Unreasonable Standards Quotes

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else.

Oh, I am 1,000 percent too hard on myself.

I'm extremely hard to work with.

I see an insidious problem in the marketing of weddings as 'the happiest day of your life.' The pressure that is placed upon this event to be the alpha and omega of your entire existence makes it, I think, into a kind of nuptial New Year's Eve, and we all know how that usually turns out.

When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

It is a burden that people have expectations about me.

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.

When I was in first grade, some psychologist told my mom if I didn't go to graduate school, she basically failed as a parent, because I had the aptitude to do it. Which is so dumb. Huge pressure!

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

If I disappoint someone, it's their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don't know me. I can't control what they want.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

I don't like when people expect too much, because then I'll only be disappointed if things don't work out.

I had a period where everything... if it's raining, I'm angry because it's raining. If I miss, it's because the pitch is too wet. It was only excuses. It was not good.

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience.

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

Judging a child taking his first steps for not being able to run a marathon is shortsighted.

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.

A lot of people make the mistake of setting the bar too high.

Chasing perfection can make you go mad.

People expect star kids to be perfect - horse-riding, fighting.

I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening.