Moises Naim Quotes

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

When I was at Kingsoft, I was under pressure and worked hard, but the results were not satisfactory.

After you win, people expect you to always play so good. When that doesn't happen, it's hard to deal with.

Dreams that are planned are called frustration.

It is hard when you think you can do better, but things just aren't working out.

Everybody expects you to play well, and when you don't have the results, that's tough.

Life does not measure up to performing... Performing is perfect.

You can't have a perfect show every time.

I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.

The devastating scale and frequency of my disappointment was proof of how much I still expected and wanted from the world, of what high hopes I still had for it.

You know you can't satisfy anybody.

When you've been living in hope for a long time as I have, suddenly you realize that certainty is far more desirable than hope.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed.

Basically, I'm a people pleaser who has a knack for disappointing.

It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them.

Expectation is the mother of all frustration.

Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan or hope for.

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

Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.

Good is not good when better is expected.

I hate not giving the people what they want.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

There are so many people working so hard and achieving so little.