Expectation Quotes

"Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations."

"All these earnings look pretty good. But after the huge stock run last year and the expectation of the good earnings, I think you're seeing a bit of that old 'sell the news' reaction."

"As a player and a person, Carson has gone beyond every expectation I had for him."

"Some customers have the expectation that you flip a switch and you're done. But there are setup costs and training costs and ramp-up costs. There's getting the system customized to match the business context and then getting people to use the system. CRM implementations are still complex, even if they're delivered in an on-demand fashion."

"We also think that the Street's fourth quarter 2002 expectation of 17 cents in earnings per share is unreasonably high."

"Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion"

"Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited."

"It will be one of the nicest buildings in the state. Our expectation was that after we are handed the keys to the front door, it would take 36 to 37 months to finish the project."

"The expectation was that first-quarter earnings and commentary would show us that conditions are bad, but with the exception of a few high-profile disappointments, the commentary has been mild to better."

"And my expectation is that any quarantine measures that would be put in place would likely involve a substantial employment of the National Guard, probably under command and control of the governor of an affected state,"

"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations."

"French people want us to re-establish the order of the republic, ... We will answer their expectation, because we can't build a future in violence."

"As a player and a person, Carson has met and gone beyond every expectation I had for him. For myself as the head coach, I'm excited about the commitment the club has made to Carson, and about Carson's commitment to the organization and the city of Cincinnati."

"People had themselves worked into state of expectation that the Fed was going you go 75 basis points and maybe even 100 and the fact that they only went 50 points (one-half percentage point) has obviously not been well received."

"It's purely the earnings numbers. Sentiment was negative going into the numbers, with a widespread expectation there would be a miss -- including us."

"What we probably needed to do was not put that expectation on that he's going to kick four goals every game,"

"The expectation is that, over time, interest checking and money market rates will continue to increase, especially if the Federal Reserve makes more rate increases."

"Our expectation for gross margin percentage in the third quarter is 47 percent, plus or minus a couple of points, ... The change from the second quarter is driven largely by lower average selling prices of microprocessors."

"My expectation is that Pavel will be back to play for us."

"That's always the problem with films that get high expectation attached to them, ... If this does not beat the opening of 'Two Towers,' people will be decrying it as disappointment."