Wanted Quotes · Page 773

When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn't know.

— Sylvia Plath

We're wanted men, we'll strike again, but first let's have a beer.

— Jimmy Buffett

I thought, 'There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few…

— Kenneth Koch

[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not…

— Margaret Thatcher

I wanted to be a pariah, because all my heroes were cult artists, people who devoted their lives to poking into very…

— Jim Woodring

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for…

— Juliana Hatfield

I knew I wanted to be an artist early on, but I decided to seriously pursue the profession when I auditioned for…

— Corey Hawkins

Yes, I would have wanted Messi to be born in Brazil.

— Tite

I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad.…

— William Petersen

she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind.

— Charles Bukowski

I had some pretty lucky and good living situations; thankfully I never got forced out of an apartment. A lot of my…

— Mikal Cronin

We never had any problem from them. Jyoti Basu has been very kind to us. He was the one who told me…

— Mother Teresa

I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of…

— Emmitt Smith

I wanted to know how much of conversion was forced - that is, forced in the sense that the Inquisition forced people…

— Susan Jacoby

I couldn't be messing around and acting like an 11-year-old if we expected to compete well. I wanted to compete well, because…

— Karch Kiraly

We are already seeing a degree of instability in the world because Obama seems to have consciously wanted to step back. Donald…

— Paul Wolfowitz

I wanted to be a pro volleyball player, and I fell in love with performance and audience response. The pressure of performing…

— Dan Payne

Before my marriage, I was really wild, and I was very open about it. My wife knows about it. From the age…

— Ram Kapoor

He leaned her back against the tub, setting her head on the edge, then washed her shoulders. "I know I left you…

— Kelley Armstrong

I didn't have the drive; I never wanted to be in show business. I went into my father's business because of osmosis.

— James Burrows

My two older brothers are both molecular biologists and neuroscientists, and I feel like representing them accurately is never done in movies,…

— Mike Cahill

I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with…

— Abbey Lincoln

I wanted to explore the world and explore life. I wanted to have more to life than Flint.

— Kyle Kuzma

I auditioned [for America's Most Talented Kids] just to see where I would rank. I had been playing [gigs] around town, and…

— Cheyenne Kimball

I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I…

— Paula Cole