He Wanted Quotes

553 He Wanted quotes by 426 unique authors

He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a… — Jimmy Cannon
She was everything he wanted from his life, the very measure of his dreams. — Jennifer Donnelly
Why do we fail? Is it because we are unlucky? Is it because we have not worked very hard? I s it because we have… — Sri Chinmoy
Our attempts to trust others will often be frustrated, but that's because God never wanted us to trust others. He wanted us to love others… — Wayne Jacobsen
I was always active as a child. My dad tried to place me in every sport imaginable. I had so much energy, he wanted to… — Apolo Ohno
Yes, the Commission wants to increase its powers, Yes, it is a non-elected body and I do not want the Commission to increase its powers… — Margaret Thatcher
He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him. — Bob Crosby
I think Charles Manson was a hair's breath away from just being a terrorist. He wanted to start a war, too. — Patty Hearst
Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because… — Rick Yune
Well we'd just seen Gerry. I think he wanted somebody who had that authority and was handsome. The thing is, he's a big hunk isn't… — Andrew Lloyd Webber
Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name. — Rod Taylor
He had written my mother once that he wanted her to be the first thing he saw every morning and the last thing he ever… — Ron Reagan
In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he wanted to go,… — Dennis Nilsen
I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted… — Herbie Mann
Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I don't… — Hanif Kureishi
She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to volunteer… — Sharon Shinn
Everything useful in mathematics has been devised for a purpose. Even if you don't know it, the guy who did it first, he knew what… — Michael Atiyah
Torres was easily the best player I have ever played with in my career. I loved him. And when he approached me and said he… — Steven Gerrard
Jobs did not know that Sculley had told Eisenstat he wanted to quit, but by then it didn't matter. Overnight, he had changed his mind… — Walter Isaacson
Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown prose that would… — Anthony de Jasay
Michael Jordan didn’t become a great basketball player because he wanted to do product endorsements. Van Gogh didn’t become a great painter because he dreamed… — Jack D. Schwager
I was a very defiant child, and my father encouraged that. He wanted me to be as wild and creative as possible and didn't believe… — Sadie Frost
Rabindranath Tagore writes that the song he wanted to sing has never happened because he spent his days "stringing and unstringing" his instrument. Whenever I… — Joyce Rupp
He was feeling buoyant, flexible. He wanted to go jogging. He stood. He couldn't go jogging. He called room service and ordered a basket of… — Dave Eggers
It was strange to have no self-to be like a little boy left alone in a big house, who knew that now he could do… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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