I know it's hard to blame the time but there's a bit of an expectation for a summer movie. I think that 'Superman Returns' was a bit nostalgic and romantic and I don't think that was what people were expecting especially in the summer.

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!

So obviously any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior and even sometimes consequences and they don't want to hear any of that.

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way others' expectations can be avoided.

In the United States though power corrupts the expectation of power paralyzes.

To free us from the expectations of others to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great singular power of self-respect.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

A public expectation it has to be said not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

Well I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence in fact make that transition and do it in relative peace and security.

In life and in movies it's a similar challenge where you have expectations and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.