Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeff Bridges

One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to happen, and it's certainly like that making movies; every once in a while, one will come along that transcends all of your expectations.

George Bernard Shaw

Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.

George Bernard Shaw

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.

Gemma Chan

My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic.

You can have all you can expect and accept.

Elon Musk

I started SpaceX with the expectation of failure.

Harrison Ford

I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series.

Hannah More

Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.

Bill Bruford

People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby.

Bill Bradley

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.

H. G. Wells

I see knowledge increasing and human power increasing. I see ever-increasing possibilities before life, And I see no limits set to it at all, Existence impresses me as a perpetual dawn. Our lives, as I apprehend, are great in expectations.

Jazmine Sullivan

After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!"

Bryan Cranston

When everyone has high expectation for you, it can attack your insecurities.

Jared Padalecki

Don't place expectations on someone. Enjoy the time you have together, and let it go where it goes.

Jane Pauley

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

Chris Martin

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.

Henry David Thoreau

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures.

Henry David Thoreau

The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

It would be an incalculable gain to domestic happiness, if people would begin the concert of life with their instruments tuned to a very low pitch: they who receive the most happiness are generally they who demand and expect the least.

Ian Mckellen

The audience's expectations are ever-present.

James D'arcy

I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

James Brown

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

Jakob Nielsen

The more users' expectations prove right, the more they will feel in control of the system and the more they will like it.

Jessica McNamee

I have no expectations. I just want to better myself.

Jeremy Renner

I don't do well with expectation in my life. All I can do is do the best that I can do.

Gilberto Gil

Obama came to power with this element of raising many new hopes and expectations but he's been fought back by the system, becoming almost paralyzed in a way.

Greg Norman

I've always lived to seize the moment, to squeeze every drop of expectation out of myself for whatever that moment gives you.

Howard Schultz

I conduct my life with an expectation that people will do the right thing. Yet even with all my experience, I am still surprised when they do not.

Ivan Illich

In both rich and poor nations consumption is polarized while expectation is equalized.

Iyanla Vanzant

All relationships have the same basic components: people, needs, and expectations.

Elton John

I love people who expect me to wear great, feathery costumes- and I do it. It's like an actor getting into his costume for his part. I don't really feel that part until I'm into whatever I'm going to wear.

J. K. Rowling

So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,'" Hermione was saying, "and then there's A-" "No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I've always thought Fred and I should've got E in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams.

Aaron Ashmore

With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.