Wanted Quotes · Page 76

We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.

— Peggy Fleming

I ran rather than walked, anxious to lose my way. All I wanted was to be unsure.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest.

— Andrew Lansley

I wanted so much to have a life. Even just once, even for a second.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

It made him feel invisible—not that he wanted to feel anything else.

— Margaret Atwood

I knew at an early age that I wanted to pursue comedy.

— Tom Green

Ever since I was 7 years old, I wanted to be great.

— Gloria Trevi

I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner.

— Elisabeth Rohm

One of the best memories of my life is contemplating that first finished drawing and realizing I had cracked the code, that…

— Jim Woodring

Before I moved into the mainstream of American movies, I wrote a script as an experiment. I wanted to get very far…

— Jack Nicholson

I just always wanted to be an actor. I don't remember ever not wanting to be an actor. I did a lot…

— Bridget Regan

I've never been married because, first of all, I don't think I've ever seriously been asked by anyone who I wanted to…

— Tracey Emin

Lonely children often have imaginary playmates but I was never lonely; rather, I was solitary, and wanted no company at all other…

— Gore Vidal

I sort of just wrote the songs, the way I wanted to write them, sing them the way I wanted to sing…

— Johnny Reid

I didn't want to pick at Micah and me until we unraveled. I wanted to leave it alone and enjoy it. I…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Growing up, we never really had money. If I wanted to get something, I had to go out and get a job.

— Brandi Glanville

Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from the running to be the next secretary of state. The thing is, she was never…

— Rush Limbaugh

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and…

— David Rudisha

When I became the NASA administrator — or before I became the NASA administrator — (Obama) charged me with three things. One…

— Charles Bolden

I've always found, when I was younger, that the older guys - the guys who weren't of my generation but were 20,…

— Stephen Dorff

I always thought my days spent in darkness [as a child she had cataracts and was unable to see for nearly four…

— Edith Piaf

No one had ever said anything like that to Evie. Her parents always wanted to advise or instruct or command. They were…

— Libba Bray

I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible…

— Jill Abramson

I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people…

— Gemma Ward

I never wanted children; maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.

— Mahmoud Darwish

Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit.

— Dick York

I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.

— Billy Horschel

You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.

— Anonymous

I've always wanted an old Vette... like, a '67 Stingray is the car I'd want.

— Kevin Dillon

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a spy detective or a rock star.

— Jill Sobule

When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate.

— Bernard Marcus

“You're everything I've ever wanted And, nothing I don't need.”

— Kirk Diedrich

I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.

— John Barry

Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.

— Robert Henri

No, I'm not politically correct. I never wanted to be, and I never will be.

— Carl Paladino

I'll be Okay. Is that what you wanted me to say?

— Patience

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.

— Clarence Thomas

I'm a family person, and I always wanted four kids.

— Toni Garrn

“I wanted to belong to someone, and for someone to belong to me.”

— R.K. Lilley

I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano.

— Elton John