When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.
Stephen Hawking
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A distressing gap exists between the public's expectations for retirement and the reality.
George Carlin
It's a classic situation of expectations getting ahead of the story.
Bruce Cranna
We didn't live up to our expectations.
Tank Johnson
There are a lot of rumors and expectations. The state will not confirm anything until the company is ready to make a response.
Bert Brantley
I?m not going to lie to you; it?s disappointing. But I have high expectations.
Mark Mccullers
It wasn't a great quarter, but the expectations have gotten so low on J&J that a real ho-hum quarter is actually not a bad thing.
Bruce Cranna
This fight has gone beyond our rational expectations.
Richard Anderson
The holiday season did not live up to anyone's expectations.
Paul Eibeler
Derail economic expectations of economic agents, and put public budgets in danger of new imbalances.
Laurent Fabius
I can't tell you the number of hits we've had to the grid, but it's definitely exceeded our expectations.
Brett Smith
Our merger with Union Camp is going not only well, but well ahead of expectations.
John Dillon
We are on budget and the percent average of ticket sales is over our expectations.
Cesare Vaciago
It exceeded my expectations. I ran out twice before I could whip up any more.
Kaylon Johnson
They're up with expectations and there are no great shocks.
James Dawson
Expectations are high for Motorola now. There weren't any expectations for Motorola a year ago.
John Slack
Sales have not necessarily lived up to everyone's expectations since launch.
Takashi Sensui
This is beyond our expectations for sure.
Bob Weinstein
The worst of the earnings news is probably out of the way and expectations are probably back in line.
Rick Meckler
It exceeds community expectations and it displays we are committed in the fight against illicit drugs.
Brendon Gale
We are also working closely with our business partners to exceed customer expectations across our consumer, business and wholesale segments.
Bill Morrow
More often than not we are actually falling behind public expectations.
Lord Puttnam
Those scoring above are going above and beyond our expectations.
Cynthia Lorenzo
If you go back to this time last quarter, expectations were low. This quarter, expectations are a lot higher.
Robert Cihra
Our expectations were so high coming in, and, just the way everything went down, it was a big blow to us.
Jeremiah Trotter
Then, we tried to defuse any expectations by not winning a game for a month.
Pat Douglass
There was quite a lot of uncertainty [about] what big tech names would come out with, but they met or exceeded their expectations.
Rupert Thompson
He added, ''is we got our expectations up that we would get 1,000 new jobs, and that is not going to happen.
John Tierney
This has gone absolutely way beyond our imagination or expectations ever.
Hadi Jawad
There has been a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations for him and he was just relieved.
Bobby Williams
Were below our expectations.
Bob Ulrich
I can't have the same expectations I've had before. I've got to be better.
Marcus Mcclinton
With all the pressure on him and all the expectations, he's done an unbelievable job. He's an unbelievable talent.
Jeff Carter
He was probably the most improved player last year. He really exceeded all expectations.
Rich Bruneau
Revenue and net income trends remain below our expectations.
George Schaefer
Some cities and counties have included language that if you exceed expectations for an entire year, then another year is added to the contract.
Geoffrey Segal
I hope that fans and the media do not burden him with the expectations of an entire country.
Juergen Klinsmann
We're all pleased to see that there is some progress after all the expectations and anticipations.
Anthony Gioia
We would expect Kohl's to meet or beat expectations on a more regular basis in 2006.
Jeff Stinson
We feel all our students can meet high expectations.
Pat O'leary
We have low expectations for the trip and doubt anything will result.
David Hartquist
There is a lot more detail now around our expectations. This lays out clearly that entertainment should not interfere with duty to the customer.
Mary Schapiro
The expectations are firm after the U.S. held rates steady.
Andre Dreicon
The number was better than expectations and more current than the gross domestic product number.
John Beerling
I think the expectations of the citizens of the province have changed, and it's no different for teachers.
Kevin Foley
It's a bad day for the entire sector. There's a realignment of earnings expectations across the sector. Some expectations were too high.
