, fundamentalmente, de las expectativas y de cómo estamos valorando una determinada situación.

Habla de Compromisos, de Responsabilidades, de Valentías, de Desafíos, del Buen Sentido, de la Integridad, de la Grandeza, es decir, de cosas de las que en la Sociedad Mediática Actual no se habla en forma alguna porque intentar elevar constantemente el nivel de exigencia del ser humano se ha convertido en una ofensa grave a la condición humana. Hay demasiada gente que coloca el nivel de exigencia a ras de suelo "; pag. 12.

Usted tiene todas las condiciones para concurrir a mi felicidad, pero yo tengo muy pocas para concurrir la suya

la verdadera felicidad, es un estado mucho menos angélico y hasta bastante menos agradable de lo que uno tiene siempre a soñar. [...] la felicidad es bastante menos que eso (o quizás bastante más, pero de todos modos otra cosa) y es seguro que muchos de esos presuntos desgraciados son en realidad felices, pero no se dan cuenta, no lo admiten, porque ellos creen que están muy lejos del máximo bienestar.

Hay fantasías que me prometi y desgraciadamente no he cumplido y otras que me cumplí sin prometérmelas

Usted tiene todas las condiciones para concurrir a mi felicidad, pero yo tengo muy pocas para concurrir a la suya. Y

Usted tiene todas las condiciones para concurrir a mi felicidad, pero yo tengo muy pocas para concurrir a la suya.

la felicidad, la verdadera felicidad, es un estado mucho menos angélico y hasta bastante menos agradable de lo que uno tiende siempre a soñar.

No hay que prometer nada porque las promesas son horribles ataduras, y cuando uno se siente amarrado tiende a liberarse, eso es fatal.