Wanted Quotes · Page 740

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

— Wole Soyinka

It didn't mean forever but for right now I wanted Rush to be my first. He wouldn't be my last. A stop…

— Abbi Glines

(Was he talking about a polar expedition, or marriage?) -Jorge Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of…

— Ernest Shackleton

It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain…

— Christine Baranski

It's inevitable that everyone's first drawing they draw is much like their fingerprint. It's inescapable that one has an identifiable style. It's…

— Raymond Pettibon

I had no doubts I wanted to be a footballer because that was the only option.

— Demba Ba

I have permanent damage to my body because I wanted to be thin.

— Margaret Cho

The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible.

— Jeanne Calment

I'm always in this shape, that shape, whatever shape you like the most. I am always in various stages of shapes. If…

— Sandra Bullock

In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he…

— Dennis Nilsen

And remember how he wrote the first Rocky in a few days, and wouldn't sell the script even though he was starving,…

— Terry Crews

I started collecting art... simply because I wanted pictures to hang on the wall. I noticed what a difference a picture could…

— Michael Audain

I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially…

— Gloria Estefan

I felt proud of myself. I worked out really hard, and the reason I wanted to do it the most is because…

— Cindy Margolis

I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall.

— Elle Macpherson

I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just…

— Tom Petty

I just wanted to write songs that would be amazing live, to interact with the audience.

— Chappell Roan

I just wanted all the wars to be over so that we could spend the money on starships and Mars colonies.

— Grant Morrison

I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly…

— Ashley Madekwe

I mean, all of these things that [Bashar Assad] has done, there's no way even if President Obama wanted to just play…

— John F. Kerry

When we go into the 80's it has more of a pop feel. But it's what I wanted to do. I wasn't…

— Shuggie Otis

I worked for a brief spell as a journalist, but soon I discovered that I didn't want to be a journalist -…

— Robert Darnton

I was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I…

— Hank Aaron

It does get difficult to shift from a 'Wanted' to a 'Mod.'

— Ayesha Takia