Maureen Johnson Quotes

Nothing keeps its promise.

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.

I reappointed him and he disappointed me.

Every time I try to plan something or assume that something's going to happen, it never works out like that.

Sometimes you don't see the result that you expect.

The promise of change doesn't always mean something changes.

And that was it. All this buildup to a great leap, and I didn't fall or fly. Instead I found myself back on the edge of the cliff, blinking, wondering if I'd ever jumped at all. It's not supposed to be like this.

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

The idea that you have a vision of what you're supposed to be, or going to be, or where your kids are going to be - and that that doesn't work out - is always going to be something that's going to affect people and move people.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.

One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud.

I always try to plan things out, but they never work out the way I expect.

People always say a script will be 'brought to life in a magical way,' but for me that has been proven wrong time and time again.

You may have done 20 great shows in a row and come to one, and it doesn't work. You never presume anything.

Nothing that you want ever is what you think it is.

I don't like being disappointed by somebody I trust. Fortunately, it rarely happens.

I wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had.

I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star.

There are times when I think, 'I'm going to get this part. I know I am. I'm going to get this.' And then I don't, and I'm wondering, 'What happened? I went back five times!'

I just never count on anything. You can't.

I think the moment you're convinced something's going to be good is the moment that it's not going to be.

We always enter competitions to win but things don't always happen the way we want.

Things don't always work out as you want them to.

You only get disappointed with who you trust the most.