Disappointed Quotes - Page 19

• All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.

  Neil Armstrong

  Adventure, Wrinkles, Generations

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• I think we're tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series after seeing the movie they might be disappointed. That there was, you know, that they might have some kind of adverse reaction.

  Gillian Anderson

  Thinking, Tunes, Different

  "HSX Dovlin's Domain". Interview with Rod Dovlin, www.gilliananderson.ws. August 29, 1997.

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• Mankind in the gross is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived and has seldom been disappointed.

  Henry Mackenzie

  Monsters, Mankind, Deceived

  Henry Mackenzie (1854). “The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Mackenzie ...”, p.41

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• I can definitely say the same thing [discussing Steffi Graf's claim that she had played against at least one top player who used steroids]. Steroids can really make a difference, physically and mentally. I'd be really disappointed if I had been ranked No. 2 behind someone who took steroids.

  Chris Evert

  Player, Differences, Making A Difference

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• When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.

  Abdallah II

  Opportunity, People, Needs

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• My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor. I was a big disappointment to them.

  George Clooney

  Disappointment, College, Parent

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• When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do.

  Daniel Clowes

  Fall, Mean, Thinking

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• I fell asleep during 'Year One' twice. And my son, who never falls asleep during a Jack Black movie, also nodded off. That's how bad it was. I was incredibly disappointed.

  Denis Leary

  Fall, Son, Years

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• If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.

  Kathy Ireland

  Self Esteem, Guarantees That, Business Success

  "Kathy Ireland: Designing Woman". Interview with Lisa Ryan, www.cbn.com.

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• Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently.

  Billy Graham

  Thinking, President, Administration

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• I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Dislike Me, People, Want

  "Lucky me". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2009.

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• I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.

  Carly Fiorina

  Men, Thinking, Needs

  "60 Minutes" with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 24, 2010.

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• Me and my dad are friends. We're cool. I'll never be disappointed again, because I don't expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that's how we get along.

  Drake

  Dad, My Dad

  "On the Cover: Drake". Interview with Claire Hoffman, www.gq.com. April 13, 2012.

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• As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next.

  Rachel Cusk

  Writing, Average, Skins

  "I was only being honest" by Rachel Cusk, www.theguardian.com. Match 21, 2008.

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• I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place.

  Paul Merton

  Firsts, Politician

  "I think I'm sane" by Sam Wollaston, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2007.

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• I have never been disappointed upon asking microorganisms for whatever I wanted.

  Kinichiro Sakaguchi

  Asking, Wanted, Microorganisms

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• If I fulfill YOUR expectations, how am I going to transform you? I have to DESTROY your expectations. I have to destroy the very mind that creates those expectations. If you come to me, never come with expectations, otherwise you will be disappointed - because I have no obligation to fulfill your expectations in any way. In fact, if I see that there are some expectations, I do things DELIBERATELY to destroy those expectations. That is the price you have to pay to be with me.

  Rajneesh

  Expectations, Mind, Pay

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• I'm very disappointed in my country right now, because I think we've kind of lost our moral compass.

  Billy Corgan

  Country, Thinking, Moral

  "Piers Morgan Tonight", www.cnn.com. June 20, 2012.

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• It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Trust, Forever, Sometimes

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• Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

  George Foreman

  Motivational, Fighting, Boxing

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• There's nothing worse than being disappointed in somebody.

  Jessica Simpson

  Being Disappointed

  "Jessica Simpson On 'Oprah': I’m Angry At John Mayer (VIDEO)", www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2010.

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• I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.

  Eliot Spitzer

  Standards, Expected

  "Spitzer Doesn't Deny Tie to Prostitution Ring". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel and Michele Norris, www.npr.org. March 10, 2008.

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• We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

  Colley Cibber

  Anger, Hell, Fury

  Colley Cibber (1725). “Love's Last Shift; or, the Fool in fashion. A comedy, etc”, p.49

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• Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?

  Tryon Edwards

  Disappointment, Fear, Blessed

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.86, Ravenio Books

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• Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.

  Linford Christie

  Athlete, Track, Coaching

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