Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

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

False expectations take away joy.

Failure was built into it by an extraordinary of exaggerated expectations.

It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.

If you get too big for your boots, if you've got big dreams, you're gonna get them broken or shattered.

When the premiere of the show came out, we threw a big party, and, like, five minutes into the party, me and Corey walked out of the party and said... 'No one's ever gonna watch this.'

In my experience, previously counted chickens never do hatch.

My whole life has been one big broken promise.

Sometimes your dreams come true, and it's a real drag.

To underestimate one's thirst, to pass a given landmark to the right or left, to find a dry spring where one looked for running water - there is no help for any of these things.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

Anyway, it fell through because they ran out of money. That was when I learned not to waste your time getting your hopes up or to believe something until it actually happens. We broke up for various reasons, but it was a good band. Jim and Don produced some magical music.

I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

I made a classic mistake. I held out for something better.

It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!

The best laid plans o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.

I wanted to be famous. It's embarrassing to admit, but I came out to L.A. thinking it would happen in no time. I thought, 'Once they see me, they'll be so glad I came.' I always had a ridiculous amount of self-confidence about what was going to happen to me.

Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.

You never forget the feeling of not getting to the World Series. Yes, it sticks with you.

I got ideas above my station, and I made mistakes.

To miss out on the top four in Europe is heartbreaking, really.

I was unfortunate at Tottenham.