Wish Quotes · Page 107

Remember that a wish held fervently turns into belief, and a belief held diligently becomes reality.

— Jim Stovall

I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.

— Keri Russell

I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.

— Romola Garai

Sometimes I wish I was a beautiful machine so I could resist your kiss and not cry when you're mean.

— Lana Del Rey

To link oneself with the masses, one must act in accordance with the needs and wishes of the masses.

— Mao Zedong

The American public really does have a death wish for me. They want me to die. I'm not going to die.

— Courtney Love

Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time.

— Napoleon Hill

A goal without a plan is a wish. What's your plan? It's on you, because you have to do all the work.

— Herman Edwards

If you wish to be good "Pantagruelists" (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put…

— Francois Rabelais

I wish I hadn't lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV.…

— John Sweeney

I will make a wish for you, and hope it will come true that life would just be kind to such a…

— Superman

I really wanted to be a captain of industry. I worked at Unilever as brand manager for Lynx after university. While I…

— Hugh Dennis

The problem is that this round from its inception has had agriculture at its centerpiece. The EU and the U. S. and…

— Rob Portman

I wish there was something that - I get all those wonderful letters and wonderful acknowledgments, and I wish I could be…

— Harvey Korman

Knowing that wishes don’t always come about in the way that we think, but if you believe and keep your mind open,…

— Alyson Noel

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the…

— Alice Hoffman

[On George H.W. Bush:] A man who wishes to lead the Western world should be able to find the right words, string…

— Mary McGrory

I sincerely join you in abjuring all political connection with every foreign power; and tho I cordially wish well to the progress…

— Thomas Jefferson

Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the…

— John Adams

The astronomer is, in some measure, independent of his fellow astronomer; he can wait in his observatory till the star he wishes…

— James Pollard Espy

There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as it is…

— J. William Fulbright

I didn't have time to deal with practicing in a way that I would have liked to. I wish I could have…

— Jon Gordon

Where wildness and disorder are visible in the dance, there Satan, death and all kinds of mischief are likewise upon the floor.…

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Dogs would make totally incompetent criminals. If you could somehow get a group of dogs to understand the concept of the Kennedy…

— Dave Barry

I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.

— Barbra Streisand

To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.

— Bertrand Russell

Typically, every 14 to 16 months, we're putting a new album out. To be honest, I wish it was slower.

— Jay DeMarcus

I wish to remain nameless And live without shame 'Cause what's in a name, Oh I still remain the same

— Florence Welch

I wish I could help in a more substantial way, the football in India in a more global, national way.

— Zico

Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

— Ambrose Bierce

Stop wishing for things you complain you have not, and start making the best of all that you've got.

— Helen Steiner Rice

My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films.

— Jackie Chan

Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

— Ambrose Bierce

Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

— John Sununu

Lots of birthday wishes Are sent to you today Hope your day will be One of the best You've ever had!

— Julie McGregor

I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity.

— Norbert Elias

We wish our Christian brothers would be honest and permit us our heroes. We do not deny them theirs.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

— Ayn Rand

Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. . . I just wish some of them were harder to figure out.

— Martin Cruz Smith