Our books approach very slowly the things we most wish to know. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I wasn't as conscious as I am. It would be so much easier. — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
Who are we to wish for Paradise? It will be enough if Allah spares us his wrath. — Abu Hanifa Copy Share Image
Most women wish to feel that their spirit has been violated. Do they not, indeed, flatter themselves on never yielding save to… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Be careful for what you wish for in life...because sometimes dreams really do come true!” — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, 'I wish I had', or 'I'm glad I… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
But here's the sunset of a tedious day, These two asleep are; I'll but be undrest, And so to bed. Pray wish… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
I wish we didn't live in a world where buying and selling things seems to have become almost more important than either… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I want to do drawings which touch some people... In either figure or landscape I wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Art can be a kind of therapeutic, or kind of a fantasy life, or wish fulfillment...o r creating this alternate universe. Art… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Modern" poetry is, essentially, an extension of romanticism; it is what romantic poetry wishes or finds it necessary to become. It is… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
We must rouse in our people the unanimous wish for power in this sense, together with the determination to sacrifice on the… — Friedrich von Bernhardi Copy Share Image
I wish I could take back some of the things I said and some of the things I did. But in the… — Bernardine Dohrn Copy Share Image
The sound of the sea, the curve of a horizon, wind in leaves, the cry of a bird leave manifold impression in… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
I wish to give officials greater discretion. The State's authority will be increased thereby. I wish to transform the non-political criminal police… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“So who is she? No wait, let me guess. Skin of the finest porcelain. Hair of the softest silk. A voice like… — Alethea Kontis Copy Share Image
Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
There is a tendency for humans to consciously see what they wish to see. They literally have difficulty seeing things with negative… — Lionel Tiger Copy Share Image
I'm not a Pat Benatar clone. I wish people would forget about that comparison. — Patty Smyth Copy Share Image
“To wish good for someone who has hurt you surely required something from God.” — Carolyn Miller Copy Share Image
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
