Quotes About Expectations

I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.

I tried to make the best music that I could possibly make, and then nothing was ever good enough.

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.

We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good

Success alone brings expectations. I think that people expect a certain thing from Lloyd - that's music that makes them feel good about their day, even when they're havin' a bad one.

Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

Normally as an actress you're constantly worried that people think you don't look good enough. It's just like an unnecessary stress that's just frustrating.

I get pressure from my audience and my agents to be a 'good girl,' and I'm in the public eye, so if I mess up, it's going to be all over the place.

It's hard to find a good guy... all girls know that guys don't think with their brains.

I don't think I gave a good enough performance to be nominated for it. I thought I gave a fine performance, but those things are supposed to be about giving an extraordinary performance.

The Seed of Chucky is not a good thing to watch before you get married.

There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.

I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

What happens when perfection isn't good enough?

A person of "good character" was one who acted in accordance with the expectations of his community

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.

If Picasso walked into Disney looking for a job, they would throw him out on the street. Couldn't draw good enough.

When I was young, and I'd get A's, I'd get this good feeling of all the things that I could be. And then I'd never became any of them.

When you play good, everything is good, but when you dont play so good, everything is bad. Even when you think there are good things, they still say bad things.

The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously.

A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic.

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.