One Wanted Quotes

49 quotes by 48 authors

If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest, else he might… — George Eliot
It was a very strange, disappointing race in that no one wanted to take it out. That's why I took the lead. I wanted some… — Marla Runyan
One went to school, one wanted to act, one started to act, and one's still acting. — Maggie Smith
No one wanted to hire me. No newspaper, television station, television network that I worked for ever wanted to hire me. — Scott Pelley
One minute it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle, the next - no one wanted me. — Sal Mineo
There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted. — Donna Woolfolk Cross
Our shipment of mowers was lost at sea and while we waited, winter descended and covered our green lawns with snow. That taught me a… — Terry Matthews
Then I repeated these words to my spirits: 'Leave me be; give me peace; and let me do the work of my life. I will… — Andrew Solomon
I was convinced that luck was a matter of knowing what one wanted and then being willing to work to make the wish come true. — Carlos P. Romulo
Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation. — Lawana Blackwell
There was a good deal to be said, Hilary decided, for middle age and infirmity. The years in which one demanded much of life were… — Elizabeth Goudge
My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted… — Phil Foglio
In times past, knowledge of the bowel was more widespread and people were taught how to care for the bowel. Somehow bowel wisdom got lost… — Bernard Jensen
No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an… — Anthony Minghella
I'd been shouting and shouting and no-one wanted to hear me. — Brenda Fassie
They wanted to hear about the sex, of course. But not the rest; no one wanted to hear the rest. — Christine Keeler
The ecology of the valley was complex beyond our understanding, and it began to die as we went on manipulating it in ever more frantic… — William Kittredge
Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve. — Arne Jacobsen
Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of… — Andy Rooney

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