“A lot of producers always say "what direction are you going in?" and I don't know. I'm just doing music. Right now it's going well. It's a little slow, but it's expected because I haven't been in the studio for a minute.” KnowsWellsLittlesMinutesHavensRight NowStudiosExpectedProducers Author:Ginuwine
“Every sensible banker understands that Greece should not have received any more money: a bankrupt state that can never be expected to repay loans is not a good debtor.” ShouldStatesExpectedSensibleMore MoneyLoanGreeceBankersDebtors Author:Yanis Varoufakis
“I have begun to regard everything as more of a process so that the sense of right and wrong diminishes in my psyche. That's been healthy for me and makes everything so much more fun. If something does not quite work out as expected or planned, I simply look for what did work, what I learned from the situation, and really try to keep it moving forward.” IfsTryingLooksDoeMovingFunProcessSituationHealthyRegardWork OutExpectedMoving ForwardDiminishKeep It Moving Author:Erica Tazel
“I think one of my biggest lessons so far in life is that hard work really does pay off. It may not culminate in the way you expected it to, but I have found that when I really put my head down and apply myself, I often get a good result.” ThinkingWayMayDoeHardLife IsFoundResultsPayHard WorkLessonsDown AndExpected Author:Amanda Schull
“There was a time when only men could provide or work, and still a lot of countries are like that. But there's a price to be paid for that when you're expected to be the full-time caretaker and you're expected to be the full-time breadwinner.” MenStillsCountryPaidExpectedCaretakersBreadwinner Author:Patricia Arquette
“It was so incredible to be able to get the opportunity to make my own first album. I never expected to do that.” FirstsAbleOpportunityMy OwnIncrediblesAlbumsExpected Author:Corbin Bleu
“We're accepted as long as we conform to what we are expected to be, and I'm sure that's not any different for anyone else.” LongDifferentExpectedAcceptedConform Author:Junot Diaz
“We went on the opening weekend [of Star Wars], a group of us went out and just popped into a couple theaters just to see people in the theater watching the movie, and it was incredibly gratifying just to see the thing out there being watched by people. And the reaction was more than we could've expected.” PeopleWarStarsGroupsCoupleTheaterExpectedReactionsOpeningWeekend Author:J. J. Abrams
“I think the important thing to remember about the Japanese internment is the situation. We had been attacked. Maybe Roosevelt expected it - I rather think he did. I don't think he expected an attack on Pearl Harbor. I think he expected an attack on Southeast Asia. But we were attacked at Pearl Harbor” ThinkingImportantRememberSituationImportant ThingsExpectedPearlsAsiaHarborsSoutheast AsiaInternmentPearl Harbor Attack Author:William A. Rusher
“Japan is formally apologizing and admitting the state was responsible for the system of comfort stations or brothels for soldiers in which mostly teenage girls were expected to service 60 to 70 men a day. That is from a U.N. report.” MenStatesGirlComfortResponsibleSoldierExpectedReportsJapanStationsApologizingTeenageAdmittingTeenage GirlBrothels Author:Elise Hu
“What I do believe happens in a lot of these cases is that we somehow want to place blame on the victim for their behavior or that they brought it upon themself. As law enforcement official, you are held to a higher standard. You are expected to execute your job in that regard.” WantBelieveHappensJobsLawCasesHigherBehaviorStandardsRegardVictimBlameExpectedOfficialsLaw EnforcementEnforcementHigher Standards Author:Sharon Cooper
“Back then, you seemed like a crazy person when you were trying to push the boundaries of network TV. People looked at you, and they were offended by the fact that you didn't follow the generic rules of what was expected on network TV.” PeopleTryingPersonsFactsCrazyTvsExpectedBoundariesOffendedGenericCrazy Person Author:Judd Apatow
“Ted Cruz has struggled, and Donald Trump, of course, has been the big winner the last two outings. And the polling that we have, some of it is a week old. In fact, I think that's the latest poll suggests that he has a strong lead here. And therefore should be expected to win.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensTwoFactsBigsLastsCoursesWinningStrongWeekTrumpExpectedWinnerPollsCruzPolling Author:Brit Hume
