Wanted Quotes · Page 179

I wanted to hit him. I wanted to hold him. I wanted to shout myself into his ear.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I saw the EDM world and wanted to be in that more than the hip-hop world.

— Riff Raff

I cannot say why I wanted to paint.The only answer is in the pictures themselves.

— Oskar Kokoschka

Dont give up on what you wanted first for what you want now.

— $Teady

I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.

— Anonymous

We just wanted to do a chip that tasted great, but wasn't bad for you.

— Keith Belling

Was true love when you wanted to slap someone and kiss him madly at the same time?

— Nancy Werlin

I definitely felt the pressure I wanted to live up to all of the expectations

— Elijah Wood

I never had a role that I set out for. I always wanted to have a body of work that I'm proud…

— Richard Dreyfuss

Torres was easily the best player I have ever played with in my career. I loved him. And when he approached me…

— Steven Gerrard

To apologize for what you most wanted to do, to concede that it was obnoxious, boring, 'vulgar and unsafe' --- that was…

— Alan Hollinghurst

If I found in my own ranks that a certain number of guys wanted to cut my throat, I'd make sure that…

— Pierre Trudeau

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

— Abebe Bikila

He has such a clear vision of exactly what he wanted out of each character, out of each set, out of each…

— Ryan Reynolds

I wanted to have a Vanna White look alike contest here, the only problem was, most of the girls who showed up…

— Raven

Something that I wanted to do since I was a kid, bring a world title to the Bridgestone successfully.

— Caleb Plant

If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living…

— Daniel Gilbert

If I wanted to make something that actually made a difference roughly in this industry, I would make a documentary. That would…

— Neill Blomkamp

In time, after a dozen years of centering their lives around the games boys play with one another, the boys' bodies change…

— Frank Pittman

I was gonna open a gym and was in negotiation to buy the gym I was working out at. It was a…

— Drew Waters

When I was two and a half or three, my mom got a call from someone asking if wanted to go on…

— Megan Charpentier

I went into the foreign service because I was interested in politics. But, in 1991, when I joined, I didn't see much…

— Chris Alexander

When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who…

— John Wooden

Then I saw Juli. She was two tables away from me, facing my direction. Only she wasn't looking at me. She was…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

I would never write in response to what I believe the public wanted or needed.

— Don DeLillo

I always wanted to act and I always wanted to work in comedy.

— Esther Povitsky

To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight.

— Danielle de Niese

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

— Mel Brooks

Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.

— Brownie McGhee

“She's never really wanted to be the only person, she's never been such a fan of being alone.”

— Alison Pace

I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1.

— Novak Djokovic

First off let me say, I've wanted to be an actress since I was a little girl.

— Paula Patton

I've always wanted to do something where I aged a lot, went from young girl to dowager.

— Charles Busch

I finally had a ship tattooed to my chest. I wanted something on it.

— Phyllis Diller

I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

— Marianne Faithfull

I was reading for understanding. I wanted to do to a reader what Salinger did for me.

— John Dufresne

From the very beginning, I wanted to be the best, whether it was sports or poetry.

— Myles Garrett

I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.

— Ken Thompson

I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity.

— Trevor Nunn

When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.

— Paul McCartney