#expectation

And they know I didn't hold expectations for them like I do for myself. But I also tell them I'm not going to lower the expectations I do have for them because we're playing Division II. ↗

— Cat Osterman

#because #division #expectations #going #hold

It's a reality that in this business there's an expectation of being thin. But having a baby is a reality too, and it's more important for me to make milk than to fit into those tiny pants. So that's just going to have to wait. ↗

— Emily Procter

#being #business #expectation #fit #going

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#attachment #done #end #expectation #fear

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations. ↗

— Paul Rand

#expectations #goal #good #good idea #idea

The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it. ↗

— Thomas J. Sargent

#equilibrium #expectations #first #function #likelihood

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#distinction #expectation #hope #must #rediscover

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to himself in the expectation. ↗

— Robert South

#expectation #finds #greatest #half #himself

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

#confuse #expectations #find #i #make

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#art #avoided #change #expectations #fresh

I believe we must do things in our lives for the right reasons, because we enjoy doing them, with no expectation of getting something back in return. Otherwise, we are constantly being disappointed." She moved her turquoise bracelet back and forth on her wrist. "So I had two sons, John and Richard, because I wanted to, not because I thought they would rescue me in old age. I got out of all social organizations and clubs in my fifties so I could spend time with my grandchildren, not because they would give something back to Jack and me later on, but because that was what I wanted to do--and I have loved doing it. Believe me, these have been selfish decisions. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#life-decisions #age