A Quote by Celeste Ng

Narratively speaking, innocent misunderstandings are disappointing. Arbitrary events are also disappointing. The stories that really grab our attention involve not accidents but people doing things on purpose - to get things they desperately want.

Celeste Ng

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Celeste Ng
American - Novelist
Born: 1980

The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either.

K. Flay

When it comes to celebrities and tabloids, to me that is a bummer. That's a little disappointing. And it is amazing how things really get made. I always used to think that where there is smoke there is fire, and now I see stories pop up out of nowhere with no basis in reality.

Jon Favreau

You know I hate disappointing even one person, and I really hate disappointing everyone but I love burlington coat factory

Michael Scott

unlike a disappointing marriage, disappointing motherhood cannot be terminated by divorce.

Betty Rollin

marriage is when a man stops disappointing many women and focuses on disappointing one!

Eric Jerome Dickey

A number of people have read 'Two-Way Split' and made certain assumptions about what the author's like, and I'm highly disappointing to them. I don't drink, I don't eat meat; that's very disappointing for a hard-boiled writer.

Allan Guthrie

Standup is a place where, as long as it's funny enough, you can say your most embarrassing things, shameful things and disappointing things.

Sara Pascoe

There are things that are really disappointing about being an actress in Hollywood that surprise me all the time.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

We are all good at things - a varied assortment of things - and we all desperately need to find out what those things are for our self-esteem. If there is anything young people need, it is confidence and an identity and a purpose.

Renee Elise Goldsberry

That's actually one of the most disappointing things about doing user interviews and user feedback, which is why I think... people don't do it. You're going to get negative news about your favorite pet feature most of the time.

Emmett Shear

The increase in accidents is disappointing. But the decrease in total fatalities is a hopeful sign.

Mark Rosenker

I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it's disappointing.

Marilyn Monroe

I also feel like the kinds of jobs I want right now - I consider them aspirational. I want to raise the bar for myself, and I am in this interesting spot where I do get offered a lot of things, but frankly, the majority of the things I get offered I'm not really interested in doing. I want to do the things that I have to fight for.

Zachary Quinto

When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic.

Reba McEntire

We start off with high hopes, then we bottle it. We realise that we’re all going to die, without really finding out the big answers. We develop all those long-winded ideas which just interpret the reality of our lives in different ways, without really extending our body of worthwhile knowledge, about the big things, the real things. Basically, we live a short disappointing life; and then we die. We fill up our lives with shite, things like careers and relationships to delude ourselves that it isn’t all totally pointless.

Irvine Welsh

Its just as disappointing as it was thrilling to win the Masters. To come very close, to play so hard for 72 holes and play better than everybody but one guy is disappointing.

Phil Mickelson

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