Wish Quotes · Page 190

[Michelle Obama] used to say to our friends, "Barack's exactly the kind of guy I want to be president. I just wish…

— Barack Obama

The only wishes that will ever change you are the kind that may, at any moment, eat you whole.

— Janette Rallison

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond…

— Henry Home, Lord Kames

I saw the film Pearl Harbour and it made me wish that the Japanese had bombed Hollywood instead!

— Clive James

What I desire to point out is that I wish the law was not so, but that being the law, I must…

— Christina Romer

Before a person can achieve the kind of life he wants, he must think, act, walk, talk and conduct himself in all…

— Zig Ziglar

I think '50s was the golden period. I am a fan of '50s cinema. I wish I was born at that time.

— Amrita Rao

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in…

— Henry David Thoreau

A memory from my youth comes back to me. You go into the woods on a bike, with a girl. There is…

— Robert Doisneau

Roger Revelle died of a heart attack three months after the Cosmos story was printed. Oh, how I wish he were still…

— John Coleman

“Miki-san... do you truly want that person's dream to come true? Or is it that you want to be that person's savior…

— Magica Quartet

“Days" Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days, Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes, And marching single in an endless file, Bring diadems…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain…

— David Trimble

I am sure you will be guided right in your decision, to place implicit faith in his integrity and honesty. Best wishes…

— Hannah Milhous Nixon

You do your due diligence, you read as much as you can, and then, ultimately, I find that you discard that and…

— Cillian Murphy

Let's develop theories, patiently and honestly thinking them out, in order to promptly act against them – acting and justifying our actions…

— Fernando Pessoa

Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they…

— Blaise Pascal

Every mountain needs someone to climb it, Every ocean needs someone to dive in, Every dream needs someone to wish it, Every…

— India.Arie

There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who's committed to her own development.

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

Iàsmile a lot because I don't want people to see how broken I am inside, but sometimes I wish that someone would…

— Anonymous

I don't want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don't want to wish the present moment…

— Dani Shapiro

Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action.

— Price Pritchett

These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

— Paul Harvey

It's not my decision, what goes on with who gets a title shot. I mean, some people get their shots in two…

— Mark Hunt

I do wish everyone would call me Leo. It's not that I don't like Melissa. But the more I hear it called…

— Melissa Leo

I don't know whether Mrs. Borden is out or in; I wish you would see if she is in her room.

— Lizzie Andrew Borden

Be Not Angry For That You Cannot Make Others As You Wish Them, Since You Cannot Even Make Yourself As You Wish…

— Pacifiersucker

“I learned a very harsh lesson then: Sometimes wishes should never be spoken aloud as they won't come true.”

— T.J. Klune

“In a story you only had to wish, you only had to write it down and you could have the world.”

— Ian McEwan

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and…

— Diane Keaton

We are now living in an age which doubts both fact and value. It is the life of this age that we…

— Flannery O'Connor

“I wish on one of the stars for divine orchestration and save the rest of them for all of the other girls…

— Jennifer Elisabeth

A person who wants to progress more rapidly and wishes to overcome unhappiness sooner, should try to find an enlightened master.

— Frederick Lenz

I don't have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else's or wish I could…

— Kate Winslet

Singularitarians are the munchkins of the real world. We just ignore all the usual dungeons and head straight for the cycle of…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

The heart of a man's like that delicate weed, / Which requires to be trampled on, boldly indeed / Ere it gives…

— Anonymous

If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I remember daydreaming out in the outfield: I wish I had more time. I want to read 'The Brothers Karamazov.'

— Richard Linklater

I'm wishing this was something else I was writing, but, Pops, we've got to let you know we love you and know…

— Anthony Mason

Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.

— Portia de Rossi