Quotes about expectation
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“We feel that users have more expectations. Concerning antitrust, privacy protections, the prevention of big data price discrimination, and so on, we, as users, share these concerns. For instance, with our gaming business, we know there are a lot of doubts.”

Ma Huateng (1971) Chinese internet entrepreneur

"Tencent founder Pony Ma emphasises company’s investment in social value amid increasing antitrust and gaming scrutiny" in South China Morning Post (23 April 2021) https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3130836/pony-ma-emphasises-tencents-investment-social-value-amid-increasing

Game , Business , Feeling

“When you had little or no information, it was unreasonable to have any expectations. But somehow you did, even if they were often wrong.”

Charles Sheffield book Resurgence

Source: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 20, “Tally on Down” (p. 246)

“Trouble comes in a thousand different ways. Not usually anything you expect, either. That’s why it’s trouble.”

Charles Sheffield book Convergence

Source: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 13 (p. 381)

Way

“I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the Church has done so often in human history."”

Francis George (1937–2015) Catholic cardinal

Replying to a question about the secularization of Western culture in a meeting with a group of priests on circa May 2010.
Source: The Myth and the Reality of 'I'll Die in My Bed', Tim Drake, National Catholic Register, October 24, 2012, November 21, 2014 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/tim-drake/the-myth-and-the-reality-of-ill-die-in-my-bed,

History , Help

“This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it. […] You practice whether you want to or not.
Through practice you actually do get better.
Sit down with the least expectation of yourself; say "I am free to write the worst junk in the world."”

Natalie Goldberg book Writing Down the Bones

You have to give yourself the space to write a lot without a destination.
Essay, "Writing as a practice". p.11
Writing Down the Bones (1986)

School , World

“Every prayer must be accompanied with action, otherwise, you will be basing your whole life upon expectations.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Life

“How can you expect a statue to offer you food, if it cannot even save itself from the rain and cold?”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Food

“It doesn't matter what you expected, but you must accept what reality offers to you at the end.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Reality

“Love can exist without respect, but you can't expect it to last longer.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Love

“Some prayers have contributed so much in teaching men how to complain and whine to God instead of doing things themselves. Thus, they have become idle and expecting more than their abilities can ever achieve.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

God , Men

“The Creator only gives, but does not expect anything from us. He invests in us without expecting any interest in return.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The first challenge is that, you cannot expect everyone to get the same understanding of the book. Are we not all unique in life?”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Understanding , Books , Life

“The wise man always put more energy in his cause than the expected outcomes and I hope that, you will follow the same path advised by our ancestors.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Hope

“We must not, however, see everything with a pessimist’s eyes. Our eyes should be set upon a bright star and always expecting the best, rather than always expecting for the worst cases to happen.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Star

“You cannot expect to keep receiving without giving something back, or paying the price for every pleasure that you wish to enjoy.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Pleasure

“A soul can love only another soul. It cannot be turned inward and then expect to love itself.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Soul , Love

“Give without expecting any worldly reward here on Earth.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“It can be easily seen that there will be no manifestation, nor attraction of anything without setting your mindset upon expectations.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“It can be said that the laws of attractions are simply the art of expectation.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Law , Art

“Since you can't expect the Kingdom of God to be on your feet or your arms, it would make sense to find it in your head. It's all in your mind.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

God , Sense

“The less you expect from others and yourself, the happier you will become in life.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Life

“When the give-and-take loop is interrupted for so long, one cannot expect that link to stay attached. This will result in separation or even divorce in the marriage.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Marriage

“I didn't expect such a big award, it's a surprise. It makes me feel proud to be an actress, receiving this prestigious award.”

Kim Hye-ja (1941) South Korean actress

On receiving an award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her performance in the movie Mother in "Korean Actress Kim Hye-ja Wins Best Actress from LAFCA'" in Arirang (16 January 2011) http://www.arirang.com/News/News_View.asp?nseq=111519&sys_lang=Kor

Feeling

“Life is a great mission: it expects from everyone an adequate reaction.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) La vita è una grande missione: si aspetta da ognuno un'adeguata reazione.

