Doing something great is overrated. Because then people expect that from you all the time. What they don’t realize is you’re just as screwed up as they are.
Never trust an officer who doesn’t ask you to salute. It means that what he does demand of you is gonna be a lot worse.
Sometimes it’s wise to keep our expectations low, Commander. That way we’re never disappointed.[to Michael]
I know that a sheet of paper is not made to fly, but sometimes we have to adjust our expectations to bend and reshape ourselves.
We can’t worry about anyone else’s expectations.
No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be.
Is that what you want? Or is that what people expect of you?
I’m different from what people expect, and it scares them.[to Sammy]
