Top 1200 Unrealistic Expectations Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

I feel Arjun is one of the central characters of 'Mahabharata' and people have lots of expectations from me when I started working on the show.

Nothing shatters the relationship between you and your boss like you failing to meet expectations, deadlines, and goals.

After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.

When 'Ye Maaya Chesaave' released, there were no expectations. With '100% Love,' I felt, 'Oh my God, it has to work.'

The rules of grammar exist in large part to permit readers and writers to operate from a shared set of expectations.

Maybe we were being a bit unrealistic, but we had this hope that if we could just get into the Ivy League, everything would be set. We dreamed of Gothic libraries and leafy green quads and romantic dorms with fireplaces and guys who were not only cute but also smart and charming, and, quite possibly, British. In college, we believed, we’d finally find our people.

I think it's always nice to have a film where the underdog comes out on top, doing their best, and surpasses everybody's expectations.

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

Psychoanalysis is essentially a theory of unconscious strivings, of resistance, of falsification of reality according to one's subjective needs and expectations.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

As women, we're busy. We're under stress and under pressure, and the expectations are so high for us, so the first thing to go is self-care.

It would be foolish, in forming our expectations, to attach great weight to matters which are very uncertain.

I like showing people I can do something they wouldn't have pegged me as being able to do. I've always wanted to defy expectations.

I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.

The way we make money as a group is that we don't pay a lot for anything, and most of the stocks we buy have low expectations.

You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.

Never raise expectations in others that you cannot realize: promise is less pleasing than disappointment is vexatious.

I was rejected, never given any expectations. ... Then at least, I won't be a burden to others. It's alright if the only one who hurts is me...!

It seems we always exceed even our own expectations-after a lot of hard work, though!

When you're the lead and on most of the call sheets, some people have expectations of you and whether you like it or not, you kind of set the tone.

Today's generation has tremendous pressure to perform well at work. And if one can't match up to expectations then it can lead to depression.

My belief is that a positive culture works best because people want to meet or exceed expectations, not demands.

The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get.

Everyone should see 'A Nightmare Before Christmas,' hear 'London Calling,' and read 'Great Expectations.'

The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.

When we interact with others from a place of compassion without expectations, things are set up to go pretty smoothly.

When leaders behave consistently with the expectations of customers, they are doing things inside their organization that deliver value outside.

If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.

As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right.

Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.

I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.

It is very important I live up to my own expectations as far as popularity and knowing that I left my mark on the sport.

I decided that I would defy expectations, be it those put on me by society, race, socioeconomic status, or my father.

We all have expectations but sometimes the greatest thing is to be surprised with what happens and to find out that it is quite different from the way you imagined it.

It is ridiculous to believe that Greece might be taking in one million migrants, registering them, then giving refuge to those who have a right to asylum and sending everyone back that does not. Greece is not doing that. We can blame the Greeks for that, but at the same time we should change the Dublin Regulation. When we insist on this unrealistic procedure, it means nothing more than that we are defending Dublin while renouncing Schengen.

Crackpot is an excellent job because the expectations are so low. No one ever tells crackpots that they should be doing more.

If anyone should have a reason to not be afraid, to move beyond the expectations of culture, that is kind of the whole message of Christianity.

We do not view 2005 to be a clean operating year, and the positives of beating expectations are offset by guidance moving around.

Parents are much more likely to be attuned to what they don't like than they are to the expectations that the kid is having difficulty meeting.

Emery cut in impatiantly, "For crying out loud. Who do you think you are, Nancy Drew?" Hey," I snapped, because no one sniped at my sister but me, and Mark echoed with a stern "Chill, dude." Phin was unperturbed. "Those books were highly unrealistic. Do you have any idea how much brain damage a person would have if she were hit on the head and drugged with chloroform that often?

I'm so glad I got an opportunity to meet Shawn Michaels, because he didn't let any of my expectations down. He's the coolest guy ever.

I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the Democratic Party that think that the immigration issue is more valuable to them unsolved. That it gives them something to talk about, that they can go back to Hispanic communities and make unrealistic promises every two years and win votes.

When we're young, we like happy endings. When we're a little older, we think happy endings are unrealistic and so we prefer bad but credible endings. When we're older still, we realize happy endings aren't so bad after all.

In the political, the social, the economic, even the cultural sphere, the revolutions of our time have been revolutions "against" rather than revolutions "for"... On the whole throughout this period the man--or party--that stood for doing the positive has usually cut a pathetic figure; well meaning but ineffectual, civilized but unrealistic, he was suspect alike to [by both] the ultras of destruction and the ultras of preservation and restoration.

It is a common observation that those who dwell continually upon their expectations are apt to become oblivious to the requirements of their actual situation.

I always try to design fashion that is interesting and innovative, and I like to break traditions and challenge people's expectations.

You can't fulfill all the expectations of everyone you know, so you might as well go ahead & disappoint them & get it over with.

In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

When people have expectations, you're going to make a lot of them upset - when in fact I'm not trying to represent anybody but myself.

Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce.

Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.

I like to think I have shown I am ready to live up to the expectations of being Everton's number nine.

The easiest way to maintain happiness is to lower your expectations of other people and raise them of yourself!

The reason for certain shows not doing well or as per expectations is that they were not aired on not so popular channels.

I think that every manager who starts work with a team has the best expectations and is giving all he's got to improve immediately.

I was so well loved by my mother that if people have any expectations of me I really don't notice because I'm hardest on myself.

My expectations are not in any future event. I would rather just be prepared for whatever might take place.

The imagination, backed by great expectations, can bring about almost any reality within the range of probalities.