Expectation quotes

“We see what we expect to see, not necessarily what's really there.”
Chris Lloyd - Ray

“- Tom Witzky: I never wanted to be famous. I just never expected to be so...
- Maggie Witzky: What?
- Tom Witzky: I don't know, ordinary.”
Kevin Bacon - Tom
Kathryn Erbe - Maggie

- Slannen: You know, I hope you don't mind me saying this, but you're much prettier than I would've expected.
- Brumhilda: I know. Giants are supposed to be big, ugly and mean. It's because of stories like "Jack and the Beanstalk". Stinking Grimm Brothers!
Aidan McArdle - Slannen
Heidi Klum - Brumhilda

“American consumerism, you know. This and that. That's supposed to be a life. Have a dog. Have a cat. Have a house. Have a car. Have a suit. Have a fucking tie. That's the lie that's been sold to us. The dream has to do with industrialization. It's a mechanical thing, it doesn't work.”
Harvey Keitel - Eddie Israel

“My expectation in life is to be invisible and I'm good at it.”
Anne Hathaway - Mia Thermopolis

“She thinks I'm an asshole. And if she thinks that about me, what in the long run is she going to think about you?”
Ed Harris - Frankie Flannery

“- Dan: Imagine finding you here.
- Bijou: I'm the type of girl you're liable to find anywhere.”
John Wayne - Dan
Marlene Dietrich - Bijou

“I have something I think you all ought to know about. It seems that Mrs. Phelps doesn't think too highly of our worth. She put this team together because she thought we'd be bad enough to finish dead last, knocking attendance down to the point where she could move the team to Miami, and get rid of all of us for better personnel.”

James Gammon - Lou Brown

“- Mitch: I wasn't looking for a girl like that.
- Beanie: Columbus wasn't looking for America, my man, but that turned out to be pretty okay for everyone.”
Luke Wilson - Mitch
Vince Vaughn - Beanie

“- Cliff Buxton: I was more scared than excited.
- Glenn Latham: I don't think that's odd. I feel like that all the time.”

Sam Neill - Cliff Buxton
Tom Long - Glenn Latham

“Love won't obey our expectations, it's mystery, is pure and absolute.”
Meryl Streep - Francesca Johnson

“If you were a little more considerate of your elders, maybe Mr. Powell would send his car for you someday. Of course, he would probably take one look at you and send you right back again, but then you have to expect that.”

Gail Patrick - Linda Shaw

“I moved here and I thought, Great! I'm outta the big city and I'm finally in a place where everybody isn't gonna be crawling up everybody's asshole every day! A place where maybe my biggest nightmare is going to be getting some goddamn cat out of a tree! But forget that! Everybody is insane, everywhere!”
Ed Harris - Sheriff Alan Pangborn

“- Rita: I’m amazed. And I’m not easily amazed.
- Phil: About what?
- Rita: About how you can start a day with one kind of expectation and end up so completely different.”
Andie MacDowell - Rita
Bill Murray - Phil

“I don't know if any of you have had a bale of hay fall on you. Well, I feel like the sun, the stars and all the planets just fell on me. Don't expect too much of me.”

Gary Sinise - Harry S. Truman

“Husbands expect their wives to keep their figures.”
Merle Oberon - Jill Baker

“I guess we all do unexpected things sometimes, don't we?”
Christian Slater - Brian Kelly

“- Milburn Drysdale: Son, I want you to close your eyes for a minute. Now, imagine I've taken away your allowance, your cellphone, your car and cut you out of my will. How do you see your future?
- Morgan Drysdale: Flipping frozen cow parts at Burger King?
- Milburn Drysdale: And people say you're stupid.”
Dabney Coleman - Milburn Drysdale
Kevin Connolly - Morgan Drysdale

“- Old Prospector: What are you prospecting?
- Beaudray Demerille: Oh, ah, silver...
- Wanda Nevada: ...and gold!
- Beaudray Demerille: Shh!
- Old Prospector: Everyone knows there is no gold in the Grand Canyon!”
Henry Fonda - Old Prospector
Peter Fonda - Beaudray Demerille
Brooke Shields - Wanda Nevada

“Old people never take things as one expects.”
Clive Swift - Major Callendar

“Maybe it's better not to be the best. Then you can lose and it's ok.”
Max Pomeranc - Josh Waitzkin

“You've been on the force so long you think you've seen it all, but you haven't. 'Cause life's always got one more surprise for you. And sometimes, it's a big one.”

“- Imperius: I fully expect to meet you at the Pearly Gates, little thief, and don't you dare disappoint me.
- Gaston: I'll meet you there, Father... even if I have to pick the lock.”
Leo McKern - Imperius
Matthew Broderick - Gaston

“- Jack Slater: Is this the day you were talking about saving?
- Danny Madigan: Don't see you doing anything.
- Jack Slater: I wouldn't wanna steal your thunder.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Jack Slater
Austin O'Brien - Danny Madigan

“- Christine Starkey: You love me.
- Nick Starkey: No, I loved an idea I had that looked like you.”
Susan Sarandon - Christine Starkey
Kevin Kline - Nick Starkey