If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.
It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure.
My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.
We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.
One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
If all of us would require the same level of performance from ourselves as we expect from government, this city will forever be the city that works.
We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected.
If I ever married, I know I would dread the daily sound of the key in the door and the casual expectancy of 'Hello! I'm home!'
I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that.
You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can't expect years and years of it.
Part of my humor is the fact that I love coming out of left field. I don't want people to expect what is going to happen next.
Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president.
There is no reason we should expect young children to enter the nocturnal darkness of sleep and dreams without help.
I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh!
What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others.
All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.
