I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.
The U.K. and Europe in general seem to be a lot more patient. The U.S. are expecting 'joke joke joke joke joke joke joke.' They don't actually sit and listen to you.
I think a game hits a high point when it provokes reactions the designer doesn't expect.
If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?
I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.
But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.
Profitability. Growth. Quality. Exceeding customer expectations. These are not examples of values. These are examples of corporate strategies being sold to you as values.
Change can be terrifying, but I've come to expect that God has an even greater adventure awaiting me than the one I leave behind.
Attract what you expect, reflect what you desire, become what you respect, and mirror what you admire.
If a woman were elected president, would our nation expect her husband to be the official White House host?
I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this.
Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.
Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.
You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.
If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
I had to teach myself to let go of the conventional rock way of playing guitar and singing. Some things you wouldn't expect to work, did and some things won't ever work.
Despite (or because of) a free public school system, millions of teenagers enter the work force without marketable skills. So why would anyone expect them to be well paid?
Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work.
