Wanting Things Quotes

18 quotes by 16 authors

It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them. — Marion Milner
We never give up wanting things for ourselves, but there comes a day when what we want for ourselves is someone else's happiness. — Robert Breault
Can I tell you what I want? I want to stop wanting things I canâ€™t have. I want to stop falling for jerks I donâ€™t… — Kate Klise
What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are? — Byron Katie
Wanting things to be otherwise is the very essence of suffering. We almost never directly experience what pain is because our reaction to it is… — Stephen Levine
Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country. — Kevin Eubanks
I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them. — Holly Black
To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations. — Criss Jami
In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons. — Billy Corgan
I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. — Franz Kafka
I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist… — Reese Witherspoon
...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed,… — Deb Caletti
There are significant relationships, of course, between wanting things and caring about them..The notion of caring is in large part constructed out of the notion… — Harry Frankfurt
As I sat down, though, I realized that you can get used to certain luxuries that you start to think they're necessities, but when you… — Jeannette Walls
Like, in general I think people have very complicated reasons for wanting things, and we often have no idea whether weâ€™re actually motivated by altruism… — John Green
If something's going to happen for you, it will, you can't make it happen. And it never does happen until you're past the point where… — Andy Warhol
So I'm scared, because you're not just not human, you're not like anyone....there's nobody like you in all the world and it's you I want.… — Holly Black
I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things — Franz Kafka

Who Wrote These Wanting Things Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 18 Wanting Things Quotes as follows: