Top 1200 Unrealistic Expectations Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

Summit meetings tend to be like panda matings. The expectations are always high, and the results usually disappointing.

I've always said my expectations are higher than what anyone else could put on me.

It is an advantage to be born in Kapoor family and to be known by that name, but it also a burden because there are lots of expectations from you.

I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.

Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics.

I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.

Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

I think all scientists are like detectives. We are most happy when we find something that doesn't fit our expectations.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

It's no secret that the expectations are very high here at Bayern. We are under pressure all the time. But we've often proved we can deal with it.

There has been a fundamental paradigm shift. Today's customer expectations are: If i can imagine it, it simply has to be there; if not, I'll invent it myself'

If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It's that we often create what we anticipate.

Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.

As soon as we ask what faith is and what sort of mistreatment of faith causes doubt, we are led to the first major misconception about doubt-the idea that doubt is always wrong because it is the opposite of faith and the same thing as unbelief. What this error leads to is a view of faith that is unrealistic and a view of doubt that is unfair.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

I think I have started to take life as it comes and quite uninhibitedly, without being repressed by the expectations of the society.

Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down.

Be realistic with your expectations. I'd really like to cuddle a unicorn, but it aint going to happen.

I'm not setting too many expectations for myself. I'm just trying to create opportunities for something interesting.

Confidence is the sweet spot between arrogance and despair-consisting of positive expectations for favorable outcomes.

There is nothing like early promiscuous sex for dispelling life's bright mysterious expectations.

It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

Emerging from embattled and humble beginnings, the Jewish state has exceeded all expectations for its success and prosperity.

When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.

As every past generation has had to disenthrall itself from an inheritance of truisms and stereotypes, so in our own time we must move on from the reassuring repetition of stale phrases to a new, difficult, but essential confrontation with reality. For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie-deliberate, contrived and dishonest-but the myth-persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Mythology distracts us everywhere.

A very real barrier to faith is this feeling of self-sufficiency, this unrealistic idea that one can accomplish everything by his or her own self. Some people have the conviction they must do it all alone. They have no faith in others. . . they are convinced that there is no one able to do the job as well as themselves. They refuse to admit that they may need the help of friends, doctor, minister, or even God.

I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of.

...an imagined town is at least as real as an actual town. If it isn't, you may be in the wrong business. Our words come from obsessions we must submit to, whatever the social cost. It can be hard. It can be worse forty years from now if you feel you could have done it and didn't. It is narcissistic, vain, egotistical, unrealistic, selfish, and hateful to assume emotional ownership of a town or a word. It is also essential.

I've said it lots of times before, I play for myself, so I'm not worried about other people's expectations.

I read THE WICKED + THE DIVINE last night, and no matter how high your expectations are for it, its better.

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

I think it's good to sort of push people's expectations a little bit. I've always been doing that.

If you are serious about being a professional chess player, do know what your parents think and what their expectations are from you.

GREAT SECRET Whenever I’m learning something difficult, I keep expectations low, and aspirations high.

Contrary to general expectations, caste, regionalism, criminalisation, and parochial interests continue to sway the nation.

I suppose expectations are strange and I shy away from them. And the whole point of being an actor is to connect.

I'm going to rely upon the advice of affordable housing experts to make sure we meet the public's expectations.

Have no judgments about your life, no expectations, and give up the need to know what happens tomorrow.

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.

Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed.

Just getting to the NFC Championship isn't good enough. Winning the Super Bowl is what the expectations are.

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

It doesn't matter what you're hitting - if you're not living up to your own expectations, then it's hard to have fun.

One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low.

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

My family had a lot of characteristics - achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations - that all seemed to be recessive in me.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.

We want to play a great a role as possible in making sure this country lives up to the expectations.

There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations.

The sitcom's traditional role has been to comfort the viewer who feels burdened by the unreality of American expectations.

When you set these high expectations and goals, and they are demolished so early in the season, that has an effect on the psyche. It wears you down.

Don't get caught up in other people's expectations. Don't take anything for granted, either.

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations.

Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.

There are happy stories out there, but I think some of them may raise false expectations for teens.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.