Wanted Quotes · Page 439

I wanted to do something that gave my life meaning and purpose.

— Ed McCaffrey

I can remember the time when, if we wanted a house or housing, we relied on private enterprise. In fact, Americans built…

— Leonard Read

I could have protested of course, who says I couldn't--I could have risen to my feet at any moment, walked up to…

— Witold Gombrowicz

Maybe one day I'll make a record that's really mysterious and no one knows where it came from or what I wrote…

— Ellie Goulding

I am an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you…

— Alexander McQueen

The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star.

— Piper Laurie

I tried writing this book about a singer in a wedding band, but realized I only wanted to write the book so…

— Megan McCafferty

I wanted to write in Kitchenese, the secret language of cooks, instantly recognizable to anyone who has ever dunked french fries for…

— Anthony Bourdain

Oooh, if you have never been to Alaska, go there while it is still wild. My favorite uncle asked me if I…

— Bob Ross

I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a…

— Jack Irons

I have batted well in Tests and always wanted to do well in ODIs, too.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

I'm not one of these directors, so far, that wants to have a whole separate director's cut of these things. So far…

— Jay Roach

I wanted to be the female Jim Carrey.

— Chrissy Metz

When I got older, I wanted to have shoes that no one else had, so I started to choose different shoes; then…

— Jerome Boateng

Always he had wanted to tell somebody about his life, but when he had tried, his confidante had looked at him.

— Zona Gale

I've always wanted to be a mommy.

— Katy Mixon

Early in my career, people wanted to pigeonhole me as the bad guy because I'm of Italian-American descent, which they often were…

— Stanley Tucci

I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature.

— Richard Ernst

I wanted not to make photographs that would be art, but art that would be photography.

— Jean-Marc Bustamante

I became tired of submitting my art to a panel of corporate strategists who decide if it meets their standard of what…

— Chuck D

What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed…

— Patti Smith

I love Fidel Castro...I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the…

— Ozzie Guillen

That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or…

— Bryan Robson

I think 60 is when many people hit their prime. We elect many of our presidents in their 60s. At that age,…

— Diana Nyad

I'm a touring artist - I love going out and playing live, and I was sick of making records didn't translate well…

— Todd Carey

I didn't really come from money. So I wanted my thesis show to grab as much attention as possible.

— Lucien Smith

My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being the star she always…

— Bruce Forsyth

I was a quarterback in pee-wee football. I always wanted to be quarterback. They're the leaders, they make the calls. It didn't…

— Junior Seau

Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.

— Namie Amuro

I kinda always wanted to be a tenor player, but I'm a small guy, and tenor was just too big.

— David Sanborn

I've always wanted to be in the health and wellness business. I try to encourage people to live a healthy lifestyle.

— Mark Wahlberg

I actually wanted to publish [ interview with Donald Trump about Citizen Kane] in the New York Times, but the circumstances under…

— Errol Morris

I saw Dolce Vita and my mind was blown by it, by the synthesis. I realised I wanted to be a filmmaker…

— Rebecca Miller

I just looked up to my brother because he was a professional. He was the one I wanted to follow.

— Kieran Trippier

I wanted to write about Jews in Montana, so I went there by plane and bus, only to discover that there are…

— Kevin Barry

It was my idea that if you started any kind of business, you should begin somewhere near where you hoped to end.…

— Elizabeth Hawes

I read a whole bunch of bits and pieces over the years, obviously from the fan magazines and the rest of the…

— Davy Jones

My true love is with amateur wrestlin;, that's where I was born. I've always wanted to wrestle.

— Kurt Angle

Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have…

— Maya Angelou

It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.

— Tara Lipinski