Wish Quotes · Page 119

You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn what makes one kind.

— Leonard Cohen

“I wish I understood my country. I can only love it.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

— Edward Young

I wish I could say I am a rebel for love in real life. I don't think I am so cool.

— Tiger Shroff

Wish you were here, wish I was there, wish it was different, wish wishes came true...

— Treasure

“Using others is a sin. Why should I wish to use another?”

— Kamo no Chōmei

I wish I was being sarcastic but I'm not, get over it.

— Anonymous

I wish I was Barbie, that bitch has everything.

— Anonymous

That is longing: To dwell in the flux of things, To have no home in the present. And these are wishes: gentle…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I could forget.

— William S. Burroughs

I wish I had some interesting stories about living in L.A., but mostly I just do my work and then go home.

— Alex Pettyfer

Nor bird nor beast Could make me wish for anything this day, Being old, but that the old alone might die, And…

— William Butler Yeats

“I found that when it hurt, sometimes the most effective response was to feel the pain rather than wish it away or…

— Phindiwe Nkosi

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

People determine the laws. But I do wish they would pass laws that enhance health, not jeopardize it.

— Drew Pinsky

What do most people say on their deathbed? They don't say, 'I wish I'd made more money.' What they say is, 'I…

— David Rubenstein

I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off…

— Jane Birkin

I wish I could see you one more time. I wish I could bring you back to life so I could ask…

— Anonymous

Don’t I have a choice in this?” But when she looks behind her, the answer is clear. There are two guards waiting…

— Neal Shusterman

Now I'm a symbol of what to be and how hard to work. I have heads of major labels say, "I wish…

— Kenny Chesney

If you are serious about your religion, if you really wish to commit yourself to the spiritual quest, you must learn how…

— Timothy Leary

I wish that Iraq had not happened - and that we had not lost touch with so many of our natural supporters.…

— Lucy Powell

And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer…

— Iain Pears

I fangirl when I see someone famous wish me congratulations.

— Darci Lynne Farmer

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

— John Henry Newman

I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be.

— Pierre Corneille

I love New York, but I wish they wouldn't put clothes on their dogs.

— Ellen Gilchrist

My wish is to concentrate on playing football for Manchester City.

— Carlos Tevez

When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.

— Gautama Buddha

I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

— Yogi Berra

“Circumstances are rarely what we wish them to be,”

— C.L. Bevill

I wish all mankind had one neck so I could choke it!

— Carl Panzram

I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.

— Barry Humphries

Love does not always begin or end the way we wish it would.

— CJ Roberts

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Gandhi

— Aminah

In times of upheaval, people wish for nothing more than composure and sincerity.

— Martin Schulz

If your wish doesn't come true, something better was meant for you.

— Anonymous

I wish you would notice that you are heterosexual.

— Marilyn Frye

I wish to devote all my time / To noble thoughts about great Love.

— Hadewijch