Wanted Quotes · Page 115

I lined up with the Republicans because they were antitax, and I wanted to make a lot of money.

— Ed Schultz

All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom.

— Charles de Lint

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

— Dave Barry

I wanted to be that cranky old guy that stands on his porch and yells at the neighborhood kids.

— Robert Lansing

I'm preparing to be a mother one day and I really wanted to get inside the mind of a mom.

— LeToya Luckett

I'm a working actor, and that's what I always wanted.

— Genevieve O'Reilly

We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.

— Michael Phelps

All my life I've wanted, just once, to say something clever without losing my train of thought

— Robert Breault

[My mother] pretty much used to go along with my dad in that she wanted me to get an education so that…

— George Michael

I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading and wanting to read more, and if they left my classroom thinking…

— Rick Riordan

Any trainer I've wanted to get I've managed to get. Even if they are one of six, I've managed to pick them…

— Darren Bent

So you know, my plan was that I was going to make records, and be a rock star. And that's really what…

— Katey Sagal

If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to…

— Joshua Lederberg

I wanted to be a forensic scientist when I was younger. For a long time, I was studying because I wanted to…

— Bex Taylor-Klaus

The idea that we need to “pay our dues” is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and…

— James Altucher

I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't…

— Derek Jeter

I've always wanted to fight for people who didn't have arms. I've always wanted to speak up for people who don't have…

— Sophia Bush

How we approached this was I wanted this to be personal in a way. It's not a big, epic Hollywood score but…

— A. R. Rahman

I was always active as a child. My dad tried to place me in every sport imaginable. I had so much energy,…

— Apolo Ohno

In college, all my friends were graffiti writers, but I never wrote graffiti. I wanted to participate and do something cool on…

— Ryan McGinley

In all those types of films I wore a tan suit, a grey suit, a beige suit and then a negligee for…

— Rosalind Russell

Im a farmer. I always will be a farmer. When I die, Ill be a farmer. Its something that Ive wanted to…

— Jon Tester

I never wanted to do reunion shows for the sake of a reunion show. I've done all the 'Brady Bunch' stuff except…

— Eve Plumb

In high school I was a nerd and very academic. On the weekends, instead of going out and partying, I’d close myself…

— Troian Bellisario

I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

— Chris Hughes

I just wanted to win on the road, honestly. I don't remember the road ever being this tough.

— Tim Duncan

Nothing makes you realize you don't know what you want more than getting what you want.

— Jane Wagner

I was like, weird on purpose. I wanted to be an outcast.

— Rico Nasty

Among the clubs that most wanted to recruit me were Marseille and Leicester.

— N'Golo Kante

I wanted to be a baseball player, but I became fascinated with wrestling as a teenager.

— Mick Foley

I had goals I wanted to reach. I didn't want to be just an average player.

— Ben Wallace

If God wanted us high, He would have given us wings.

— Arsenio Hall

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

— Anna Quindlen

I wanted to have something that I was proud of and that I knew people would enjoy.

— Jonny Lang

And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.

— Stanley Tucci

“I gave up something I wanted for something I need. And I need you, Angel.”

— Becca Fitzpatrick

If we wanted to make money we would have become lawyers or doctors or stuff like that.

— Gabriel Ba

But the fact is, nobody gets off drugs unless they really want to, and I really wanted to.

— Ally Sheedy

It was a world that I wanted to record because it was such a miracle visitation to me.

— Laurie Lee

I would dye my hair every week. I wanted to be a really goth teenager.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar