Quotes about expectations
expectations trying kind
And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation. Kathy Acker
expectations atmosphere revolution
Revolution always unfolds inside an atmosphere of rising expectations. June Jordan
expectations helping form
The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves. Wes Moore
expectations environment our-environment
We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations.
expectations stills
You are still guided by your expectations. Zhuangzi
expectations novelty jest
The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another. Samuel Johnson
expectations gold scarcity
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap as it becomes vulgar, and will no longer raise expectation or animate enterprise.
expectations dollars portfolios
There is one thing of which I can assure you. If good performance of the fund is even a minor objective, any portfolio encompassing one hundred stocks (whether the manager is handling one thousand dollars or one billion dollars) is not being operated logically. The addition of the one hundredth stock simply can't reduce the potential variance in portfolio performance sufficiently to compensate for the negative effect its inclusion has on the overall portfolio expectation. Warren Buffett
expectations results term
Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis.
expectations secret lows
The secret to happiness is having low expectations.
expectations way diplomats
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. Wentworth Miller
expectations way resistance
The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance. William Tecumseh Sherman
expectations choices certain
Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true. William Ralph Inge
expectations trying half
What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do. William J. H. Boetcker
expectations feelings nervous
I'm excited, happy, nervous, anxious, all those feelings about playing for the Jets again. If I didn't have high expectations, I wouldn't come back here. Vinny Testaverde
expectations atmosphere gallery
In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere. Will Cotton
expectations joy risk
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing. William Congreve
expectations joy wish
Would any thing but a madman complain of uncertainty? Uncertainty and expectation are joys of life; security is an insipid thing; and the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
expectations joy
False expectations take away joy. Sandra Bullock
expectations trying wake-up
I really try to wake up with my music the same as I do with my life, and that is with no expectations. I just feel what I feel that day and follow it. Robin Thicke
expectations people want
I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy. Yvette Nicole Brown
expectations scary buckets
We weren't allowing our hopes to become expectations. Expectations are tempting, pleasant, maybe necessary. They are scary too, once you have had some experience. They are not necessarily and not always a bucket of smoke, but they can be and are even likely to be. Wendell Berry
expectations important details
If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters. Yamamoto Tsunetomo
expectations judging
Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations. Wolfgang Puck
expectations judgement guilt
Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value. William P. Young
expectations persons
Never marry with the expectation of changing a person. William Makepeace Thackeray
expectations stupidity focus
Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure stupidity - or, rather, inattention, misinformation about fundamentals, and an exaggerated focus on currently circulating stories. Robert J. Shiller
expectations taste ashes
[Michael Hastings] has composed a dirge to incompatibility, which, because it raises expectations only to defeat them, leaves a taste of exhumed ashes. Richard Corliss
expectations next doe
To be honest, I didn't have any expectations. I really didn't know what to expect. What I was most nervous about was the repetition of doing it over and over and over again. Does that get stale? How do you keep it fresh? Then I realized it's always new because you get to keep playing the next moment. Taissa Farmiga
expectations secret age
These are the pieces of my youth, the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations that defined my coming of age. Tablo
expectations feminism classic
If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed. Sylvia Plath
expectations people accountability
People now, especially with the Internet, are connected. They have an expectation of behaviour, of accountability, avoiding conflict and fair and just competition. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
expectations ends
Peace begins When expectation ends. Sri Chinmoy