Subvert Expectations Quotes & Sayings

We should be involved in quiet acts of selfless service. — Spencer W. Kimball

American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don't know what to copy. — W. Edwards Deming

I'm trying to arrange my life so I don't have to be present. — Woody Allen

That's it?" Nico demanded. "Hecate sent us halfway across Italy so you could tell us to eat barley? — Rick Riordan

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth. — Napoleon Hill

Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people — Anonymous

Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning? ... Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man's appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish. — Daniel Quinn

Millennium Trails will be very tangible gifts to the future. We will walk on them and hike on them and bike on them. They will be accessible to people of all ages and abilities. But in a very important way they represent more than the tangible effect of the trail. They represent a commitment and an investment in what kind of country we want in the next century. — Hillary Clinton

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly. — Gustave Flaubert

There are just so many options that people have. But as a writer, you'll drive yourself crazy, if you worry about that too much. People watch a lot of TV, so they think certain things are going to happen, and you're always trying to subvert expectations. — Carlton Cuse

I watched a couple of films I was in and thought, 'Those are pretty close to what we wanted them to be. I feel actually weirdly OK with it all. I can still see flaws in what I'm doing, but I think I delivered. I think I improved the film with my presence.' — Domhnall Gleeson