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It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change. -- Aaron Sorkin
Bizarrely, I actually feel safer the older I get, like people will expect less from me, and I can become more and more invisible, yet more and more eccentric. -- Marian Keyes
Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean. -- Lynda Resnick
It's nice to be short, because people expect less from you. -- Amy Poehler
Expect more get less and feel sadness Or expect less get more and feel happiness -- Vijay Dhameliya
People will let you down in this life, promises will be broken, you should expect less of others and trust more in yourself. -- Leon Brown
Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close. -- Marianne Williamson
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. -- Samuel Johnson
We tend to get what we expect - both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get more; when we expect less, we tend to get less. -- Stephen Covey
When I was young, I expected from people more than they could give: neverending friendship and constant excitement. Now I expect less than they can actually can give: to stay close silently. And their feelings, friendship, noble deeds always seem like a miracle to me: a true grace. -- Albert Camus
I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just. -- Samuel Johnson
We expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression. -- Kay Redfield Jamison
The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms. -- Doris Lessing
A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive. -- Samuel Richardson
I would borrow money all day long, if the cost of borrowing is less than the expected return. -- Brad Schneider
One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled. -- Charles de Lint
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for. -- Walter Kirn
South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison. -- J. M. Coetzee
A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production. -- Laurie Anderson
Clients do not expect the infrastructure to be any less reliable just because the service is being delivered from an offshore location; thus, the uptime requirements justify the expense. -- Sanjay Kumar
I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team! -- Lou Holtz
An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid. -- Gary Miller
Most of the victims of Nazi aggression were before the war less well off than Germany. They should not be expected by Germany to bear, unaided, the major costs of Nazi aggression. -- James F. Byrnes
I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place. -- Marguerite Gardiner
With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When this hysteria subsides, which we're probably observing, then I hope that people will also get less worried about the future of inflation. -- Marek Belka
We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook? -- Ellen Goodman
I feel more and more at ease, because I think the older I get, the less pressure there is. People say, 'Well, he's not cutting edge because he's not in his twenties, so he's not expected to be.' -- Jude Law
Live simply. Give more. Expect less. -- Rita Zahara
We expect more from technology and less from each other. -- Sherry Turkle
Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less. -- Stephen Covey
The Key to Abundance is Acceptance. The more you expect the less you accept. -- L.J. Vanier
Never expect anything less than devotion from someone who has claim on your heart. -- Dannika Dark
What can we expect from nations still less advanced in civilization than the Greeks? -- Jean-Baptiste Say
The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile. -- Don DeLillo
The less a tourist knows, the fewer mistakes he need make, for he will not expect himself to explain ignorance. -- Henry Adams
Change rarely happens in doses large enough to choke you. Everyday you swallow a little more and expect a little less. -- Diane Meier
The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful -- Dennis Prager
Fear of God failing us leads us to "cover for God." This means we ask, expect, and are satisfied with less. -- Francis Chan
We expect to make about 500,000-600,000 more. Our initial goal was one million, but in reality we will probably make a bit less. -- Eric Friedman
Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any less practice. -- Alain de Botton
Maybe we can comprehend a flower or an insect, but we can never comprehend ourselves. Even less can we expect to comprehend the universe. -- Jostein Gaarder
We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. -- Sherry Turkle
I expect we are all jealous of the women in their past, but how much less exciting if the women had not kept the bed warm. -- Patrick White
I was about six years old, still Daddy's little girl, even though Daddy couldn't care less about me. How could I expect any man every would? -- Ellen Hopkins
Free your heart from hatred - forgive. Free your mind from worries - most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less. -- Stephen Covey
EXTREMELY FUNNY! A SUPER-VIRTUOSO! I expected to enjoy 'The Two and Only,' but I didn't expect to be touched, much less to find my eyes growing moist. -- Terry Teachout

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