“Many of our students want to do what they have done and that has made them successful thus far in their lives: play by the rules, and do what is expected. But as much social science research and writing by Malcolm Gladwell, among others, make clear, the rules are mostly created by those already in power so obtaining power often entails standing out and breaking rules and social conventions.” WantWritingMadeDonePlaySocialSuccessfulClearStudentsResearchStandingExpectedConventionsStanding OutObtainingSocial ScienceBreaking RulesScience ResearchResearch And Writing Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“Aussie culture is pretty relaxed in general, but at the same time people know how to work really hard to go above and beyond what's expected of them.” PeopleKnowsHardCultureKnow HowExpectedRelaxedAbove And BeyondAussies Author:Keiynan Lonsdale
“Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.” ArtPhilosophyWatchesHistoryWorstExpectedEnglish LanguageDictionaryLexicographer Author:Samuel Johnson
“I never expected my graduate degrees to give me all the practical how-to's that can perhaps only be learned through the school of hard knocks.” GivingHardSchoolDegreesGive MeExpectedPracticalsGraduatesSchool Of Hard Knocks Author:David Livermore
“I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.” MenKindFoundExpected Author:Samuel Johnson
“Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.” GivingOpportunityGiving UpToughScaryExpectedRetirementRetiringGymnasticsGreat OpportunityFunny Retirement Author:Shawn Johnson
“I try my very hardest to remember that I don't have to be anything but Evangeline. That's all that's expected of me. And if I try to be more or less, I will fall flat on my face. So if I just continue to hold my head high and keep myself in check, I'm being who I was born to be.” IfsTryingRememberFacesFallBornExpectedChecksHardestFlats Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I know that it's very dispiriting for people in their twenties, who expected to graduate from college, get their own apartments, get a job, and move forward with their lives, and in fact are still now living with Mom and Dad, which is challenging for all involved.” PeopleKnowsStillsFactsJobsMovingChallengesCollegeMomDadInvolvedTwentiesExpectedMoving ForwardGraduatesApartmentMom And Dad Author:Anna Quindlen
“The thing that was much harder than I expected was figuring out what to do with 20 tons of books. That led to a lot of trying to move freight with a pallet jack - literally trying to shove a one-ton cube of books into a tiny space.” TryingBookMovingSpaceHarderExpectedTinyCubesPallets Author:Ian Christe
“People have taught me what most doctors don't learn, in other words, when somebody does better than expected, the doctor will tell them they're doing very well and to keep it up. I learned to say, "You didn't die when you were supposed to so what's going on?", and they always had a story to tell me.” PeopleWellsDoeStoriesDiesTaughtDoctorsExpected Author:Bernie Siegel
“I've said before: If Osama bin Laden was a Christian, Iraq was the Christmas present he always wanted but never expected his parents to give. It validated for the Muslim world virtually all of bin Laden's rhetoric. He had always said the Americans will destroy any strong Muslim regime, and we did.” IfsWorldGivingSaidWantedChristianStrongParentIraqExpectedRegimesRhetoricBin LadenOsama Bin LadenMuslim WorldChristmas Present Author:Michael Scheuer
“After 2001, everyone in the Soulquarians blew up, which wasn't expected. We all got the success, and then everybody froze.” Expected Author:Questlove
“I came from a white middle class neighborhood. Was I expected to go back there and teach the woman next door about Renaissance sonnets? The embarrassing truth of the matter was that I was being chosen because Yale University had some peculiar idea about what my skin color or ethnicity signified.” IdeasMatterNextWhiteClassTeachDoorsMiddleColorSkinsUniversityExpectedChosenMiddle ClassNeighborhoodPeculiarEmbarrassingSonnetRenaissanceEthnicityYaleSkin ColorYale University Author:Richard Rodriguez
“Music is much more of a multimedia sort of thing than I expected.” Music IsExpectedMultimedia Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“Some things go better than you expected, other things go worse, so I'm... I think the only sensible thing is just to wait and see and what I'm doing when I'm writing books - I'm not doing science so much anymore.” ThinkingWritingBookWaitingExpectedSensibleWriting A BookBetter Than You Author:Freeman Dyson