John Novak
This is an extremely positive result, easily outstripping expectations.
Koichi Hariya
Europe was solid as anticipated, and the U.S. exceeded our expectations and we continued to gain market share.
Henning Kagermann
The build-out has been beyond anyone's expectations.
Keith Schneider
We're not rushing into a market and then under-deliver on customer expectations.
Martin Coles
The numbers have come in below expectations.
Andrew Gordon
Improvement, improvement, improvement. That is what has gotten Jenna to this place in her career. She has developed her game way beyond my expectations.
Percy Wade
You have your expectations and you want to play the same way every game. It's not going to come easily.
Brian Elliott
It exceeded our expectations and went almost into the dream category. It was so much better than we could have even hoped for.
Steve Long
Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.
Frederick W. Robertson
Just to be here was something special for our team. We exceeded all of our expectations, for sure.
Arne Dankers
They did really well for North Port for our first year. This was beyond our expectations.
Christopher Knight
We want to get the message out there that there are consequences for carrying a gun. We're trying to transform the expectations.
Glenn Ivey
Impairments have been very much in line with our expectations. This will continue in retail terms to be a very benign credit cycle.
James Crosby
I think expectations for U.S. (tech) earnings were too high.
Masaru Ueda
High expectations are the key to everything.
Sam Walton
Our expectations are really high. We're certainly anxious to get the preseason going.
Alejandro Moreno
I think it's going to be difficult. I think the expectations may be overzealous.
Jonathan Rosenzweig
I think we have a pretty clear mutual understanding of our expectations of the campus.
Nancy Zimpher
I think we're seeing some changes in those students' families' expectations of them.
Mary Williamson
Expectations are high for another strong, successful season.
Tara Garrett
Sentiment indicators show that people's expectations have been brought down a lot.
Tom Mcmanus
These are pretty decent numbers given where expectations were for the company.
Brendan Barnicle
He's really been able to establish confidence in the Federal Reserve. He's been able to keep expectations about inflation in check.
Sean Snaith
Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
Wendy Wasserstein
I think it makes it harder on me. People have expectations.
Torrey Jacoby
This dramatically exceeded our expectations.
Roger Perlmutter
England expectations are always high, and should be so.
Mike Tindall
There were no expectations for them. It was definitely a learning experience.
Sloan Devlin
Is going extremely well, far beyond my wildest expectations.
James Clyburn
We definitely have high expectations, and we want to get out there and play again.
Debbie Brown
It comes down to basic communication and setting expectations.
Brian Waters
The figures weren't too good. The expectations were a little bit too high, and because of that we now see the reaction.
Thomas Koerfgen
All I can control is what I'm doing here. The expectations that I have on myself far exceed any situation.
Andy Phillips
This is all promise and expectations.
Pierre Martin
There was a big disappointment that fourth quarter growth (for 2005) was below expectations.
Ryan Wibberley
It was an overwhelming success with 75 girls in attendance. The turnout well exceeded our expectations.
Charlie Ford
It has definitely lived up to expectations. For many students, it has really made the difference.
Nadine Hamrick
It's probably hurt me more. Now I have to live up to his expectations. I have my own going for me now.
Kyle Busch
Expectations are pretty low. That's a positive.
Richard Petersen
We had high expectations. August exceeded even our own high expectations.
Curtis Brown
I'm all about high standards and high expectations, but I'm also about practicality and reality.
Jack Fisher
There should be high expectations, but the expectations should come from Reagan on down.
Larry Jackson
The figures were broadly in line with our expectations.
Brendan Wilders
It is slightly above the expectations. But the revenue guidance does not look exciting.
Pratish Krishnan
This is due to increasing expectations that US policymakers will end their current credit tightening cycle soon.
Masayoshi Yano
The mood was elation. It fully lived up to our expectations.
Bill Cooke
Operating results were below our expectations.
Jon Langenfeld
I think it's exceeded all our expectations.
Jack Beven
I am not alarmed by that at all. It's not a change in the expectations for the business performance; it's a change in the size of the company.
