If you’re not just a little bit nervous before a match, you probably don’t have the expectations of yourself that you should have. – Hale Irwin
Just because an employee does things differently doesn’t mean he or she won’t do the job right or as well. If you establish expectations of the goal and the standards to follow, then methodology shouldn’t be an issue. – Harvey Mackay
Coach Morris wasn’t too hard on me, not at all. Being drafted where I was at, there were high expectations for me. I still have high expectations for myself. – Gaines Adams
We don’t use the term ‘big data’ – not on our website, not with customers. Saying it sets up expectations, the wrong expectations. – Gurjeet Singh
A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic; reformism is basically optimistic. – Gough Whitlam
As we got older, we grew comfortable in roles that met our parents’ expectations. Nora was the smart one. Delia, the comedian. I was the pretty, obedient one. And Amy was the adventurous mischief-maker. – Hallie Ephron
When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations… so I’m just trying to meet those. I’m not going to distract myself with other people’s expectations. – Hannah Kent
Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality. – Jacque Fresco
During the 1970s, inflation expectations rose markedly because the Federal Reserve allowed actual inflation to ratchet up persistently in response to economic disruptions – a development that made it more difficult to stabilize both inflation and employment. – Janet Yellen
Anytime we’re interacting with someone, we’re judging them, we’re sharing expectations, we think they didn’t live up to those expectations. – Jonathan Haidt
‘Great Expectations’ was an important novel in my adolescence. It was very much one of those emblematic novels that made me wish I could write like that. It helped that my models as a writer were dead over a hundred years before I began to write. – John Irving
It’s art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that isn’t about progress, and wants to – as Walt Whitman put it – ‘contain multitudes.’ – Jerry Saltz
So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film. Sometimes you’ll have a movie that you’re very proud of, and you think it transcended all of your expectations, but it doesn’t come out at the right time. I have done movies that have never been released. That can be depressing. – Jeff Bridges
I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity. – Joshua Bell
So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to. – Johnny Bench
I’m not interested in meeting people’s expectations, and I’m not interested in pleasing people. – John Frusciante
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. – Juliana Hatfield
To me, Hollywood seems a little bipolar. Things happen; things don’t happen. Someone’s in a movie; someone’s not in a movie. I’ve learned not to build my expectations. – Joel Edgerton
I don’t have any expectations as an actor, and being rich and famous is not my driving force. – James D’arcy
If expectations are low, you can only impress people. But if expectations are there for you to be the leading guy, and you’ve been paid X amount of money, you’re on a tightrope, and all of a sudden, you’re looking down. – James Marsden
There are expectations with sequels, and people want them to be bigger and better than the prequel. – James Wan
I feel like if you don’t put too much expectations and too much high hopes into things, everything will fall into place. – Christina Milian
Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It’s something of your own. So there’s always this fear, because you feel naked. There’s a fear of not reaching up to expectations. – Andrea Bocelli
If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad. – Benedict Cumberbatch
Don’t be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more. – Bruce Oldfield
The hardest thing about starting a company and running a company is, there’s just so many expectations on you, and there are so many people who have things that they want you to do. It’s a lot like life about that. – Ben Horowitz
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. – Aaron Ashmore
When I was younger, I was more self-conscious about living up to or surpassing the expectations of others. But as you get older, you start to build confidence. – Ivanka Trump
