I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.
We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.
Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.
I didn't expect 'Scott Pilgrim' to be successful. I just made this weird comic to entertain my friends.
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.
I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises.
You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.
Til 1983, I wrote primarily for other psychologists and expected that they would be the principal audience for my book.
I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date.
Never expect appreciation for your hard work. Just continue, it will take you to the top.
I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.
Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics.
People always expect you to be jumping out of a Rolls Royce and being in the papers for drunk and disorderly or sleeping around.
I don't want anyone to expect anything from any of my films; I just want them to see it and then tell me what they think.
Aggressive, tough and defiant may describe me, but that leaves the impression I'm mean and I'm not. People expect me to have fangs.
Sometimes the character will go into a completely different direction than I expected once the cameras start rolling. That's what I love about what I do.
I think I'm a writer, and it's my job. People in other professions are expected to do their jobs all the time. Why shouldn't I?
Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time.
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected.
