Quotes About Expectations

Tolerating mediocrity is as dangerous as inviting failure

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

I was disappointed with Niagara—most people must be disappointed with Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.

The only charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception necessary for both parties.

If Jesus Christ is only a teacher, then all He can do is frustrate me by setting a standard before me I cannot attain.

Now came the question, what should I do? "Nothing," the correct thing, according to the governor. "Stand for the county," my mother suggested. "Go as attaché to my cousin, the envoy to St. Petersburg," my relatives opined, who had triumphed, with much unholy glory, over my rustication, as is the custom of relatives from time immemorial.

I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and, cold and dry, thinks of her sewing when she's making love.

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

THE MOTHER Hobby! What can she do? She cooks and she cleans. You gotta have a house to clean. You gotta have children to cook for. These are the terrible years for a woman, the terrible years. THE GIRL You mustn't feel too harshly against her daughter-in-law. She also wants to have a house to clean and a family to cook for. (THE MOTHER darts a quick, sharp look at THE GIRL-then looks back

This is what you learned in college: A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the condition of desiring.

A veces la vida que imaginamos no dura tanto como creemos.

Cats aren't shirts that you buy at the store and then return if they don't fit. Nor are they a pair of shoes you can give away or toss out when you've outgrown them. While these comparisons may seem ridiculously obvious to you, the sad fact is that too many cat owners actually do view their cats that way. As a result, countless cats end up relinquished to shelters or just abandoned because they didn't meet their owners' expectations of the perfect cat.

no, this was what Belle had feared. Mama would insist on coming along and that would spoil everything. She cast a pleading glance at her sisters. "But Mama," Charisma exclaimed, "Grace

Your move should be determined by your strengths, not your opponent's expectations.' Darcy's smile deepened as he warmed to her allusion to fencing. 'Always move to your advantage.

It's much easier to have nothing to live up to. You surprise people when you form a full sentence.

In a society that is becoming desensitized, robotic and in some cases debilitatingly prescriptive. Women are faking orgasms more -- maybe to just get it all over with.

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

It's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

Who'll be Prince Charming?" Maddy wanted to know. "Nigel or Jeremy? I must say neither of them is a very good example of that title!