When you start hanging out with Jennifer Lopez and Bill Clinton, you can't expect to remain an everyday person.
She had not expected, out in the world, to find herself quite so much the wrong sort of person.
The difference between an Employer and an Employee is that as payday approaches, the Employee is full of hope and expectation while the Employer is full of fear and trepidation
You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.
People can expect to see a lot of me - I'm not too proud to stand on corners and hold my campaign signs.
I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.
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.
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show...let me do it now.
