May you show me a place to take my shoes off. My feet are killing me.[Dorothy Shaw]Dorothy, please, a lady never admits her feet hurt.[Lorelei Lee]
Low expectations are key to happiness.
Just because you decide it’s a special day, it doesn’t make it one for me.
I’m a public figure now. People expect me to…[Glinda]Lie?[Elphaba]Be encouraging.[Glinda]
I reserve my time for people who can think. About science and literature and architecture and art. You find me cruel, selfish and unfeeling? I am. I work without caring what happens to either of us. So go back to the club, “bare it all,” and stalk the kind of people that you enjoy.[to Julia]
I know what it’s like to feel you have something to prove. Everyone only seeing one thing. But when showing there’s more to you, it’s not about when times are easy. It’s about moments like this.[to Ross]
So, what’s your excuse?[Patrick Verona]For?[Katarina ‘Kat’ Stratford]For acting the way we do?[Patrick Verona]I don’t like to do what people expect. Why should I live up to other people’s expectations instead of my own?[Katarina ‘Kat’ Stratford]So, you disappoint them from the start and then you’re covered, right?[Patrick Verona]Something like that.[Katarina ‘Kat’ Stratford]Then you screwed up.[Patrick Verona]How?[Katarina ‘Kat’ Stratford]You never disappointed me.[Patrick Verona]
I could never get very excited about other people’s ambitions for my life.
Don’t look for gods in men. You’ll just be disappointed.[to Telemachus]
Well, if you’re going to bring me all this way, you could at least give me something a bit more, you know, dramatic.[Benji Dunn]Benji, we’re trying to keep a low profile. You want drama, go to the opera.[Ethan Hunt]