Life

“Nothing is proved by the expectation of some Northerners that the clause would eventually put an end to slavery, for there was widespread confusion of "slavery" with the "slave trade."”

David Brion Davis (1927–2019) American historian

Both American and British abolitionists assumed that an end to slave imports would lead automatically to the amelioration and gradual abolition of slavery.
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823, page 129. https://books.google.com/books?id=9lsvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129

“I was sure it wouldn't be here because it was my home parish, I received all my sacraments here and I expect I will be buried here. This is a densely populated archdiocese and the work is staggering.”

Christie Macaluso (1945) Catholic bishop

NATIVE SON NAMED AUXILIARY BISHOP IN CITY https://web.archive.org/web/20181021021710/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-03-19-9703190284-story.html (March 19, 1997)

Home

“Eventually, the success of our job depends on fans' support, and I want them to take a long time before they evaluate our performances. I think fans will feel our enthusiasm and I want to live up to their expectations.”

Megumi Hayashibara (1967) Japanese voice actress and singer

As quoted in "Kappei Yamaguchi & Megumi Hayashibara - Interview with a Voice Actor and Actress" in Rumic World https://www.furinkan.com/features/interviews/yama.html

Dependency , Time , Support , Success

“Without a sense of history, our expectations are the product of how we live now.”

David Fleming (1940–2010) British activist

Lean Logic, (2016), p. 152, entry on Expectations https://leanlogic.online/expectations/

History , Sense

“Don´t expect to find any success stories in human bodies.”

Grady Louis McMurtry (1918–1985) United States Army officer

Source: Stated in the Center of the Fire: A Memoir of the Occult 1966-1989 by James Wasserman

Success

“Ask yourself what is the point of advertising prescription drugs... Clearly they... expect we will... demand that our doctors write the prescriptions.”

Barry Schwartz book The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

The Paradox of Choice (2004)

“Hypocrisy is a game of pretense. It's a lack of honesty. Clearly, Jesus did not abide hypocrites. He expects honesty. He expects straightforwardness, and he expects us to be humble about it all.”

Patrick Pinder (1953) Roman Catholic archbishop of Nassau, the Bahamas

Source: Safety, protection and well-being https://thenassauguardian.com/safety-protection-and-well-being/ (October 15, 2020)

Game

“I did not expect that God would act so quickly in my life. Building my relationship with God, I have never envisioned myself as a bishop. To be one is a great privilege and responsibility. From the human perspective, it is a very challenging life.”

Karol Kulczycki (1966) Polish Roman Catholic prelate, working in Australia, who was been bishop of Port Pirie since 2020

Source: Statement from Bishop-Elect Karol Kulczycki SDS https://www.pp.catholic.org.au/__files/d/9824/Statement%20from%20Bishop-Elect%20Karol%20Kulczycki.pdf (1 August 2020)

God , Life

“Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.”

Carl von Clausewitz book On War

Source: On War (1832), Book 6, Chapter 1.

War , Art

“I promise to show a struggle beyond expectations.”

Reza Goodary (1988) Mixed martial artist

Source: I want to teach him a great lesson so that he knows that Iranians are men of action instead of speaking. I promise to show a fight beyond expectations and to make this proud Thai hero regret his words. https://www.mehrnews.com/xW6Dp7 Mehr News, (September 15, 2021)

“I had no expectations. I thought, “If I don’t make it, it’s my own fault.””

Anchee Min (1957) Chinese-American author

Source: On choosing to immigrate to the United States in “Anchee Min: 'If I had stayed in China, I would be dead'” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10116718/Anchee-Min-If-I-had-stayed-in-China-I-would-be-dead.html in The Telegraph (2013 Jul 4)
Context: In China I had to suffer and labour for the Communist Party – here I was given the opportunity to suffer and labour for myself and to build my own life. I chose to look at the glass half full – I think that’s a very immigrant attitude.

