Expectations Quotes

"Don't count your chickens before they are hatched" "Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women a little bit of support and a little bit of freedom." "You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing" "Comparisons are easily done once you’ve had a taste of perfection" "I think that I am actually more demanding of a director than any of the actors that I work with. I am a nightmare for directors because I have very strange visions of what I want." "We are closest to people when we promise them something that can never be delivered" "There are moments when reality exceeds my wildest dreams. Usually, it is followed by extreme regret." "People do not get what they want or feel unhappy if they do get it" "The only thing we can depend on from life is that it will surprise us." "Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations" "We tend to live up to our expectations" "I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man" "For it is my opinion that we generally get only as much as we have coming to us." "You can't just take something, put it in a different context and expect it to be funny" "Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be " "I think audiences expect something a little different from movies than they do from other art forms" "Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised" "The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them" "I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize." "One thing they never tell you about child-raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is."