Robert Lafleur
Our balanced, broad-based businesses delivered strong results once again in 2005, in line with our expectations.
Miles White
Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.
Dear Abbey
On any given night, we have a different person step up. They have all exceeded my expectations.
Brandy Corbett
Attorneys, judges and business people have been quite enthusiastic about the concept, and we have exceeded our expectations in the amount of business that we are doing.
Mark Callaway
She had way too many expectations, and Ben seemed to get the worst of it.
Vivian Covard
The reaction is not surprising. The expectations were skewed to the upside.
Henrik Gullberg
I think Allen has to be at the top of everyone's expectations right now.
Stephen Farnsworth
I haven't got any expectations of busting through pop charts, but at the same time they're certainly commercial and they've certainly got character.
Jason Donovan
The DOE numbers are with range of expectations and traders could ignore the data.
Tom Knight
He has gone beyond my expectations.
Carole Andrews
I don't see anything big enough to spark significant demand growth anytime soon. Expectations are being scaled back.
Jung Kyun Sik
We don't want to set expectations for our customers that we are not able to fill.
Jen Dillon
Right now we're not exceeding their expectations.
James Perry
People must have built up their expectations that Honda will deliver more, so that must have caused the selling.
Nobuki Goto
I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.
Dame Edith Evans
I wouldn't call it a failure. We went in with very low expectations.
Paul Brinkley
We've had a lot of pressure on us. We've not met expectations. But now we're getting some effort back. We weren't getting any breaks, but now we are.
Brenden Morrow
We have high expectations of the show.
Bill Casey
We have a lot of young players that can step up. The expectations are high on them.
Ryan Smyth
When you have a buzz around the booth, people want to see it. This is beyond our expectations.
Tina Knowles
We have high expectations. The sky is the limit.
James Clarke
My expectations are that we're going to have a very smooth process.
David Swift
I had high expectations for myself, and the team did also.
Boss Bailey
We are very pleased with way the community has been accepted, and sales have exceeded our expectations.
David Vitek
Nabisco has had disappointing earnings for years, so [hitting expectations] is a positive.
William Leach
Audience expectations have grown. The Internet is a hugely compelling platform for us.
Ashley Highfield
If these trends continue, Nextel will likely exceed our expectations for 2002.
Paul Saleh
Sales decelerated in Europe and Asia, futures excluding currency were below expectations, and currency took a big bite out of futures.
Lizabeth Dunn
A lot of the high expectations investors had are priced in.
Andreas Gartner
Expectations on Wall Street got way ahead (of themselves).
Romeo Dator
Everyone expects a lot of her and she's been performing up to those expectations.
Andy Morris
Absolutely not. He's actually gonna doe better because there are such low expectations. You're all writing him off in Newsweek, he's gone!
Lisa Daniels
Went well beyond our expectations.
Thomas Streicher
We're tightening the requirements so we can be clearer about our expectations.
Patricia Phillips
Sometimes my teammates have unrealistic expectations.
Robert C. Savage
Web site operators won't be able to stay in business if they can't meet consumers' expectations in these areas.
Laurie Windham
The airline battle to reduce costs, increase yields and improve efficiencies is effective well beyond expectations.
Giovanni Bisignani
This is more a readjusting of expectations as opposed to a readjusting of the economy.
Subodh Kumar
The insurance margin was at the lower end of expectations.
Peter Vann
We have not had a single civilian casualty, ... It went very well, beyond our expectations. After all their boasting, it's a big failure for the Taliban.
Lutfullah Mashal
Expectations were way out of line with the evolution of these new forms of reading.
Steve Potash
Not always. You should not always think you have done a good job. You will not always be satisfied. If you are, your expectations are too low - you could do better.
Owen Williams
I didn't really know what to expect to be honest with you. She's very talented, but my expectations were based on what I saw in her work ethic.
Chris Miles
You're looking at a stock that had embedded expectations in it and those expectations, this quarter, were not met.
Jon Fisher
I have limited expectations for both the House and Senate ethics committees.