“I think we can expect a great spiritual strengthening.”

Stanislav Zvolenský (1958) Slovak Roman Catholic archbishop

Source: Archbishop Zvolenský: Pope’s visit to Slovakia is “joyful news” https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2021-07/archbishop-zvolensky-pope-s-visit-to-slovakia-is-joyful-news.html (4 July 2021)

Thinking

“A classic unspoken agreement among escapees from a small town: don’t look back, don’t be each other’s anchors, no nostalgia. I wasn’t expecting any of them to return.”

China Miéville Embassytown

Source: Embassytown (2011), Chapter “Formerly, 1” (p. 53)

Nostalgia

“I do not want to speculate on whether certain individuals will be called or not, because corruption is not about speculations or expectations. It is more on facts.”

Mohamad Shukri Abdull (1960) about Mohamad Shukri Abdull

Source: Mohd Shukri Abdull (2019) cited in " Whoever is involved in RM90m claim will be called - MACC https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/463574" on Malaysia Kini, 11 February 2019.

“One cannot expect the believers to deny one of the foundations of their faith, which is respect for every form of life, from conception to natural death. However, we cannot forget the commandment to love thy neighbour. It is the moral duty of a Christian to de-escalate conflicts, not fuel them.”

Wojciech Polak (1964) Polish priest

Source: Primate of Poland calls for de-escalation of abortion protests https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/primate-of-poland-calls-for-de-escalation-of-abortion-protests-17105 (27 October 2020)

Faith , Forgetting , Nature , Love

“Personally, I would expect a fourth (COVID-19) vaccination.”

Karl Lauterbach (1963) German politician and Federal Minister of Health

Source: Karl Lauterbach (2021) cited in: " Europe debates 4th coronavirus vaccine as German minister backs double booster https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-fourth-coronavirus-vaccine-germany-minister-karl-lauterbach-booster/" in Politico, 23 December 2021.

Personality

“The life I've led has only been made possible because I'm an American. The astounding people I've met along the way, the astonishing experience I've had, and the amazing opportunities I've been given have far exceeded anything I could have ever hoped for or expected.”

Lynn Compton book Call of Duty

Source: Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers (2008), Preamble

Hope , People , Way , Life

“People don't know what's good for them; they only know what they want. I learned to keep my expectations low a long time ago. It's good advice for anyone.”

Arthur C. Clarke book Richter 10

Source: 1990s, Richter 10 (1996), Chapter 12, “Continental Drift” (p. 227)

Time , People , Learning

“That to expect bad people not to injure others is crazy. It's to ask the impossible. And to let them behave like that to other people but expect them to exempt you is arrogant—the act of a tyrant.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Hays translation
XI, 18
Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book XI

People

“…Begging Your Holiness as earnestly as I can that you convene a general council with the urgency that the situation demands and that for optimal effect Your Holiness should write to other princes and potentates explaining why. Namely the need to create a united front against the expected Turkish attack and to prevent the heresies that have recently appeared from spreading further.”

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) Holy Roman Emperor

Appearance , Optimism

“On the Syrian border, the situation is worsening day by day. In the next few weeks we expect new waves of refugees. If action is not taken quickly there is the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe.”

Simon Faddoul (1958) Maronite Catholic bishop

Source: President of Lebanese Caritas: On the Syrian border there is risk of a humanitarian catastrophe https://www.asianews.it/news-en/President-of-Lebanese-Caritas:-On-the-Syrian-border-there-is-risk-of-a-humanitarian-catastrophe-24184.html (2012)

“The models... (I) separated and divided powers; (II) implied limitations of government; (III) settled expectations; (IV) governmental regularity (V) preferred rights; (VI) equal protection; and (VII) structural justice.”

Laurence Tribe (1941) American lawyer and law school professor

American Constitutional Law (1978), Approaches to Constituitonal Analysis

Justice

“The Church is expected, even in the middle of human weakness and error, to guard, in obedience and veneration, the Gospel Christ has entrusted to her. The Pope is not the creator of the faith, but the custodian of the Gospel.”

