Unsustainable Expectations Quotes

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.

With every job I watch, I can't find peace with what I've done. It's never good enough in my mind. I will never be happy if I'm in that mindset, unless I get a review that starts: 'Once in a generation.'

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

Winning the Olympics was an amazing feeling, but afterwards, it was a bit like, 'What do I do now?' So I lost a bit of motivation going back into training and competitions; I had so much pressure on me. I kept thinking, 'I'm the Olympic champion. I can't lose' - being only 19 and having to deal with all that pressure.

Everybody wants instant gratification for everything. It's all got to be like fast food. You want a hamburger now, you get it now. Hey, even when McDonald's started out, it took them a couple of minutes to make your burger and get it to you. Now, it's all wham, bam. That's tough enough on a burger. It's impossible with a relationship.

When expectations are really high, you're doomed.

Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.

What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.

Having to make a blockbuster every time puts unhealthy pressure on creatives. The pressure on the filmmakers is so intense, I think it stifles the creativity.

My feeling, based on my own experience, is that aiming for grandiosity is the fastest route to failure.

I think that big, sort of theatrical relaunches tend to set you up for failure and hype.

We tend to be responsible for others' feelings all the time and that's not always good.

Oftentimes in tech, people think, 'I'm the only one that has this.' I call them the Atlas People. They're like, 'The weight of the world is on the shoulders. I'm the only person who can solve this problem.' But you can't do that.