#expectation

Marriage is a wonderful invention; but then again so is a bicycle repair kit. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#happiness #marriage #marriage

If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under an illusion about women: they do not read them in a true light: they misapprehend them, both for good and evil: their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#double-standards #empowerment #expectations #false-belief #feminism

You can't base your life on other people's expectations. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#expectations #life #other #people #you

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

— Bill Bradley

#against #elicit #expectations #held #make

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

— James Brown

#expectations #i #myself #other #people

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#idealize #live #never #others #up

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly. ↗

— Joan Chen

#being #between #came #difference #expectation

I think the President himself is a remarkably intelligent, decent, ethical man. I think he did very well, but I think the job builds up over expectations which all candidates contribute to including this President that simply cannot be fulfilled. ↗

— Lloyd Cutler

#candidates #cannot #contribute #decent #did

Hoover was incredibly ambitious as a young man. He was highly motivated to succeed in Washington, primarily due to his mother's expectations of him. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#due #expectations #highly #him #his

I had very low expectations. Honestly, I think I had 11 rounds of golf the entire year in before this tournament, and I had hit balls maybe four or five times. ↗

— Trent Dilfer

#before #entire #expectations #five #four