Quotes About Expectations

My belief is that a positive culture works best because people want to meet or exceed expectations, not demands.

Yes, it's true that my mother has a go at me when I don't track back. We are very, very close, and she demands a lot from me, which is great.

Madrid is a club with very high demands.

Men are easier to get on with than women. They tend not to make emotional demands on you.

The high demands on teams in national leagues and of course the Champions League - it's too much.

My parents aren't the demographic for a lot of things I do. If I did a stand-up show, and I saw 62-year-old Pakistanis in the crowd, I'd be like, 'I'm gonna bomb.'

When we started making 'Borgen,' no one had any idea it would have any appeal outside Denmark. No one expected it to follow the success of 'The Killing' because it's basically all about Danish politics.

My father wanted me to be a dentist like him, or any doctor, really. There was this attitude of, 'The civil rights movement was not about you being an artist.'

I won't deny the fact that us star kids have it easy.

What we wanted from an agent depended on what he brought in.

As filmmakers are nervous while casting, they naturally tend to sign actors depending on what they've seen before.

A coach depends on whether I take a corner well or finish a chance in front of goal, and really, what influence does he have over this when it happens?

That is the difference from being a manager and being a player: As a player, if you sign a contract for four years, if you want to be there for four years, you are. But as a manager, it always depends on the sack. You are always under pressure.

A lot depends on whether your first film does well or not, because people don't give you second chances.

I've never really been afraid of how people were going to define me, as long as I didn't write some cheaper song because people like that I'm depressed.

Post-partum depression is real and while I was told about it, I wasn't sure what to expect.

I knew I didn't have post-natal depression because it wasn't all day, every day. But I felt very low. As a woman you think you should still be making dinner and looking nice. You think, 'I can do a million and one things.' But you can't.

I was the funny one in my group; there was a lot pressure to be responsible for everyone's happiness. I didn't like watching other friends of mine be called the 'pretty one' or the 'smart one.' That had no depth, and it didn't match how I knew them.

When I was in Vojvodina, it is not possible to describe. If you play one bad ball, one little mistake, they are, 'Oh, what is that?' Then, some players, they are afraid to take responsibility. They don't feel well, you know; you don't have freedom to show yourself.

Audiences deserve better.

Consumers deserve to know exactly what they're getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan.

When you walk out in front of an audience of over 70,000 people, you've got to be on your game. They deserve it.

I wanted to make sure that if somebody special did come along, I was the kind of man that a woman like her would deserve.

You don't get what you deserve - it would be amazing if life worked out that way.