Wanted Quotes · Page 65

She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence.

— Clive Barker

I wanted to get a tape recorder, but I got a parrot instead. I think I did that joke backwards.

— Mitch Hedberg

“She hadn’t ever wanted children and yet she had. She had and she did”

— Maggie O'Farrell

I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It's what I wanted to do, so we went.

— Kelly Clarkson

When I was at Watford I was very greedy. I just wanted to show off my skills.

— Jadon Sancho

Now I am finally a City player, and that's all I wanted since the start.

— Samir Nasri

I wanted to work strictly as a freelance actor, and that's the way it turned out.

— Pernell Roberts

For me, just my heart was here at Duke. I just wanted to be here.

— Grayson Allen

I remember failing my Princeton interview. My mom wanted me to apply because ever since I was a kid she had this…

— Tina Fey

He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

— Patrick Süskind

I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I…

— Patrick Duffy

I had been with the label since I was 21. The label wanted shiny pop but I didn't. I found a little…

— Alison Moyet

I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her.

— Ruta Sepetys

Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who…

— Maria Tallchief

I never wanted to do away with my intensity because I felt it was a gift that helped put fuel in my…

— Paul J. Meyer

I don't ever really list things that I want to do. The only two things that I've ever wanted to do are…

— Chris Jericho

Are you disappointed, discouraged and discontented with your present level of success? Are you secretly dissatisfied with your present status? Do you…

— Robert H. Schuller

My mother wanted to be an actress. She wanted to follow her dreams and she never really got a chance to do…

— Mike Colter

A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were…

— Suzanne Collins

In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists.…

— Aldous Huxley

When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now…

— Charlotte Bronte

I saw a sign at a gas station. It said 'help wanted'. There was another sign below it that said 'self service'.…

— Steven Wright

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as…

— John Cusack

Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy,…

— Anonymous

I wanted to remember in order to be able to return.

— Anais Nin

I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.

— Dinah Manoff

I knew I wanted to be a writer at 13. Before that, I told everyone I was going to be an artist.

— Siri Hustvedt

I've been hated by many, wanted by plenty, disliked by some, but confronted by none.

— Drake

Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'

— Dick Van Dyke

Since childhood, I wanted to be a hero, but now, I want to be an actor.

— Sunny Singh

I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).

— Nolan Ryan

“you can get everything you ever wanted and not have what you need.”

— Ruby Lionsdrake

I wanted to be a doctor, because I grew up on 'Cosby.'

— Kenya Barris

“Who was it, Who wanted, Every second, A 15 min. flame?”

— Poets of the Fall

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

— Steve Toltz

All I ever wanted Was to know that you were dreaming...

— Stevie Nicks

I really wanted to travel around the world, and give a strong hug to every fan of BIGBANG.

— Daesung

I definitely wanted much more normalness than what was around me.

— Miranda July

Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee.

— Jerry Pinto

“Give me another chance at this. We’re so great together. I want you. I’ve always wanted you.”

— T. Torrest