Quotes About Expectations

Sometimes one has to take on responsibilities that weren't those one imagined.

You have to look at the discrepancy between what you hoped and imagined and the reality of yourself and all your shortcomings.

Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

I knew that I always wanted a family, but I can honestly say that it's nothing like I imagined it would be.

I'd never imagined I'd become the ambassador of housewives.

My first film was a big dud at the box office, and my second film did decently. I used to wonder how it would feel to have a hit film. I thought I'd be larger than life, but I'm not feeling anything I imagined. It's a completely different experience.

Who says what is the right way and what isn't? That is some imagined social construct that people made up to feel okay about being average.

I don't think my parents imagined I'd represent England when they first drove me to mini-rugby at Maidenhead. I was only five but mum lied about my age to get me out of the house.

Most farmers know that their children's future will probably not be in agriculture, but they have a hard time imagining a different life.

My freshman year, I was such an immature kid and I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know what I wanted or what I could do or what my abilities were off the court.

For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.

Guys usually know immediately that I'm high-maintenance.

Becoming Miss America was one of those things. It immediately changed what I thought I was going to do with the rest of my life.

I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'

It's an immense amount of pressure, celebrity itself.

The pressure of an India-Pakistan game is immense.

One of the hard things coming from an immigrant family - or any family that doesn't believe in the arts - is that you have to disappoint your parents. That's hard for people to do if you're a good kid.

Especially for Haitian immigrant parents, being a musician is not a job.

My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.

A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children.

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world.

In relationships, particularly love relationships, people are impatient.

When I was like 19 1/2, people were like, 'He should go back to Europe.' People are impatient.

I am very impatient and get frustrated if results are not delivered in time.