“If I'm expected to keep your messages, and everybody else's, then there should be a law that says, you need to keep all of these.” IfsNeedsShouldLawMessagesExpected Author:Tim Cook
“The NBA has more than 435 players and there are at least 100-some players doing more than expected. Shaq is doing a lot. Dwight Howard, [Manu] Ginobli. Dirk [Nowitzki] is doing a lot, and not just in Europe; he's reaching out to Africa and all other places.” PlayerEuropeExpectedReachingNbaReach OutDwightShaq Author:Dikembe Mutombo
“Marketing to girls constantly presents a hypersexualized idea of girls; they're expected to appear sexy but be cut off from their sexuality.” IdeasGirlCuttingMarketingSexySexualityExpected Author:Peggy Orenstein
“Risk managers and investment bankers and actually, all kinds of investors took on more risk than they expected. So there was a failure of risk management. There was a failure to recognize how much risk there was in some of these securities that people bought.” PeopleKindRiskSecurityManagementInvestmentExpectedAll KindsManagersInvestorsBankersRisk Management Author:Robert F. Engle
“Veganism is simply letting compassion guide our choice of food. As such, it is a basic Buddhist practice that ought to be expected of everyone who takes refuge vows.” ChoicesCompassionPracticeOughtGuidesExpectedBuddhistRefugeVowVeganismOur Choices Author:Norm Phelps
“There have been so many times where I thought I put on enough sunscreen but actually didn't. As a result, I'd get unbelievable tan lines. Of course in Florida it was expected, but now looking back at pictures, I think I spent an entire summer at the beach with my friends looking like a tomato. A bright shade of red.” ThinkingHas BeensEnoughCoursesLinesResultsSummerMy FriendsRedExpectedBeachShadeLooking BackFloridaUnbelievableTomatoesSunscreen Author:Brittany Snow
“You never want to be forced to do something. But the world around you starts to influence you in ways you never expected.” WorldWayWantInfluenceExpected Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“People who look at art don't really - don't go with the artist. They don't sort of accept what he or she has done and kind of go with it. There are always - either there's too much color or not enough color, either it's not conceptual enough or it's too conceptual. In other words, most criticism isn't what the viewer expected that it would do based on what they think you have done and that's good as far as I'm concerned.” PeopleThinkingLooksKindArtDoneEnoughArtistAcceptingToo MuchColorConcernedCriticismExpectedViewers Author:Robert Barry
“Initially the papers said that the fact that Louis Brandeis was picked because he was Jewish. The New York Sun said he's the first Jew ever picked for the bench - a long and bitter fight expected in the Senate over confirmation.” FirstsLongSaidFactsFightingSunNew YorkPaperJewExpectedBitterSenatePapersBenchesConfirmationLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's expected, and sometimes you go against type because you think that'll really bring something different to the movie.” PeopleThinkingBelieveImportantDifferentSometimesI BelieveRolesTypeFindingsExpected Author:Renny Harlin
“Russian people, like their Chinese comrades, are well aware of what is going on. And there are tens of millions of their martyrs who are reminding them what is to be expected from the West.” PeopleWellsMillionsWestExpectedChineseMartyrRemindingComrade Author:Andre Vltchek
“I do not believe Federal Government fear me at all, they know the truth. They know I am not a dangerous person, they hold me as a hostage to discourage other people from possibly standing up to their valued system. In their minds, right or wrong the public is expected to lay down for them. You see examples of this, at the Ruby Ridge massacre and the Waco massacre, where they killed all those children and group members.” PeopleKnowsMindBelieveChildrenPersonsGovernmentGroupsDangerousExampleMembersStandingLaysExpectedFederal GovernmentDiscouragingHostageMassacresHold MeRubiesRidgesFear Me Author:Leonard Peltier
