Quotes About Expectation

I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.

I'd like to meet someone. I'm not scouring the streets, but I'll keep an eye out.

If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.

I think, before I had money, I believed that money would solve my problems, that it would give me power and I wouldn't have financial stress anymore, and it would completely change my life. And then, when I had money, it changed a lot of things, but it didn't change the way I felt inside at all.

It's her first grandchild, so she's really, really, really excited. I guess my mom is a little more stressed out than me.

If we don't build a company as influential as Google or Facebook, then we failed. I'm, like, perpetually stressed, honestly.

You never know what's going to happen en route to the airport or station and the last thing you want is to get there just as your train or plane is disappearing into the distance. Get there early, read a book, have a coffee and don't get stressed.

Any time you go through a stretch where you don't hit a homer for a while, it's just natural to start to think about it.

I think that people have a very strict perception of what a pop artist is.

I think with 'Strictly,' people don't want you to do badly. They're willing you to do well.

I've learnt not to expect a lot from supermodels - we've had them on 'Strictly' before and they've been horrendous.

But I'm not looking forward to trying to strike out a lot of guys.

How to strike the right balance between our privacy and our expectation that the state will protect us and facilitate our freedom is one of the most difficult challenges facing us all.

I remember when I was - I must've been 17 or 18 years old - I remember 'The Empire Strikes Back' had a big cliffhanger ending, and it was, like, three years before the next one came out.

Every experience brings something. From one point, it is good because you know what to expect from this kind of opponent - what is her speed, her striking force.

It's rare that you sit down for an episode of 'Psych' and think, 'Oh, that was just okay.' For the most part, we're either really knocking the ball around, or we're striking out and failing miserably, but you don't ever want to be anywhere in between.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married in real life. So both are shocks to me.

I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.

I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.

I always laugh at people who strive to be famous because all you do is get mithered to death by everyone.

I knew my first game at Everton wasn't going to be a stroll around the pitch.

We're very lucky in England: everything's very structured. But in India you have to deal with chaos, and I think that helps dealing with expectation.

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to.