Quotes About Expectation

I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good.

I think that I am misunderstood because people perceive me to be a certain way because I am generational. They expect me to be entitled and expect me to have things early on. I think people misconstrued that honestly.

There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.

A lot of what you get done in the NFL is by perception. They perceive you as really talented, and they worry about you. You've got to come out of the locker room with something.

Everybody wants to be perfect.

I've always wanted a perfect life.

You never know what is going on in someone's head when they you think they are leading the perfect life.

That's what I expect from the players - perfection.

With Dr. Dre, he's a perfectionist. A lot of people ask why 'Detox' is taking so long. It's because Dre is somebody that is trying to top what he's done. Will he do it? I don't know if he ever will, but I respect that he's trying to do so. You have to wait for a masterpiece.

I'm a perfectionist and want things to be done now.

To be perfectly honest with you, I think that The Darkness is a joke, and that's, unfortunately, exactly what the world wants.

I'd like to get up and instantly have perfectly blow-dried hair.

I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for a Grammy. I didn't know that we would have to perform on the MTV Awards show.

I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to perform their best whenever they are at work.

When you think about a drill sergeant, a drill sergeant expects you to perform your best, and if you don't, they're going to stay on you until you do.

The odd thing about 'Cripple of Inishmaan' is it's never actually been performed on the island.

When Andy Kaufman performed, he was not just trying to be funny. He was playing with the notion of what it means to try to be funny, of what it means to be an audience expecting somebody to be funny. He was doing a dance and playing a game.

The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.

The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me.

I'm one of the most popular cabaret performers, and I don't sing a note. And nobody expects me to sing.

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British.

Today, campaigning isn't an 'interruption' but a permanent condition. Indeed, if you are a successful campaigner, it's expected you'll be a successful president.

I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.

When we started 'Perry Mason,' we thought it might go a year.