"If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. Apart from a few starry-eyed poets or monks living on a mountaintop somewhere, however, we all have expectations. We not only have them, we need them. They fuel our dreams, our hopes, and our lives like some super-caffeinated energy drink."

-- Tonya Hurley

#Dream Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Needs Quotes

“When did an old white guy yelling at me, telling me what to think become news? What gives him the right to tell me what to think? When was the last time he was in Iraq or Afghanistan or Sri Lanka... or anywhere that didn't have a beach?”

Source : Syracuse University speech, April 19, 2006.
“Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

Source : T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber
“You know, when you think about it, thatâ€™s kind of a weird thing. I mean itâ€™s meant to be sympathetic, right? But itâ€™s kind of not. Like youâ€™re telling the person thereâ€™s nothing unique about what theyâ€™re saying I considered this as a couple of kids on Rollerblades whizzed past, hockey sticks over their shoulders. â€œYeah,â€ I said, finally, â€œbut you could also look at it the other way. Like no matter how bad things are for you, I can still relate.”
“Going out on the field frantic isn't going to help you score points. You have to try to lead your team.”
“Stop, would you kindly? 'Would you kindly'. Powerful phrase. Familiar phrase? Sit, would you kindly? Stand, would you kindly? Run! Stop! Turn. A man chooses, a slave obeys. Kill! A man chooses! A slave obeys! OBEY!”
“As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.”
“The day I found out, the day I got my mammogram and the doctor told me I had breast cancer, it was mid-November.”

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