Diego Causero (1940) Italian apostolic nuncio

Source: Pope is not creator of the faith, but custodian of the Gospel https://www.cirkev.cz/archiv/080425-pope-is-not-creator-of-the-faith-but-custodian-of-the-gospel (2008)

Faith , Christ , Error

“First of all, we do not trade with our loyalty expecting whose bid will be higher. We have decided a long time ago. To say the least, we don’t have a great deal of trust in Russians.”

Mustafa Dzhemilev (1943) Leader of the Crimean Tatar National Movement

Source: "Interview with Mustafa Dzemilev at the UN Security Council" https://euromaidanpress.com/2014/04/02/interview-with-mustafa-dzemilev-at-the-un-security-council/ (2 April 2014)

Time , Loyalty

“Who was it that came to see you
when there was no one else in sight?
And who was it that stayed over an hour
(and not as I'd expected, overnight)?
It was me, and I'll tell you why:
Oh, I did it because of my
pure unabashed devotion to loving
(pure unabashed devotion to loving)
you, you, you, you.
Who was it that caught you falling?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"Who Was It?" (song)
(+ Cover version by Davy Jones on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogzt6NntvrE
Song lyrics
Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Who Was It?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FDzXcD1mDg (song on YouTube)

Love

“People predict by making up stories.
People predict very little and explain everything.
People live under uncertainty whether they like it or not.
People believe they can tell the future if they work hard enough.
People accept any explanation as long as it fits the facts.
The handwriting was on the wall. It was just the ink that was invisible.
People often work hard to obtain information they already have and avoid new knowledge.
Man is a deterministic device thrown into a probabilistic Universe. In this match, surprises are expected.
Everything that has already happened must have been inevitable.
A part of good science is to see what everyone else can see but think what no one else has ever said.
The difference between being very smart and very foolish is often very small.
So many problems occur when people fail to be obedient when they are supposed to be obedient, and fail to be creative when they are supposed to be creative
The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours.
It is sometimes easier to make the world a better place than to prove you have made the world a better place.”

Amos Tversky (1937–1996) Israeli psychologist

Source: Notes made by Tversky for a scientific paper, c.1972. Michael Lewis. "The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World". Penguin, 2016 (ISBN 9780141983035).

Knowledge , Problem , Thinking , People

“Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it. God can give the end without any means at all; but you have no reason to think He will. Therefore constantly and carefully use all those means which He has appointed to be the ordinary channels of His grace. Use every means which either reason or Scripture recommends, as conducive (through the free love of God in Christ) either to the obtaining or increasing any of the gifts of God. Thus expect a daily growth in that pure and holy religion which the world always did, and always will, call “enthusiasm;” but which, to all who are saved from real enthusiasm, from merely nominal Christianity, is “the wisdom of God, and the power of God;” the glorious image of the Most High; “righteousness and peace;” a “fountain of living water, springing up into everlasting life!””

John Wesley book Sermons on Several Occasions

1770s, Sermons on Several Occasions (1771)
Source: Sermon 37 "The Nature of Enthusiasm"

Imagination , Spring , Thinking , Love

“1. Strive to be a leader of character, competence, and courage.
2. Lead from the front. Say, "Follow me!" and then lead the way.
3. Stay in top physical shape- physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
4. Develop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.
5. Delegate responsibility to your subordinates and let them do their jobs. You can't do a good job if you don't have a chance to use your imagination or your creativity.
6. Anticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don't wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.
7. Remain humble. Don't worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.
8. Take a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.
9. True satisfaction comes from getting the job done. The key to a successful leader is to earn respect- not because of rank or position, but because you are a leader of character.
10. Hang Tough!

Never, ever give up.”

