Quotes About Expectations

Monetary policy should remain data dependent, be well communicated, and ensure that inflation expectations remain anchored.

Being a celebrity, you can remain a child for ever, almost. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy.

After 'Urinetown,' 'Avenue Q' and now 'Mormon,' is there an envelope remaining to be pushed?

It's not only 'Aashiqui.' In the case of any cult film which has a sequel or a remake, it is very difficult for the new one to live up to expectations because nostalgia is very difficult to beat.

Doing a remake of an iconic song is always nerve-racking because you never know if you can actually do justice to it.

When you do a remake, there's a lot of pressure because people always love the original.

Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'.

Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.

She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid.

People want a remarkable experience; it's what they'll talk about, largely because the bar has been set so low by so many companies.

I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.

I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the job builds up over expectations which all candidates contribute to including this President that simply cannot be fulfilled.

I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.

Don't remember me as too nice or beautiful or funny, because then you'll be disappointed.

A lot of actresses feel the pressure to constantly look good, to constantly show how well-toned every inch of their bodies are and how much they've been to the gym, not necessarily to do justice to the role they're in, but to point out to the producers out there, 'Hey, look what I've got - remember me for your next project.'

I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

I remember when I got to 16, my mum was like, 'No, now you've got to go and get a proper job. We've indulged you long enough.' I don't think they ever thought I was going to be successful in entertainment at all.

I remember when I first found out I was having a boy, I became obsessed with buying boys' clothes. Then came my daughter, and I was obsessed with buying girls' clothes. Everything looks 10 million times cuter when it's teeny-tiny.

I remember, when I arrived in England, a lot of people said that my style of play was not for England.

I remember, when I started wrestling at 21, I thought, 'By the time I'm 30, I'm sure I'll probably be on my way out and be ready to have kids.' But that time flew by so fast!

I remember when James Wan and I did the first 'Saw' movie, a lot of people would say to us, 'Well, you left the door open for a sequel.' And we would say, 'No, we literally closed the door!' We thought it was a nice ending. Little did we know that the producers had other ideas once the film was a hit.

I remember when we'd get excited that we had 70 people in the store a day. Now we're, like, 'We only did 2,000 people?'

I remember when I was in Allahabad University, Amitabh Bachchan had come to campaign in Allahabad. I realized then the sort of expectations people had from him.

I remember when we were playing Liverpool away from home and we recorded one shot in the whole match. That's not Man United. You want people go out and express themselves.