Wish Quotes

9049 Wish quotes by 4630 unique authors

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is… — Giordano Bruno
I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for a long time, and my… — Bill Bryson
In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money -… — James Buchan
I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. — Sitting Bull
He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. — Sitting Bull
Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father. — Sitting Bull
No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight. — Madeleine Albright
I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my… — Carol Burnett
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. — George Burns
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve. — Robert Burns
We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes… — Louisa May Alcott
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Burton
If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails. — Leo Buscaglia
And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White… — Barbara Bush
I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and… — Jason Aldean
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before… — Samuel Butler
I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us… — Jenna Bush
My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine. — Samuel Butler
Cyclists. I really hate them. I wish they would not be so self-righteous and realise they are a danger to pedestrians. I wish cyclists would… — A. S. Byatt
What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also. — Julius Caesar
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. — Julius Caesar
Men willingly believe what they wish. — Julius Caesar
Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish. — Julius Caesar
However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. — John Calvin

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