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Quotes About Expectations

I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.
~ Selena Gomez
Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.
~ Shawn Johnson
I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.
~ Shawn Johnson
I don't think you make fans happy by just replicating frames. What they want to see is that you stayed true to the story, true to the characters and true to the design.
~ Sylvain White
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
~ Thomas Carlyle
To be beautiful is enough! if a woman can do that well who should demand more from her? You don't want a rose to sing.
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.
~ Winston Churchill
Just because you like me doesn't make me what you want or need.
~ Alexandra Adornetto
It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time.
~ Andrew Weil
Love asks for nothing. Only personalities want something.
~ Byron Katie
Fans feel they know me, so they want me to be on-the-spot funny, and it's hard to fulfil their expectations.
~ Chris Lilley
Women want to serve, and this is where their happiness lies: but the free spirit does not want to be served, and this is where hishappiness lies.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious a thing for a poof on the telly to do.
~ Graham Norton
You always have to be available for people, and you have to be clearly stating what you want to see, in so many disciplines, all at the same time.
~ John Kahrs
For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.
~ Paula Radcliffe
Lovers offered only what they offered and nothing more, and what they offered came with provisos: believe what you want and don't look carefully at what isn't acceptable to you.
~ Rachel Kushner
This is the way I want to die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song.
~ Regina Spektor
You have a pre-conceived notion of what you want the scene to be, but once you get there, that goes out the window and it turns out to be a way that you never imagined.
~ Shailene Woodley
Don't invite me if you don't want me.
~ Will Rogers
People respond differently to the same image and put on what they want or hope or feel onto that image.
~ Aaron Korsh
People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.
~ Aasif Mandvi
You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.
~ Adepero Oduye
The bosses can't read your mind, so I think women should tell them what they want out of their careers.
~ Ainsley Earhardt
Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
~ Aisha Tyler