Birthday cake Quote by Anonymous

“Wishing is merely a quiet way to spend one’s time before the candles are extinguished on one’s birthday cake”

— Lemony Snicket

“Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch…is merely a quiet way to spend one’s time before the candles are extinguished on one’s birthday cake.”

— Lemony Snicket

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.

— Brendan Fraser

Wishing is the beginning of imagination. They practice wishing when they are young things, and then -when they have grown - they have a…

— Gregory Maguire

The cake had a trick candle that wouldn't go out, so I didn't get my wish. Which was just that it would always be…

— Janet Fitch

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're…

— Alice Hoffman

Wishing is a goal without energy behind it.

— Robert Anthony

“Wishing gets you nothing.”

— Carrie Anne Noble

Wishing for something is just a dream that you want to achieve

— Anonymous

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.

— Alexander Woollcott

He wasted his wishes on wishing.

— Shel Silverstein

When you believe in God, there's no such thing as wishing. Just being blessed.

— Anonymous