42 Movie Quotes about Expectations (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Jul 18, 2026

Memorable quotes about expectations, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 So, he can't write. Big deal. Verbal ability is a highly overrated thing in a guy and our pathetic need for it is what gets us into so much trouble.

Rosie Odonnell in Sleepless in Seattle

22 You have such a gift for life, Lucilla. But I think you ask too much of it.

Alec Guinness as Marcus Aurelius in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

23 This is it. -This? It just looks like a patch of ordinary weeds.

Jodi Benson as Thumbelina in Thumbelina (1994)

24 Aw, come on. You can't fool us. -A genie's supposed to grant wishes. -Yeah! Three wishes for every master.

Russi Taylor as Louie Duck; Russi Taylor as Dewey Duck in DuckTales: The Movie (1990)

25 Look, I ordered coffee. We've been here a long _in' time. She's only filled my cup three times. When I order coffee, I want it filled six times.

Steve Buscemi as Mister Pink in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

26 Ah, I've got to warn you, I don't do anything on my first date. -We'll see.

William Holden as Max Schumacher; Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen in Network (1976)

27 I'd hoped for a horse, but there's nothing wrong with a good strong mule.

Quote from The Alamo (1960)

28 Yeah, I sure had some cockeyed ideas about prospecting for gold. It was all in the finding, I thought. I thought all you had to do was find it, pick it up, put it in sacks, and carry them off to the nearest bank.

Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

29 Hey, buddy, I'm not paying you to hear your thoughts on life. I'm paying you to sing.

Quote from The Wedding Singer (1998)

30 And may we have straws, please? -Yes. I expected that.

Jim Henson as Kermit The Frog; Steve Martin as Insolent Waiter in The Muppet Movie (1979)