Public Expectation Quotes

The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.

We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.

I just don't feel comfortable anymore with the kind of attention that I'm getting. It's purely the numbers of people that want a bit of the Cure or want a bit of me.

I don't want to tell sad stories about myself. We may not have had a lot to spend when I grew up, but my childhood was good. The public likes to hear a dramatic story. They want a star to rise, have a meltdown and then return to greatness. Very American.

Americans want the building to continue. They expect and deserve a government that will allow that to happen.

I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity, and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its calls, but with less hope of answering its expectations.

Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.

I can't tear up a poem and be a sound bite for you. Why is that so hard for anyone to understand?

A lot of people say, 'Do you feel a lot of pressure?' There's not that much pressure, to be honest.

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.

A trust of the greatest magnitude is committed to this legislature and the eyes of the world are upon you.

A race without journalists also has one advantage for Max: he does not have to give so many interviews.

When it comes to serious cuts to major programs like Medicaid, the American people are not calling for leadership but magic. They want cuts with no pain.

I don't consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me, 'What's your favorite movie?' And I never know what to say.

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I'm pro-choice, if I make that clear, it let's the audience off the hook, then they can sort of relax. Okay, it's alright he's pro-choice then I can enjoy this.

All the baggage that comes with fame, being an actress. The down side to it is the intrusion into your life and this expectation that because they've seen you onscreen, they kind of have a right to you as a human being and personally and in your life.

I think if you retire from touring then people think you are retired.

The best advice that I've gotten from Nas is honestly to just be me and to keep staying true to myself. It took me a long time to figure out how to pop, but then, when you get famous, people are kind of like, 'Oh, well, we don't want as much of you.'

The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

Grow up, Donald Trump. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You're president. You gotta do something. Show us what you have.

I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a situation where generally people are rooting for me, and if they aren't rooting for me, they aren't out there to see my downfall. I respect the people who have the stomach for it.

I will fight anyone, what the fans want, where the money is.