Dick Winters (1918–2011) American military personnel

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters (2006)
Source: Leadership at the Point of the Bayonet: Ten Principles for Success, p. 293

Night , People , Way , Imagination

“In trying to work for you, we might have failed to take good care of your souls as expected. We ask for your forgiveness in this Year of Mercy. We ask a bit a bit of amnesty from you. We should humbly acknowledge before God and his people the fact that in the history of our priesthood, the dark presence of sin is also found, so there is the need for us in this Year of Mercy to commit ourselves fully to the search for holiness.”

Robert Ndlovu (1955) Archbishop of Harare

Source: Archbishop of Harare celebrates Chrism Mass http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2016/03/24/archbishop_of_harare_celebrates_chrism_mass/en-1217797 (24 March 2016)

Soul , God , History , Search

“The clouds, never expect it,
When it rains
But the sea changes color,
But the sea does not change,
, And so with the slow graceful
Flow of age, I went forth with an,
Age old desire to please,
On the edge of seventeen.”

Stevie Nicks (1948) American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac

Edge of Seventeen
Bella Donna (album) (1981)

Color , Age , Sea , Change

“I sometimes think that my own weakness lies in not realizing the full depths of the weakness and stupidity of men. As a reasonable creature myself I seem to have an unfortunate tendency to expect others unlike myself to be reasonable.”

Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (p. 267)
Short fiction, The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein (1999)

Thinking , Stupidity , Men

“My job is to produce results that match their expectations, and that has been a strong motivating factor for me.”

Sania Nehwal (1990) Indian badminton player

"Saina Nehwal Interview: Sportskeeda Exclusive" https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/saina-nehwal-interview-sportskeeda-exclusive (19 April 2012)

Strong , Motivation

“Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Mark XIV: 53–65, p. 329
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

World

“Before Christ comes, it is useless to expect to see a perfect Church.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Source: Practical Religion (1878), Ch. XX: "The Great Separation", p. 449

Perfection , Christ

“Imagine what it’s like to look at your child who needs insulin and have no idea how you’re going to pay for it. What it does to your dignity, your ability to look your child in the eye, to be the parent you expect to be.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery (March 1, 2022) https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/03/01/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-as-delivered/
2022, March 2022, State of the Union Address

Imagination , Idea , Parent

“We make our sons. This is the tragedy of the tribal Muslim man, and especially the firstborn son: the overblown expectations, the ruinous vanity, the unstable sense of self that relies on the oppression of one group of people—women—to maintain the other group’s self-image.”

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969) Dutch feminist, author

Source: 2010s, Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (2010), Chapter 4, “My Brother’s Story” (p. 58)

People , Sense , Women

“Where we find a difficulty we may always expect that a discovery awaits us. Where there is cover we hope for game.”

Clive Staples Lewis book Reflections on the Psalms

Reflections on the Psalms (1958), ch. III: Cursings

Game , Hope

“Hope for the best. Expect the worst.
The world's a stage. We're unrehearsed.
No way of knowing which way it's going.
Take your chances, there are no answers.
Hope for the best. Expect the worst.”

Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer

Chorus
The Twelve Chairs (1970)

Chance , Hope , Way , World

“Only a few people in this world were lucky enough to run into their true partners—it took outrageous luck for it to happen, then the sense to recognize it, and the courage to act. Few could be expected to have all that, and then to have things go well. The rest had to make do.”

Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer

Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 8, “The Green and the White” (p. 393)

People , World , Courage , Sense

“I do not know why a girl should be expected to talk well till she is at least twenty. There cannot be much in her, she may be prettily exacting, or charmingly modest, but her attractions must be personal, not intellectual.”

Jean Ingelow (1820–1897) British writer

Source: Off the Skelligs: A Novel (1872), Ch. 12, p. 188.

Girl , Personality

“From every film you learn something new, but from my experience you never know what film is going to open what doors, and it always happens when you least expect it.”