Craig Holman
Our results for the quarter were not in line with our expectations.
John Swainson
It's an honor to become a member of this great club. I'll do my best to live up to expectations.
Takayuki Suzuki
She fulfilled all of our expectations and exceeded some.
David J. Moore
What makes Charlotte's case unique is the extent to which she has defied expectations in the past.
David Wolfe
We're hitting all our marks and all our expectations.
Kevin Deneen
Fundamentals will probably be in line with expectations but that won't be the catalyst to move these stocks.
Frank Barkocy
Walter: Marriage is hard enough without bringing such low expectations into it.
Sleepless In Seattle
I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.
Mary Decker Slaney
Overall, we were comfortable the quarter, although some other people had different expectations.
Brian Clark
Our first thought was how were we going to balance out the expectations between the two camps.
Gaute Godager
The company delivered a profit report that surpassed even the most optimistic expectations.
Frederic Ruffy
It was a huge shock. There were no expectations since [Ms. Richardson] didn't appear to be ill.
Heidi Herr
The caliber of play we showed on defense at this time of the year far and away exceeded my expectations.
Chris Wriedt
The share has done well, a lot of expectations are priced in and the positive news now has to be confirmed.
Fabian Kania
They exceeded our expectations and they lent us more than I expected.
Dominic Goncalves
Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.
Max Lucado
Not to a teammate with as much as hype and expectations as he has.
Matt Berezay
The company didn't better expectations.
Julien Quistrebert
My expectations, I'm sure along with the expectations of the community, have been raised as a result of what we've done this year.
Mark Attanasio
It is the season the game deserves and has exceeded all expectations.
David Gallop
The expectations are very high. The standards were set long before I was born.
Jeff Olson
I am proud to accept your endorsements and I pray to God that I may live up to your expectations, ... You have my word that I will do my very, very best.
John Engler
Expectations had probably gotten a little bit high.
Michael Mcconnell
Inside this locker room, the expectations aren't low.
Steve Heiden
The entire movement in yield has been accounted for by a change in inflation expectations.
David Goldman
Last year, I didn't perform well. I didn't really live up to expectations.
Randolph Morris
We use the Hollywood Stock Exchange to assess what market expectations are for a film.
Lowell Singer
I can't wait to get things rolling. Can we be contenders? Yes. Can we play defense? Yes. My expectations are always high.
Derek Karcich
It exceeded my expectations -- fantastic results!
Tina Thomas
BMW's success has outpaced even our wildest expectations.
Bernard Groseclose
I always want their expectations to be high, ... I want them to say, ?Everybody in my family got a degree-- that?s just what we do.?
Robert Simpson
I'm not disappointed in the least bit. This is beyond my expectations.
Ric Hartwell
With signs of things looking a little better, those expectations have diminished.
Mike Cloherty
This just exceeded all expectations ? the things we've seen, the support from everyone.
Cam Mcleay
I would say it's more within my expectations.
Nizam Idris
At first glance, I would say they came in slightly above expectations.
Dan Scovel
There's been so much unpredictability, and our customers' actions aren't always consistent, so it's better for us not to set those expectations.
Michael Baehr
They are doing beyond expectations as far as their health goes.
Dr. Suzanne Shalet
The departure of Mr Sharon would be carried most heavily on the shoulders of the Palestinians. The Palestinians had big expectations.
Bassem Eid
We don't pay these folks. This is an expectation of hire. We've got very high expectations in this district and we don't have anybody who's said 'I'm not coming.
Cathy Hicks
I didn't have great expectations when I got here. But I've felt better and better as the tournament has gone on.
Amleto Monacelli
Expectations have been awfully high on the chip equipment stocks.
John Rutledge
The market ended with positive expectations that the 2000 budget will be approved in short.
Jorge Gonzalez
People seem content. I'm not sure that there was much upside baked into anyone's expectations.
Barry Randall
Our first quarter earnings surpassed our expectations.
Paul House
Fans have been cheated. They've been hurt. Expectations weren't met. And that's the bottom line.
Mario Livich
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