“Not that I ever felt the necessity of proving that all human beings suffer the same way, feel joy the same way, but it happened on my way - when I get close to these people, just by the simple intervention of translation I can actually reach them and ask them something, and their reaction is as I expected. I see that the relationship goes so smoothly, and I realize that cultural languages and specificities are nothing but simple obstacles that you can easily overcome. It's obvious that human beings are the same wherever they are.” PeopleWayFeelsHumansI CanJoySufferingAsksLanguageFeltRealizingHuman BeingsSimpleHappenedProveOvercomingObviousObstaclesExpectedReactionsMy WayInterventionTranslationsSpecificity Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Our faith is what inspires us to reach out and volunteer to help others. As a child my parents taught me the biblical charge, "To whom much is given, much is expected," and faith guides me that way. And I believe, especially in this day and age, it's vital that we provide our children with a foundation from which to build their lives - one that gives them a sense of purpose.” WayGivingBelieveChildrenHelpingAgePurposeGivenI BelieveParentInspireTaughtOur ChildrenFoundationGuidesExpectedHelping OthersThis DayReach OutBiblicalVolunteerGuide Me Author:Gretchen Carlson
“Nominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask nominees to pledge to rule on issues in a particular way.” WayShouldCertainAsksIssuesParticularCourtExpectedSupremeCommitSenatorsSupreme CourtRulingPledge Author:Chuck Grassley
“I got married three days after graduation, and the first thing I did what I was expected to do which was to work on a small newspaper. So we were in Chicago where my husband worked for the Chicago Sun-Times and we were having dinner with his editor and he said 'So what are you 'gonna do honey?' and I said 'I'm going to work on a newspaper', and he said 'I don't think so", because Newspaper Guild regulations said that I couldn't work on the same newspaper as my husband.” ThinkingFirstsSaidThreeSunHusbandMarriedDinnerExpectedNewspapersMy HusbandEditorsChicagoHoneyRegulationGoing To WorkGuilds Author:Madeleine Albright
“"Black culture" is ready for whatever. I sense some momentum and excitement around black artists (especially in comedy, which is where most of my own art resides), really pushing the bounds of what has generally been expected as black. I don't think it's a revolution so much as an exposure of what has always been there, and now that the production and distribution means are more accessible, people can more easily find each other.” PeopleThinkingMeanArtArtistCultureBlackMy OwnComedyReadyRevolutionBoundsProductionsExpectedExcitementPushingDistributionExposureMomentumBlack Culture Author:Baratunde Thurston
“Knowing that "me" is inextricably linked to blackness, [I try to enjoy] the process of expanding beyond the expected boundaries set by existing culture, norms and media.” TryingCultureProcessEnjoyKnowingMediaExpectedBoundariesLinkedNormExpandingBlackness Author:Baratunde Thurston
“I couldn't be messing around and acting like an 11-year-old if we expected to compete well. I wanted to compete well, because it was great to see the looks in the eyes of menlike, "Wow, I am having a hard time beating this kid."” IfsMenYearsWellsLooksHardEyeKidsWantedActingExpectedHard TimesWowHaving A Hard Time Author:Karch Kiraly
“In the developing world, they don't have smartphones yet. They have the older plastic phones, but women are saving money on those, because they don't have access to banks. Having that access to digital money changes everything for her because she actually doesn't have to negotiate with her husband, which she will tell you is very hard in these circumstances, especially when the means are meager. She's expected to have money to pay for the kids' health or to help with the school fees.” WorldMeanHardHelpingKidsSchoolPayCircumstancesHusbandPhonesExpectedAccessSavingDevelopingDigitalPlasticSaving MoneyFeesSmartphones Author:Melinda Gates
“Coming to grips with being a bit of a celebrity. That's not anything I ever expected to have to deal with in my life.” BitsDealsExpected Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“The global warming deniers persist in this air of unreality. After all, the entire north polar icecap, which has been there for most of the last 3 million years, is disappearing before our eyes. Forty percent is already gone. The rest is expected to go completely within the next decade. What do they think is causing this?” ThinkingYearsHas BeensEyeLastsNextMillionsGoneAirPercentDisappearExpectedDecadesGlobal WarmingFortyPersistUnrealityAlready Gone Author:Al Gore