Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.

We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.

The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

The last Simply Red album, 'Stay,' was good, but the first three tracks were designed for radio play. They were written to meet people's expectations of Simply Red.