Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

At my core, the glass isn't half-empty - it's not even what I ordered in the first place.

Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment.

If you're alive for more than five minutes, you're going to be disappointed.

I don't like when people expect too much, because then I'll only be disappointed if things don't work out.

I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.

I never promised you a rose garden.

In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

False expectations take away joy.

Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.

It makes my skin crawl when people tell me, 'Don't worry, you'll get another series.' Their expectations have little to do with mine.

When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do.

I can't stand whining.

I'm not by nature a cynical person. But sometimes your expectations are different from reality.

A lot of times you can fall into the trap of expecting too much before things actually happen.

Things don't always happen the way one wishes they would.

Dreams that are planned are called frustration.

I accept that it is not always moonshine and roses, and you can't expect things must always go your way.

I'm not satisfied with anything I do.

There are times when things are not going according to plan, and of course, you never want those times.

Expectations are dangerous. I recommend not having any, if only to avoid disappointment.

The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner.

You know the old adage: Plant an expectation, reap a disappointment.

God, how that stings! I've spent a lifetime loving science fiction and now I find that you must expect nothing of something that's just science fiction.

You are so lame. You always disappoint me. It's kind of like our running joke but it's really not funny and I just want you to live up to the image of you I create.