35 Movie Quotes about Expectations (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

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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.

31 Well, I'm not lookin' for a mail-order bride. I just want somebody that I can have a decent conversation with over dinner without it fallin' down into weepy tears over some movie. -She's just so very emotional.

Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle

32 I've seen this happen on holidays before. You look forward to being real happy, and then something happens that spoils it all.

Linda Ercoli as Peppermint Patty in It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

33 You will discover that women treat us just as humanity treats its gods. They worship us and keep bothering us to do something for them.

George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

34 See, I'm afraid I sort of exaggerated in my letters. I showed off a little, you know. She's expecting to meet a pretty important man. Well, I'm in no mood to act important tonight.

James Stewart as Alfred Kralik in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

35 Oh, yeah? Well, a man is entitled to come home and find dinner on the table without having to wade through a convention of male strippers!

Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood in Matilda (1996)