Wanted Quotes · Page 479

People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and…

— Perry Como

People want pretty much the same things: They wanted to be happy. Most young people seemed to think that those things lay…

— Nicholas Sparks

I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they…

— Brenda Lee

I got [Muhammad Ali's boxing shorts] for $40 at an auction. Nobody wanted them. I have them framed in my house.

— Christopher Walken

When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway,…

— Camila Alves

A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I never wanted to be an actor as I wasn't passionate about it.

— Karan Kapoor

When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then…

— Scott Thompson

I started playing golf because I wanted to be good. After a while, you have to come to a decision of, 'Am…

— Tom Lehman

I watched this documentary on Madonna. I remember I grew up hearing she wanted to rule the world. Actually, she worked really…

— Winona Ryder

When I was working on Eye of the Beholder, I played a character who is so aloof that my whole lifestyle became…

— Ashley Judd

The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

Sam,' the girl said. 'Sam.' She was the past present and future. I wanted to answer , but I was broken.

— Maggie Stiefvater

I've always wanted to be a DJ so I could play the music I love for other people. That feeling hasn't changed,…

— Tiesto

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.

— Alan Moore

I wanted to be prepared and be strong for any unexpected challenges, so from the beginning I was doing kick-boxing. I was…

— Ray Park

I wanted to play Babe Ruth.

— Joe Don Baker

I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a…

— Jon Lovitz

Commenting on the decisions of the Bowl Alliance regarding WAC teams: It's a step, no question. Obviously, it's not what any of…

— LaVell Edwards

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even…

— Ang Lee

I didn't want to take anybody else's money. I wanted to do something small that could be profitable from the beginning, and…

— Nick Woodman

All of my heroes were in the fitness industry, so I wanted to be involved in the fitness industry however I could…

— Ben Francis

[Donald] Trump wanted the nomination, and all these other Republicans and their supporters didn't want Trump to have the nomination. So who…

— Rush Limbaugh

My mother went to Radcliffe, and rather than just trying to get rich, she wanted to be a teacher and taught for…

— Ben Affleck

I didn't even know I would be an actor; I always wanted to be a cameraman.

— Arjun Kapoor

When I'd finished, everybody said they wanted me for this movie. At first I thought they meant a nudie flick since an…

— Shelley Duvall

Rome was in the most dangerous inclination to change on account of the unequal distribution of wealth and property, those of highest…

— Plutarch

My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He…

— Kevin Bacon

I wanted to have a go at a pop career. My first single, 'Baby I Don't Care', was a hit, and the…

— Jennifer Ellison

I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control?

— Laurell K. Hamilton

With the song 'This Christmas' I wanted to do something that was kind of different. I mean, Donny Hathaway is an amazing…

— Chris Brown

Our shipment of mowers was lost at sea and while we waited, winter descended and covered our green lawns with snow. That…

— Terry Matthews

When I was young, I went to college, had a teacher who was, had been a student of Trilling's at Columbia, this…

— Louis Menand

John Kerry keeping a low profile this week. He said he wanted to get away and go someplace where no one would…

— Jay Leno

Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like.

— Van Cliburn

Once you realize that you're in something that you've always wanted and you don't want to lose it, you behave differently. And…

— Paul Anka

Mitch Miller knew exactly what he wanted me to sing. He didn't want me to improvise at all.

— Johnny Mathis

From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to…

— Abbas Kiarostami

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

— Kate DiCamillo

I want to be with you, too,” he said. “I’ll come to your room after dawn.” Qhuinn didn’t want to ask. Had…

— J.R. Ward