He is trying to lower expectations ahead of the summit.

It's not very often you get Cisco and Dell bringing expectations lower in the same week.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.

Our fourth quarter operating results were right in line with our expectations. We continue to see improved leasing activities, and our operations continue to become more efficient with our new third-party property managers. The trends in all our markets are positive.

I should not have minded that, if they would only have left me alone. But they wouldn't leave me alone. They seemed to think the opportunity lost, if they failed to point the conversation at me, every now and then, and stick the point into me.

Dios sabe que nunca hemos de avergonzarnos de nuestras lágrimas, porque son la lluvia que limpia el cegador polvo de la tierra que recubre nuestros corazones endurecidos.