People's Expectations Quotes

It is a democratic fallacy to believe that people want to govern themselves. People only ask to be governed decently.

I know my people. They like grandeur. They want us to have respect abroad in the eyes of other countries.

You can be up there, talked about, appreciated all over the world, with people singing a lot of songs about you. But if you don't measure up and you are not really connected with your people... it will explode in your face, no question about it.

Governments must not run only for elections. The government should be a bona fide attempt of meeting the demands and expectations of the common people. Elections should just be a bi-product.

The people of the Sudan expect a lot from the institution of the presidency, and we should live up to their expectations.

Many people allow their need for other people's approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.

I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing.

I cannot be expected to behave like a film star when I have decided to serve my people. They have voted for me with expectations, and I cannot take them for granted.

It's annoying when people go, 'I didn't know you could actually sing.'

We need better measures of people's expectations and levels of satisfaction, of how they spend their time, of their relations with other people... We need to focus on stocks as much as on flows, and we need to broaden the range of assets that we consider important to sustain our well-being.

To be in conflict with the authorities is one thing. We Russian writers have got used to that. But to be in conflict with your own people - that is truly terrible.

People want leaders they can look up to, who can solve problems and actually deliver results for our people.

People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.

People are forever finding something wrong with you.

It's interesting: when you're kind of 'known' for being a writer, people don't think you've done anything else.

I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.

People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people.

All politicians will have to change to be worthy of our people.

I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.

The people want government that works for them at every level.

The people expect the President to be on top of everything.

My role as king will be much like my mum's as queen, so long as I remain in tune with the people.

Selfless service to the people and resolution of their problems should be the top priority of local bodies representatives, as they can come up to the expectations of the people only through service, hard work, and honesty.

When you open any kind of food service establishment, you do all this planning, but it's not until you've opened the door and people are inside that you learn what people want you to be to them.

I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'