Wanted Quotes · Page 63

I wanted a picture of Jamaica that isn't in books, and certainly not in novels.

— Marlon James

You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.

— John Steinbeck

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'...

— Ken Follett

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

— Ray Charles

Larry Kasdan wanted us all there, all the time, even if we weren't filming.

— JoBeth Williams

I wanted to be the reasonable voice of revenge for what I'd seen [my father] life come to.

— Bruce Springsteen

Once I had her hand, I never wanted to let go of her.

— Ottilie Weber

I have the rematch that I wanted. I'm going to knockout a Mexican and I will reconquer my title

— Sergio Martinez

I wanted to be like my friends. I hung out with girls who had blue eyes and blond hair and I thought,…

— Selena Gomez

My dad always said he wanted to be remembered for his body of work, and he's made more than 75 pictures, some…

— Charlton Heston

Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what…

— John Wooden

Sometimes what you want isn't always what you get. But if you trust in your self, in the end you'll see that…

— Hourbebe

Our whole goal in life is to give you something you didn’t know you wanted and then once you get it, you…

— Tim Cook

Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which…

— Edvard Grieg

I never wanted to be a star, and I don't really want to be famous. I just love the stability of my…

— Joshua Morrow

I really wanted to do plays since I was a little girl. I wanted to go to Juilliard and to learn, but…

— Elizabeth Reaser

I grew up in a working class family where there was no health insurance. I saw first hand the fracturing of the…

— Howard Schultz

'The X-Files' was a hard sell because people didn't know what it was. The network didn't understand what it was that they…

— Chris Carter

I think a persons life is supposed to be like a DVD. You can see the version everyone else sees, or you…

— Jodi Picoult

The process of decolonisation in Nigeria was a very untidy one. The British, when they were leaving finally and knew exactly who…

— Wole Soyinka

I had an idyllic childhood and when my parents bought me a Punch and Judy Show and a ventriloquist's dummy, I'd perform…

— Ken Dodd

Who shall enumerate the many ways in which that costly piece of fixed capital, a human being , may be employed! More…

— Albert Schweitzer

“I came at last to a recognition of myself as, in part , a Tom Sawyer who wanted everything done according to…

— Robertson Davies

Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story…

— Matt de la Pena

I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.

— Sherman Alexie

I've got the big name, but I've always wanted to be in a band, one of a band.

— Robert Plant

I treat the young boys as I wanted to be treated when I came through at Aston Villa.

— Gareth Barry

Once I made up my mind that music was what I wanted to do, I never looked back.

— Aaron Watson

I've always wanted to sail around the world in a handmade boat, and I built a boat.

— Will Ferrell

My mum very much wanted me to go into the theatre.

— Peter Sellers

I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.

— Adam Arkin

“They wanted each other. They needed each other. When did love become in love?”

— Kit Rocha

The last thing I wanted to do was put politics into my music... because music was my escape.

— Gloria Estefan

I've always wanted to create athleisure; it's my thing.

— James Charles

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

— Kate Morton

I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.

— Allan Ray

I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother.

— Isabella Rossellini

Of course I adored and wanted to be Catwoman. That goes without saying.

— Bruce Vilanch

I came to my mom and told her I wanted to do this[acting].

— Selena

I had led a private life and wanted to die a private death.

— Jean Harris