Wish Quotes · Page 162

Ye lover of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice and visit the ancient town of Crieff.

— William Topaz McGonagall

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.

— Bob Costas

Australian schools have cool uniforms. I wish I had to wear a woven straw hat for maths.

— Harry Styles

To some people, the feelin is rare. They're at the pad sayin God damn, I wish I was there.

— Lil Rob

“The absence of wish, to analysis yourself, the surrounding world, and what you are doing. Is the logical, and philosophical proof, of…

— VicDo

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

— Henning Mankell

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

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

— Chris Claremont

I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I'm half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family…

— Aubrey Plaza

My ex-husband, Justin, is remarried to someone I know from back in the day pretty well. And a lot of things made…

— Chrishell Stause

When I was told that we are doing another series of 'Kichidi' my reaction was indeed as if the wish, of not…

— Supriya Pathak

I'm sure it's not any wish of mine that I'm born with inclinations for better things. If I could be born again,…

— Miles Franklin

These [religious ideas] are given out as teachings, are not precipitates of experience or end-results of thinking: they are illusions, fullfilments of…

— Sigmund Freud

I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And…

— Cassandra Clare

A typical mathematician does not actively try to be useful. Individual mathematicians are motivated primarily by a subtle mixture of ambition and…

— Timothy Gowers

Personally (and I believe I can speak for my sisters on this), I am against any organization or individual who believes they…

— John Carter Cash

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 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

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

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

— Jules Simon

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

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

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

— Kunal Nayyar

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

— Joyce Carol Oates

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

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

— Margaret Millar

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

— Kenzie-ann

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

— Bela Bartok

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

— Kevin McCarty

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