“There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the whole of 'Great Expectations,' even among the minor characters.” HardWholeCharacterLiteratureCenturyExpectationsMinors19th CenturyOrphanShortageParentalGreat ExpectationsWidows And OrphansMinor Characters Author:David Nicholls
“The absence of utopianism in the Constitution, law, and traditional political culture has been ... important in limiting expectations concerning what can be achieved by politics. The history of the last two centuries confirms what the framers of the Constitution understood: that the perfect is the enemy of the good, and the search for unalloyed virtue in public life leads to unalloyed terror.” Has BeensTwoImportantLastsLawPoliticalCulturePerfectEnemyVirtueCenturyExpectationsUnderstoodConstitutionTerrorAbsenceTraditionalPublic LifeFramersPolitical Culture Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick
“If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything. Children are going to suffer and families' hearts are going to be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st Century.” IfsWorldWayHeartChildrenKidsTodayAbleJobsSufferingCan DoCenturyThis WorldBrokenExpectations21st CenturyDumbing Down Author:Jeb Bush
“I'm an enormous product of my century, I'm a product of my upbringing. I was not aware of the fact that I was entering marriage with the highest set of expectations that humans have ever brought to the institution. It was really good to find that out. It doesn't have to be the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, the moon and the stars - it can just be the moon. It's enough that it just can be what it is.” HumansEndsEnoughFactsStarsCenturyProductsMoonHighestExpectationsInstitutionsEnormousEnteringUpbringingAlphas Author:Elizabeth Gilbert