I grew up in a working class family. People thought I might go work at a mill. My mom wanted me to learn how to lay carpet because she was concerned about my future. Nobody had high hopes for me. But I was a hustler.
When I write books, I've learned not to have any expectations that I'm going to change the world.
Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.
When I needed to overcome the low expectations of others or the bias that would be expressed in one circumstance or another, I'd keep on keeping on. And I climb over the obstacle, go around it, dig under it, fly over it. That's what kept me going. Otherwise I would have never been an astrophysicist.
The soft bigotry of low expectations
No one rises to low expectations
I wasn't disappointed. My expectations had been met.
no expectations, no disappointments!
One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.
I like lows because you can only go up from there.
I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.
The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised.
One of the principles we teach in our programs is "If you shoot for the stars, you'll at least hit the moon." Poor people don't even shoot for the ceiling in their house, and then they wonder why they're not successful.
The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get.
Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats them all.
The fewer expectations you have, the better.
I think people in Europe are generally pessimistic about the future. They have low expectations; they're not working hard to change things. When you're a slacker with a pessimistic view of the future, you're likely to meet those expectations.
I assume that the worst will happen. So I'm never optimistic.
Keep low expectations and life gets pretty good.
I've always found bad films more enjoyable than good ones.
I keep my expectations low, so nobody disappoints me." "Yeah, well, I have high expectations." I look toward Miranda. "I guess my friends do, too." "Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.
I'm flattered if any movie role and my name are mentioned in the same sentence, because there haven't been a ton of them.
It's not essential for me to have a big debut week; it's not essential for me to have big radio records.
I started writing 'Normal People' not knowing that anyone would read it, not knowing that anyone would read the first book, so I didn't really have any hang ups about, 'Oh, I can't do this again. I've done this already.' It was just a project I was working on for my own amusement.
Minority students became the victims of low expectations.
