I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan! - Mindy Kaling Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be. - Pepper Schwartz

I'm not the girl you're looking for if you want a casual hook up, Hunter. That's never been something I'm interested in." "That's not what I want from you," he replied, his hand tightening around mine again. "What do you want? I've never really been able to figure that out." I bit my lip while I waited for his response. "I want for us to sit back and let things flow naturally. No expectations, no rush, let's see what happens on its own. - Lacey Weatherford I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours. - Jane Austen I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again. - Al Gore ..he began drinking heavily and lived in a way which a friend described as making sense "only if he had no expectations of being alive much beyond Thursday". - P D James The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no ...

A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations. - Jodi Picoult There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations. - Jodi Picoult There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations. - Jodi Picoult Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be. - Max Lucado Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. - Ralph Marston

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people. - Pamela Anderson It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress. - Pamela Anderson It's great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people. - Pamela Anderson No one rises to low expectations - Les Brown I had very low expectations. Honestly, I think I had 11 rounds of golf the entire year in before this tournament, and I had hit balls maybe four or five times. - Trent Dilfer The secret to true happiness is a combination of low expectations and insensitivity. - Olivia Goldsmith I'm nothing but envious that you've been happily married for two years. Try hauling your cookies on a new blind date every Friday, only to have your, already extremely low, expectations dashed as you meet men who look like Quasimodo and have Homer Simpson's IQ. - Jane Green The secret to happiness is low expectations. - Barry Schwartz ...

Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats them all. - Jodi Picoult Accept the children the way we accept treeswith gratitude, because they are a blessingbut do not have expectations or desires. You don't expect trees to change, you love them as they are. - Isabel Allende People have expectations of me but I'm not a magician. - Ruud Gullit We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else. - Lauryn Hill I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human life and relationships could be, in some sort of weird, ideal world, but they never are. So you're constantly being shown this garbage and you can't get there. - Charlie Kaufman I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments. - Michael Landon If there is one thing I can pass on from my humbling experiences in l...