Quotes About Expectation

I sigh. I wonder if practicing in my head counts. I can easily picture myself doing a perfect routine. Somehow it comes out differently once gravity gets involved.

FIFTEEN MINUTES later

I don't expect to meet the man of my dream today, but if I do, then I guess if he's really the man of my dreams he won't reject me when he sees the pudge around my knees.

Women like us have to learn to give to those who appreciate it instead of to those who expect it.

I'm not going to throw my imagination away. I refuse to lie down to expectation.

She waited for one of them to say something that might facilitate a more in-depth conversation, something that might bridge the distance between them; but neither man spoke.

Their conscious selves expected diminishing returns. The average estimate of new endings was about five, which was fewer than they had produced in the initial four minutes. They were then given an additional four minutes to work. The actual number of new endings they generated was 20 percent higher than they estimated. They didn't give persistence enough credit.

You can't have a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant

Today is a gift and tomorrow is a surprise.

Wanting the result of others is the same as asking the seed to bear fruit.

The audience has been lined up for over an hour already, and I know from experience that an audience's willingness to enjoy your show is inversely proportional to the amount of time you keep them waiting past the time on the ticket, which is, in this case, 8 p.m.

Remember what it was like on Christmas when you woke up before your parents, and had to sit there until they were ready, knowing that just a few rooms away there was something awesome waiting for you? For the next thirty minutes, I felt that way, while I waited for them to call me back up to the set.

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.

We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.

He who seeks water from an empty vessel may choke on its dust. (No Other Gods. pg. 223)

Onlarca y?l daha iyi bir ya?am için haz?rlanm??t?m" dedim "ama bu asla gerçekle?medi. ?nsan?n kendi felaketiyle ili?kisinin onu beklemekten ibaret oldu?unu kavray?ncaya kadar uzun süre duygusal ve melankolik bir halde yak?n?p durdum

Analysis of thousands of sequences of shots led to a disappointing conclusion: there is no such thing as a hot hand in professional basketball, either in shooting from the field or scoring from the foul line.

people expect to have stronger emotional reactions (including regret) to an outcome that is produced by action than to the same outcome when it is produced by inaction.

Capacidade para surpresa é um aspecto essencial de nossa vida mental, e a própria surpresa é o indicativo mais sensível de como compreendemos nosso mundo e o que esperamos dele.

When the handsome and confident speaker bounds onto the stage, for example, you can anticipate that the audience will judge his comments more favorably than he deserves. The availability of a diagnostic label for this bias—the halo effect—makes it easier to anticipate, recognize, and understand.

In simple words, prospect theory cannot deal with disappointment.

people expect to have stronger emotional reactions (including regret) to an outcome that is produced by action than to the same outcome when it is produced by inaction. This

If an event had actually occurred, people exaggerated the probability that they had assigned to it earlier.

An unbiased appreciation of uncertainty is a cornerstone of rationality—but it is not what people and organizations want.