--- title: "12 Wants Like Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Wants Like quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Wants Like sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_brother_my-father-wants-me-to-be-like-my-brother_1082998.jpg" --- > [My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/my-father-wants-me-to-be-like-my-brother-but-i-can-t-be/) [Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_brother_my-father-wants-me-to-be-like-my-brother_1082998.jpg) > [The world wants to like America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/feisal-abdul-rauf/the-world-wants-to-like-america/) [Feisal Abdul Rauf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/feisal-abdul-rauf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/feisal-abdul-rauf-12036_america_the-world-wants-to-like-america-717277_717277.png) > [Everybody wants to be like everybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-atkins/everybody-wants-to-be-like-everybody-else/) [Christopher Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-atkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/christopher-atkins-18773_alike_everybody-wants-to-be-like-everybody-els_1838744.png) > [in Hollywood, everyone wants what someone else wants. It's like a law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-d-adams/in-hollywood-everyone-wants-what-someone-else-wants-it-s-like-a-law/) [Max D. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-d-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/max-d-adams-65249_hollywood_in-hollywood-everyone-wants-what-someone_1193963.jpg) > [Its hard to be yourself in a world that wants you to be like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/its-hard-to-be-yourself-in-a-world-that-wants-you-to-be-like-them/) [Jeremy Limn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-limn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/jeremy-limn-301_be-yourself_its-hard-to-be-yourself-in-a-world-that_2807552.jpg) > [“You can feel like he wants to own you,-not like an object but like a good dream he wants to keep having.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-bank/you-can-feel-like-he-wants-to-own-you-not-like-an-object-but-like-a/) [Melissa Bank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-bank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/melissa-bank-7849_dreams_you-can-feel-like-he-wants-to-own-you-no_3108117.png) > [What if my son stares with a face like my own and says he wants to be like me when he's grown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dirty-money/what-if-my-son-stares-with-a-face-like-my-own-and-says-he-wants-to-be/) [Dirty Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dirty-money/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/dirty-money-21518_face-like_what-if-my-son-stares-with-a-face-like-m_250823.jpg) > [I had one girl send me an e-mail saying she wants to go out with me, but it's like a two-pronged deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judah-friedlander/i-had-one-girl-send-me-an-e-mail-saying-she-wants-to-go-out-with-me/) [Judah Friedlander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judah-friedlander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/judah-friedlander-12083_because_i-had-one-girl-send-me-an-e-mail-saying_2818641.jpg) > [You can feel that he wants to own you - not like an object but like a good dream he wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-bank/you-can-feel-that-he-wants-to-own-you-not-like-an-object-but-like-a/) [Melissa Bank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-bank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/melissa-bank-7849_dream_you-can-feel-that-he-wants-to-own-you-no_1877491.png) > [“He decides he wants both more or less. He’d like to hang with Beyonce in a nice way, get to know her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-fountain/he-decides-he-wants-both-more-or-less-he-d-like-to-hang-with-beyonce/) [Ben Fountain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-fountain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/726/ben-fountain-3198_beyonce_he-decides-he-wants-both-more-or-less-he_3054134.jpg) > [“He was nice in the carriage. I didn't know he knew how to be nice.' That makes me laugh. At the door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/he-was-nice-in-the-carriage-i-didn-t-know-he-knew-how-to-be-nice-that/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/holly-black-329_cardan-greenbriar_he-was-nice-in-the-carriage-i-didn-t-kno_2009879.png) > [“He decides he wants both more and less. He’d like to hang out with Beyonce in a nice way, get to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-fountain/he-decides-he-wants-both-more-and-less-he-d-like-to-hang-out-with/) [Ben Fountain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-fountain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/ben-fountain-3198_desire_he-decides-he-wants-both-more-and-less-h_442092.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wants-like/#itemlist", "name": "Wants Like Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Mapplethorpe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/my-father-wants-me-to-be-like-my-brother-but-i-can-t-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_brother_my-father-wants-me-to-be-like-my-brother_1082998.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_brother_my-father-wants-me-to-be-like-my-brother_1082998.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/robert-mapplethorpe-11315_brother_my-father-wants-me-to-be-like-my-brother_1082998.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.” — Robert Mapplethorpe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The world wants to like America.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Feisal Abdul Rauf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/feisal-abdul-rauf/the-world-wants-to-like-america/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/feisal-abdul-rauf-12036_america_the-world-wants-to-like-america-717277_717277.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/feisal-abdul-rauf-12036_america_the-world-wants-to-like-america-717277_717277.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/feisal-abdul-rauf-12036_america_the-world-wants-to-like-america-717277_717277.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world wants to like America.” — Feisal Abdul Rauf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody wants to be like everybody else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher Atkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-atkins/everybody-wants-to-be-like-everybody-else/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/christopher-atkins-18773_alike_everybody-wants-to-be-like-everybody-els_1838744.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/christopher-atkins-18773_alike_everybody-wants-to-be-like-everybody-els_1838744.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/christopher-atkins-18773_alike_everybody-wants-to-be-like-everybody-els_1838744.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everybody wants to be like everybody else.” — Christopher Atkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "in Hollywood, everyone wants what someone else wants. 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