Unmet Expectation Quotes

It seems no matter what I read I think 'this is not Harry Potter.'

As a dream comes true, it falls flat.

I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.

I thought I was going to be a Spur.

I was very much disappointed in the Atlantic Ocean.

I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.

I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.

I've always wanted to be a professional dancer, I'd always wanted to be a ballerina. I trained for 13 years but it never came to be.

I want to ride in a cold air balloon. "This isn't going anywhere!"

I'm not one of those people who walks away and says, "That's a lot better than I thought it was going to be." I said, "No, this is as bad as I thought it was going to be, I didn't like it. I didn't want to talk to anybody."

I've yet to meet a writer who could change water into wine, and we have a tendency to treat them like that.

pulled into my convenient neighborhood fast food restaurant. I ordered shrimp salad, onion rings, and a beer. The shrimp were straight out of the freezer, the onion rings soggy. Looking around the place, though, I failed to spot a single customer banging on a tray or complaining to a waitress. So I shut up and finished my food. Expect nothing, get nothing.

I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, but the evidence so far suggests that that would be optimistic to the point of foolishness.

I thought I had a shot to play for the Dolphins.

What you get is no longer what you see.

I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.

I had my idea of what the series finale of 'King of the Hill' would be, but that's not what the actual series finale was.

I really - as I said, I wanted to be President of the United States. It didn't turn out that way.

Sadly, I've never met Princess Kate.

If it had been what was supposed to happen, it would have happened.

In fifth grade, I did 'Oklahoma!,' but I didn't get a leading role. I knew the whole play and could sing it already, but they were like, 'The sixth-grader has to get the lead.' I was really discouraged.

I thought 'The Well' was going to launch my career, but nothing happened.

Snow in April is abominable," said Anne. "Like a slap in the face when you expect a kiss.

No one has ever bought me underwear, and I'm a little bummed about that. Maybe it's not such a big deal any more.

I know what it's like to go to a concert, wait to hear your favourite song - and then they don't play it!