Wished Quotes

663 Wished quotes by 517 unique authors

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself. — Edith Sitwell
In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than… — Jane Smiley
James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. — Tom Stoppard
No wise man ever wished to be younger. — Jonathan Swift
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not… — Henry David Thoreau
There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent… — Ayelet Waldman
I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right… — Marcia Wallace
I always wished I had died, and I still wish that, because I could have gotten the whole thing over with. — Andy Warhol
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not… — Henry David Thoreau
In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When… — Edward Gibbon
I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I… — Thomas Jefferson
It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did not learn it… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick… — Neil Gaiman
Weetzie wished she could shake blue glitter around all of them - keeping them sparkling and safe. — Francesca Lia Block
To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid… — Sarah Addison Allen
Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. — Jane Austen
Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom I could spend… — Paulo Coelho
I have led her home, my love, my only friend. There is none like her, none, And never yet so warmly ran my blood, And… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to… — Ralph Ellison
No, a true seeker, one who truly wished to find, could accept no doctrine. But the man who has found what he sought, such a… — Hermann Hesse
Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking. — Amy Tan
He no longer wished to be dead. At the same time, it cannot be said that he was glad to be alive. But at least… — Paul Auster
So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." It is… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
She was tired of hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that… — Cecelia Ahern
He began to trace a pattern on the table with the nail of his thumb. "She kept saying she wanted to keep things exactly the… — Jodi Picoult

Who Wrote These Wished Quotes

517 authors contributed a total of 663 Wished Quotes, led by these top contributors: