Quotes About Expectation

Lamaze expects the husband, me, to be there, so that I can witness this festivity. I did not want to be there. This was remarkably painful for my wife. There was nothing my presence could really do to relieve her pain. In other words, I didn't see why my evening should be ruined too.

Sometimes you don't get what you wanted so desperately, perhaps because something far better is waiting for you in the future.

TMZ' and 'People' magazine are expected to be fluff, 'Time' is expected to be news. You'd be hard pressed to spot the difference between them now.

I go into every game thinking I'm going to be the hero. I have to, or I wouldn't enjoy it.

Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always.

We came here unarmed." Donegan said cheerfully, and Gracious looked at him. "You're unarmed?" he asked, surprised. "Yes," Donegan said. "Aren't you?" "Well I suppose so. Apart from my gun." Donegan glared at him. "What? Why did you bring a gun? I told you to come unarmed." "I thought you were joking." "Why would I be joking?" "I don't know, I thought that's what made it funny.

Plans are like buses," he said. "Sometimes they just don't turn up when you need one.

Personally, I thin knees should be kept for the eight or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice surprise, you know? ' Oh, my darling, you have knees! I never would have thought!

You know when everyone tells you it's painful? You should really believe them." - Valkyrie "Oh, joy," he muttered. "I can't wait for mine. - Fletcher, about the Surge

Any moment now, China was about to perspire.

Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual.

Be patient and live with the knowledge that all you are searching for is certain to come if you prepare for it and expect it.

In media, there's a distance and an unrealistic expectation of knowledge about a person that's created.

It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning he would be hearing exactly what each of the other guests thought of him.

We won't know for a few years.

That's one of the things of being an actor. You have to push any knowledge of any future, at all, out of your mind. You never know what's going to happen where.

If you can't Change yourself, Don't Hope that other Will.

People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.

After you plant a seed in the ground, you don't dig it up every week to see how it is doing

And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.

Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.

When you depend on another's perceptions to match your expectations, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

Oftentimes, what you wind up learning is very different than what you expect.

I didn't even dream it would be so good. But I would never let my children come close to the thing.