Wanted Quotes · Page 143

What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.

— Robert Jordan

“It’s everything I’ve ever wanted. Everything I’ve ever feared. And now it’s done.”

— Willow Winters

But lies were what people wanted; that was politics.

— Kim Stanley Robinson

I didn't want to hurt them, I only wanted to kill them.

— David Berkowitz

I'm at that stage in my career, especially now where I go where I am wanted.

— Robert Englund

I wanted to share my experience with people so that they feel better.

— Phan Thi Kim Phuc

I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.

— Anne Rice

I did candles because I wanted a candle to put in my home. I couldn't find one I liked.

— Matthew Williamson

He laughed. I suddenly wanted to laugh, to laugh with him, to sit here, or maybe outside in the rain, and just…

— Tablo

I was married for 18 years to a woman who wanted me to get sober for all 18 years and I never…

— Danny Bonaduce

I wanted to change history and preserve humanity. But in the process I changed myself and preserved my own.

— Danny Lyon

I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so…

— Markus Zusak

I wanted him [my father] to cherish and approve of me, not as he had when I was a child, but as…

— Adrienne Rich

“I wanted you. I wanted us. You made all of this... I don't know. It sounds crazy, but you, in my life-…

— Ashley Herring Blake

Before the Internet, all most people cared about was Office. And Office was really the only reason anyone wanted Windows machines instead…

— Michael Arrington

I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning…

— Robert Harris

The Olympic dream was born in 2010 during the qualifications to Vancouver. And when I was watching those Olympics from the sidelines,…

— Adelina Sotnikova

My agent came to me with a deal from another publisher and I signed a deal and got the advance with no…

— Mark McNairy

You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties." "Yeah. Like I've always wanted to destroy the…

— Joanne Harris

If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But that's the same reason why I walked…

— Marilyn Manson

I wanted to go back on 'Dancing With the Stars,' I did it. One of my favorite shows is 'Hawaii Five-0.' I…

— Apolo Ohno

I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted…

— Shakira

Across from me at the next row of supports Jim raised his hand and touched his fingers to his thumb a few…

— Ilona Andrews

Once I grew up and realised 'What am I doing?' I started re-listening to the music I was playing and I realised…

— Eric Hernandez

A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out.

— Donald Glover

When I was a kid, I desperately wanted more background information on especially cartoonists.

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

Some things in life, you don't get. You gotta go take it... Or you'll never have'em.

— Eric Thomas

You can't get what you want all the time in life.

— Ice T

I wanted to meet the people, to get involved in the city, to make Tokyo mine.

— Jacob Aue Sobol

I've always wanted to be Wonder Woman, of course. She had the greatest costume.

— Kelly Hu

I never wanted to stop. I feel like to the day I die I'll play guitar and sing.

— Taryn Manning

My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester.

— Philippe Petit

This is what I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a professional tennis player.

— Frances Tiafoe

I wanted to start playing as soon as I turned 18.

— Victor Osimhen

What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

— Edward Hopper

I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.

— Jill Lepore

You could say anything you wanted to someone you thought you were never going to see again.

— Cassandra Clare

When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.

— John Lennon

We wanted to do a crime that the world would have to stand up and take notice.

— Susan Atkins

A lot of fans said they wanted to see me again. 'Baghban' is for them.

— Hema Malini