Quotes About Expectation

I don't expect the press to say thank you for the efforts that I make.

The hardest thing to have is success, because it seems to tell people what you are. But it doesn't.

The hardest thing to do in wrestling is that every time you show up, there's just a ring with three ropes, turnbuckles on each side, it's extremely hard to do something to surprise and shock the fans.

The hardest thing about free agency is sometimes you want it right away but you have to wait and see see what happens.

Nobody's ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren't expecting some return on their dough.

But the one thing I'll always know is that people don't know what they want until they get it. They didn't know they wanted a song about taking a horse to the old town road in 2019. But they did.

I was rather disappointed, because the one thing I wanted to gain from that opportunity was to add something to his music, and have him add something to mine.

I think the one thing about me is I'm a fairly demanding guy, and I give a great deal of myself, and I expect that in return.

Expectation builds the one thing you must have when you get to a new stadium when it's built, which is a winning team.

Don't be surprised if you don't connect as a father right away. That's the one thing... No one ever talked to me about it.

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

I set out very calculatedly to become known. The only thing I maybe miscalculated was how easy it would be.

The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.

Old age is the only thing that lives up to its reputation.

The only thing you are guaranteed in football is disappointment.

The only thing I never have unless I'm pregnant is heartburn.

The problem with romantic comedies is you know the ending by the poster. So they're not movies you can keep doing over and over again expect satisfaction somehow.

That's the problem with our industry: patience. People want instant NBA stars, and that's not going to happen.

If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed.

We have to play 'Livin' on a Prayer,' 'Bad Medicine.' We have to play them, and we want to play them, and that's what we're supposed to do. It's like going to see The Beatles and them not playing your favorite song. It's not the right thing to do.

With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.

I remember watching episodes of 'The Sopranos' and being filled with dread knowing what was coming or anticipating what was coming. I don't think that that's always a bad thing. I think sometimes the audience needs a little catharsis held away from them.

In the restaurant business, as opposed to the theater, center orchestra is an 8 P. M. reservation. Orchestra on the side is 7 or 8:30. Mezzanine is 6 and 9. But people don't take it personally when they call the theater and can't get what they want.

I thought I was going to be on Broadway. I thought, 'I'm going to do theater.'