Isaac Asimov Quotes

Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment.

It just wasn't the fairy tale I had hoped for.

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

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

You expect certain things. You build up in your mind how it's supposed to go down. When you get a record deal, you think you're supposed to get X, Y, and Z. It doesn't happen like that. You're like 'Oh, this isn't as exciting as I thought it was going to be.'

I have stopped expecting from films. What I expect never happens.

Expectations are just disappointments waiting to happen.

I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit.

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations.

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

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.

Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

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

I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.

Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give.

Sometimes your dreams come true, and it's a real drag.

Some people will always be disappointed.

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

Fiction is about small ambition, small failed ambition, small disappointed hope.

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

I think Valentine's Day is one of those holidays like New Year's where people develop such high expectations that even if it's a decent day, it doesn't live up, and it's disappointing.

There is so much heartbreak and letdown in this industry. You get your heart set on something, and then you're sitting by the phone for three weeks and it never rings.

Dreams that are planned are called frustration.

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

Living in hope is a really terrible thing.