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Quotes About Expectations

When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing.
~ Illinois Jacquet
I used to tell people when I was 15 or 16 that I'd never be that girl who goes through this, gets her heart broken, falls for this guy, but I ended up being her.
~ Gabriella Wilson
Casting can be heartbreaking. Dealing with the disappointment is the hardest part.
~ Stockard Channing
If it were said that I didn't fulfil my potential as a mother and wife, I'd be heartbroken. But if it were said that I hadn't fulfilled my potential as an actress, I would understand the reasons why.
~ Diana Rigg
Actually, when I say my name in the U.S., people are like 'You're Elsa from Frozen!' And I'm like, I can't break their hearts, 'I could be!'
~ Elsa Hosk
When you face the shareholders, then you can feel the heat is on you. For 20 years I got to answer to my shareholders. It's not easy.
~ Tan Cheng Bock
I heat myself up over the fact that I am never going to be as good as I want to be.
~ Aidan Gillen
You're more apt to criticize an NBA player than you are a college players. Some of these guys are freshmen. They are learning the game. The other guys have taken it to the biggest stage there is. That's the NBA. So they are going to get more heat if they don't perform.
~ Ernie Johnson Jr.
Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.
~ Max Lucado
People told me, 'You talk about Europe like it's Heaven. It's not Heaven.
~ Francis Ngannou
When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Being the heavy favorite is not always a good thing because of the amount of pressure on an athlete.
~ Mirai Nagasu
One of the great moments for me was Riddick Bowe defeating Evander Holyfield to win the world heavyweight title. That was a night when you thought, 'Woah, this guy is special.' But then after that Riddick never really fulfilled his potential.
~ Michael Buffer
Heck, I feel guilty getting my senior discounts.
~ Dennis DeYoung
Carson Wentz, he came in and had a heck of a year as a rookie. I don't think a lot of people saw that coming.
~ DeSean Jackson
So, the idea of being a star on MTV and all that never really appealed to me. It makes life hectic.
~ Tevin Campbell
I'm a director, but I gotta have the hair, the makeup and the heels. My mother would be appalled if I didn't dress up.
~ Nicole Holofcener
It is not always a treat to grow up as the heir to a world-famous leader.
~ Michael Beschloss
No comedian's wife thinks he's funny. The first few years of the marriage, maybe. I was funny as hell the first couple of years.
~ Tom Smothers
Sometimes I just got off of an international flight and people are like running up, screaming and hollering, and want to take pictures. They don't really understand like, 'Dude, I'm tired. Just say hello. Keep it moving.'
~ Lil Jon
Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back.
~ Rufus Sewell
When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.
~ Gretchen Rubin
Every movie is unique and hence, I will not compare 'KGF' with the projects I choose in the future. So, I'm not under any pressure.
~ Srinidhi Shetty
If I'm 'the kid from 'Hereditary'' for the rest of my life, I'll be satisfied.
~ Alex Wolff