Mila Kunis (1983) American actress

"An Interview With The Black Swan — Mila Kunis" https://medium.com/hope-lies-at-24-frames-per-second/an-interview-with-the-black-swan-mila-kunis-c365cb3c33e0 (11 May 2011)

Learning

“Never expect an ignorant person to understand you to any length. If you think so, you are inviting endless misunderstanding. Therefore, better is it to avoid ignorant person in a team work.”

Idegu Ojonugwa Shadrach (1995)

Personality , Understanding , Thinking

“While fully recognizing the superior excellence of unselfish benevolence and love of justice, we did not expect the regeneration of mankind from any direct action on those sentiments, but from the effect of educated intellect, enlightening the selfish feelings.”

John Stuart Mill book Autobiography

Autobiography (1873)
Context: What we principally thought of, was to alter people's opinions; to make them believe according to evidence, and know what was their real interest, which when they once knew, they would, we thought, by the instrument of opinion, enforce a regard to it upon one another. While fully recognizing the superior excellence of unselfish benevolence and love of justice, we did not expect the regeneration of mankind from any direct action on those sentiments, but from the effect of educated intellect, enlightening the selfish feelings.

Education , Selfishness , Justice , Love

“A historian of science is not expected to be a scientist, but he is expected to have some basic knowledge of the scientific alphabet. Similarly, a historian of Orientalism—that is to say, the work of historians and philologists—should have at least some acquaintance with the history and philology with which they were concerned.”

Edward Said (1935–2003) Professor of English and literature

Bernard Lewis, "The Question of Orientalism", The New York Review of Books, 24 June 1982

History , Knowledge , Science

“Currently, what is expected is that a person does not get emotionally aroused or dysregulated, is not emotionally phased or affected by anything someone else does or does not do, does not blame anyone for what they do or don’t do that causes emotional harm and especially does not defend themselves from emotional harm. What is glorified in society is emotional neutrality/numbness… Not having emotions.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

Personality

“I don't know why people expect art to make sense. Life doesn't make sense.”

David Lynch (1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor

Sense , Life , People , Art

“Always conclude everyday you live; too much unachieved expectations is the root of painful exit.”

Yusuf Cornelius Otijenu

Pain

“Give love to whoever deserve it, but expect it only from yourself.”

Yusuf Cornelius Otijenu

Love

“Don't expect things from everything. But, know there is always something in nothing.”

Yusuf Cornelius Otijenu

“I think it's terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people's expectations. I think they generally produce their worst work when they do that.”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

People , Thinking

“When people expect that what they give will be commensurate with what they will get. They must remember one thing, that often life does not work that way. They must be prepared to be disappointed.”

Titon Rahmawan

People , Disappointment , Way , Life

“Know how to behave with others. Knowing how to understand their needs, wants and expectations is the art of winning people's hearts and minds.”

Titon Rahmawan

Understanding , People , Heart , Art

“For women, love is always a form of self-sacrifice and integrity. The willingness to accept the consequences of the expectations she builds in the name of love. Willingness to always obey, not to resist in any situation against male domination and hegemony. Because for women it is a form of proof of their love.”

Titon Rahmawan

Love , Women

“The terror and emotional distress come like the brunt of the waves. But that's how life sways our thoughts and feelings. We cannot expect the sea to be calm forever. We must be prepared for the hurricane to come our way.”

Titon Rahmawan

Sea , Way , Life , Feeling

“Love needs no explanation, of course. There's nothing to explain. About love or longing. The thoughts that accompany our feelings. It's been there for a long time. Ever since it first came to say hello and then declared itself.

It's not something strange, not easily understood. It's like the togetherness we share today. Sit and chat with friends. Enjoying time and joking. Playing old songs, from The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monro and Elvis Presley.

We're not too old to go back to those days. Revisiting the stories of the past. Talking about paintings from Sudjojono or Affandi to Dede Eri Supria and Lucia Hartini. Arguing who is greater; Chairil, Sapardi or Sutardji?

