Wish Quotes · Page 71

I'm not a gardener. I wish I was.

— Kate Winslet

He [the artist] ought to have 'these powerful organs of expression' - colour and chiaroscuro - entirely at his command, that he…

— John Constable

I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking…

— Bear Grylls

Political utopias are a form of nostalgia for an imagined past projected onto the future as a wish.

— Michael Ignatieff

Wish what u want, dream what u want, do what u want

— Javier Gomez

A partnership was established between Hitler's Nazis and the leadership of the Zionist movement... [the Zionists] gave permission to every racist in…

— Mahmoud Abbas

I'm genuinely peaceful and positive. I feel more grounded and connected with everything - friends, family. And I think I've changed the…

— Ellie Goulding

John Kerry is recovering nicely after having prostate surgery. But the doctors did tell him it would be several months before he…

— Jay Leno

Looking back, I sometimes wish I had done things differently. But if I had, I'm not sure that I wouldn't have proven…

— Michael McDonald

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

— John Ray

If we play genie and grant client wishes, we are apt to construct castles of code in the air.

— Larry Constantine

I wish no living thing to suffer pain.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.

— John Earl Shoaff

When people learn to master their feelings, they can soon learn to master their reflections and thoughts in the degree requisite for…

— Brigham Young

This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a…

— Laurent Fabius

I wish I had claws, just because how cool would that be?

— Skyler Samuels

Quick souls have their intensest life in the first anticipatory sketch of what may or will be, and the pursuit of their…

— George Eliot

if you wish to train yourself for higher executive positions, the first thing for you to decide is what you are training…

— Mary Parker Follett

I always wish I could just see the 'Stranger Things' from an audience standpoint and not from mine. 'Cause when I watch…

— Noah Schnapp

The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst…

— Jerry Saltz

In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.

— Patricia C. Wrede

If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and…

— Hippocrates

I often wish for the end of the wretched remnant of my life; and that wish is a rational one; but then…

— Lord Chesterfield

Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way…

— Mas Oyama

The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect. Who, then, would wish…

— Evangelista Torricelli

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just…

— Louisa May Alcott

I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot, which I do…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I actually wish I had smaller breasts.

— Shannen Doherty

“The thought that murders the wish that fathered it will be overtaken by the revenge of stupidity”

— Anonymous

I wish and pray there are a lot of young people with technology and way of thinking that can create a brand…

— Claude-Michel Schonberg

A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone’s orders, directives, or controls;…

— Ayn Rand

Captain John Sheridan: I wish I had your faith in the universe. I just don't see it. Delenn: Then I will tell…

— J. Michael Straczynski

From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

We have no solution... You [Palestinians] shall continue to live like dogs, and whoever wishes may leave, and we will see where…

— Moshe Dayan

Of course you always wish your stats were a little bit better.

— Kyle Busch

I was at a picnic, and there were a lot of songwriters. I remember praying, 'God I wish you would give me…

— Andrae Crouch

I wish actors got more credit for humour.

— Jacqueline Fernandez

The hope with Tipping Point was it would help the reader understand that real change was possible. With Blink, I wanted to…

— Malcolm Gladwell