Anne Lamott Quotes

Expectations are resentment waiting to happen.

Why go through life feeling cheated? It does nothing but make you bitter.

I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

I don't like to think of anyone waking up every morning amazed that things haven't gone their way in life.

I have stopped expecting from films. What I expect never happens.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment.

I believe that many people are unhappy because they have not learned to be grateful. Some carry the burden of bitterness and resentfulness for many years. Some pass their days as though suffering a deep sadness they cannot name. Others are unhappy because life didn’t turn out the way they thought it would.

I was actually really happy with where my game was at. That's probably the most disappointing aspect.

Expectation is the mother of all frustration.

I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.

So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother.

If you're alive for more than five minutes, you're going to be disappointed.

Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you.

I hate not giving the people what they want.

You have no idea what it is like to constantly disappoint people. You see it the moment you meet them. You see in their eyes that they expected something so entirely different, and here they are meeting... you.

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.