We put aside the issues of political depravity and the news of leadership succession that is not what the public expects. Let time resolve everything. Better to talk about climate change, which is sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny. Or the heat that does not hesitate to burn your head until it reaches 37° while in other places heavy rains cause floods everywhere. We will never know, until the wind takes us back from the past.”

Titon Rahmawan

Painting , Love , Feeling , Change

“We are too often influenced by other people's opinions. We worry too much about what others think of us. We feel called to satisfy other people's expectations, when we know that's definitely not the kind of life we want to live.”

Titon Rahmawan

People , Thinking , Life , Feeling

“I know that our efforts all come to nothing. Analyze life, tear its trappings off, lay it bare with thought, with logic, with philosophy, and its emptiness is revealed as a bottomless pit; its nothingness frankly confesses to nothingness, and Despair comes to perch in the soulI know the end of us all is nothing, I know that at the end of Time, the reward of our toil will be nothing — and again nothing. I know that all our handiwork and all our ideas will be destroyed. I know that not even ash will be left from the fires that consume us. I know that our ideals, even those we achieve, will vanish in the eternal darkness of oblivion and final non-being. There is no hope, none, in my heart. I know, No promise, none, can I make to myself and to others. No recompense can I expect for my labors. No fruit will be born of my thoughts. I know the time — eternal seducer of all men, eternal cause of all effects — offers me nothing but the blank prospect of annihilation. So, my dignity is broken and weak, in recognition of my impending defeat.

The man who is alone, who stands on his own feet, who is stripped bare, who asks for nothing and wants nothing, who has reached the apex of disinterestedness not through blind renunciation but through excess of clear vision, turns to the world which stretches out before him as a burned prairie, as a devastated city — a world in which no churches, asylums, refuges, ideals, are left — and says: «Though you promise me nothing I am still with you, I am still an atom of your energies, my work is part of your work; I am your companion and your mirror as you march on your merciless way. But I owe nothing to any one. I would be responsible to freedom alone.”

Alexis Karpouzos (1967)

Source: https://alexiskarpouzos.medium.com/at-the-end-of-time-alexis-karpouzos-0b5a34cfbbe9

Despair , Life , Men , World

“What is this nonsense? We're not here at the moment. At least, we don't expect to be. Trying to get out of what people think of themselves. All this futility. The earth we walk on is slowly burning.

Is that the kind of statement you want to write? You shout? Will it end up in vain? The rebellion of desire. There is no sanctity or half-truth.

All that nonsense is fake. The hatred that people cultivate from their own disbelief. A conflict of the soul, an inner struggle, or whatever you want to call it. Where will they go? After years and centuries of waiting. Will we find our way or will we forever be lost?

For too long we have slept in the illusion of this madness. This rage. Things we don't believe to be true. Everyone looking for their own truth. Ignorant and indifferent to each other.

Do we feel lucky with our ignorance? With all our naivety? Accepting everything without being able to fight back? Have we been blinded by pseudo-reality, which does not touch our very essence?

What kind of truth are we still debating? What authenticity are we still looking for? Those of you who feel poor, who are still confined by suffering. Arise, live, lift your own burdens! If you have not been able to lighten the burden of others.”

Titon Rahmawan

Madness , Indifference , People , Truth

“There are a few people at our side who, despite the intensity of a feeling, manage to have lucidity. People who help us to move forward, giving us the strength we need to close doors that have remained open, doors that for too long have continued to let in expectations and hopes, fears and disappointments. These people can be called true friends.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ci sono alcune persone al nostro fianco che, nonostante l'intensità di un sentimento, riescono ad avere lucidità. Persone che ci aiutano ad andare avanti, dandoci la forza di cui abbiamo bisogno per chiudere porte che sono rimaste aperte, porte che per troppo tempo hanno continuato a far entrare aspettative e speranze, paure e delusioni. Queste persone possono essere chiamate vere amiche.
Source: prevale.net

People , Fear , Hope , Help

“Often, people expect too much from the world, and in the end they are disappointed.”

Titon Rahmawan

Disappointment , World , People

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