Wish Quotes · Page 139

I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.

— Anonymous

I have read that I was a Bill Bradley type. I wish I was a Bradley. He was one of the best.…

— Chris Mullin

In terms of people who want to be writers, I wish more people knew how much work it was.

— Tomi Adeyemi

My joy is death- Death, at whose name I oft have been afeard, Because I wish'd this world's eternity.

— William Shakespeare

“All I know is that your the nicest thing I've ever seen, I wish we could see if we could be something...”

— Kate Nash

I'm really grateful that my baby daddy is incredibly involved. But there's certain things I wish he could just telepathically know.

— Kathryn Hahn

It was a clear, starry night, dead calm. Whenever I see a sky like that, I wish I could write music

— Henning Mankell

I wake up naturally and begrudgingly around 6:10 A.M. That's wired in so deeply that I wake up at that time no…

— Samin Nosrat

All the answers you may wish for lie within faith, but it demands a complete and incontinent surrender, an immersion as total…

— Simon Mawer

Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy…

— Shonda Rhimes

I got a lion on my back because I'm a Leo, and I also just love lions. But I wish I'd researched…

— Stephen Dorff

I wanna see you smile, giggle, laugh and love me. It's hard for me to bear seeing you blue, so down and…

— Richie Tien

In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and…

— Anonymous

Capitalism offers nothing but frustrations and rebuffs to those who wish - because of claimed superiority of intelligence, birth, credentials, or ideals…

— George Gilder

True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others…

— Dalai Lama

I wish I could avoid the people who have threatened me. My favorite threat is that I will be thrown in the…

— Aleksandar Hemon

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work…

— Clara Schumann

I wish the 'Dark Phoenix' saga had been done more effectively than it was, but that was out of my hands.

— Chris Claremont

Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and…

— Rudyard Kipling

There are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by.

— Samuel Johnson

Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No…

— Ayn Rand

He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own…

— Ludwig von Mises

All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them?

— Prince

Whoever attempts to suppress liberty of conscience finishes some day by wishing for the Inquisition.

— Jules Simon

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly…

— Hermann Broch

What?" I ask. "I'm developing a theory." "And it is?" She picks up her hamburger, grins, and says, "That you have a…

— Veronica Roth

Instead of putting a quarter under a kid's pillow, how about a pinecone? That way, he learns that "wishing" isn't going to…

— Jack Handey

I envy Pete Sampras's dullness. I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration.

— Andre Agassi

Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the receiver, it's always there.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I love video games. I love, love, love them! I also love 'Star Wars.' I wish Jedi was a true religion.

— Kunal Nayyar

I wish I had known that it's OK to stand up for myself. That it's also OK to not be liked but…

— Rachel Platten

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of…

— William Hazlitt

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

— Julie McGregor

Dear ex, sometimes I wish you would jump off a brigde and die. others I wish that I would be holding your…

— Kenzie-ann

I wish people would quit telling me to think. I think. Thinking's easy. It's not thinking that's hard.

— Margaret Millar

You wish death upon someone you know if they were to die you would he he first one at the funeral.

— Kevin McCarty

With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.

— Bela Bartok

I wish I knew who said it, but my favorite quote is, "If a person can do it, I can do it."

— Geena Davis

As Gandhi famously responded when asked about "Western civilization," "I wish they had one," the same applies to "international community": "I wish…

— Richard A. Falk

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson