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Quotes About Expectations

And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.
~ Jane Austen
I didn't lose my virginity until I was twenty-six. Nineteen vaginally, but twenty-six what my boyfriend calls "the real way".
~ Sarah Silverman
Chicks named Tammy have a greater chance of actually driving a Mercedes than a chick named Mercedes.
~ Adam Carolla
I thought "RV" stood for "Recreational Vehicle." No! It stands for "Ruins Vacations."
~ Bill Engvall
First of all, never buy a man a plasma TV until you're married. A lot of men once they have a plasma TV they don't need a girlfriend
~ Greg Behrendt
If you're considered a beauty, it's hard to be accepted doing anything but standing around.
~ Cybill Shepherd
You know what GED stands for? Good Enough Diploma.
~ Chris Rock
Men don't realize that if we're sleeping with them on the first date, we're probably not interested in seeing them again either.
~ Chelsea Handler
That woman in the shampoo commercial - she's happy. She's... she's too happy.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Because sometimes in life, Ken didn't always choose Barbie. (Jane Alcott)
~ Rachel Gibson, See Jane Score
Oh, well, that's not bad, I suppose. I mean, I'd prefer devastatingly sophisticated - but almost endearing is more than I could have hoped for under the circumstances.
~ Jane Costello, The Nearly-Weds
Everyone helping out was supposed to make me feel better, but it actually made me feel more like a screw up.
~ Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad
Dating--the socially accepted alternative to the rack.
~ Lois Greiman, One Hot Mess
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a a note on it saying, toys not included.
~ Bernard Manning
She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.
~ Alan Garner
Mrs. Charlotte Phelan's Guide to Husband-Hunting, Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. A tall plain one, with a trust fund.
~ Kathryn Stockett
The imagination, backed by great expectations, can bring about almost any reality within the range of probalities.
~ Jane Roberts
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.
~ Samuel Johnson
The most loyal and faithful woman indulges her imagination in a hypothetical liaison whenever she dons a new street frock for the first time.
~ George Jean Nathan
When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.
~ Ninon de L'Enclos
Nothing too long imagined can be perfect in a wordly way.
~ Anais Nin
Well-bred English people never have imagination.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.
~ Leo Buscaglia