Wished Quotes

663 Wished quotes by 517 unique authors

Shaking off restrictive chains requires action. They cannot be wished away. A declaration will never break chains. It requires commitment, self-discipline, and work. — Marvin J. Ashton
Some pain shouldn’t be wished away so easily. It has to be dealt with, even embraced. — Rick Riordan
Out my window.. I see everything I dream about and wished I had — Kevin Gates
Sometimes I have wished my insults were slaps or lashes; I've wanted to hit people in the face and make them see, if only for… — Evita Peron
Thick February mists cling heavily To the dead earth and to each leafless tree, And closer down upon the hilltops draw, Dull forecasts there of… — Emma Lazarus
Only on the surface of things have I ever trod the beaten path. So long as I could keep from hurting anyone else, I have… — Ellen Glasgow
I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place. — Berkeley Breathed
I have never wished there was a God to call on- I have often wished there was a God to thank. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago. — William Hazlitt
I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty… — Samuel Johnson
I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they… — Anne Lamott
For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly… — Naguib Mahfouz
The searcher's eye Not seldom finds more than he wished to find. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
I've occasionally wished I had Caller ID. Even telemarketers, I hate to hang up on them. I try to explain I'm not interested, but they… — John Shelton Reed
Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done. — John Dufresne
Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist. — Curtis Sittenfeld
I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was. — Olivia Thirlby
All that may be wished for, will by nature fade to nothing. — Shantideva
As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell that I'd been crying over you. — Roy Orbison
My parents wished peace upon their firstborn child. — Shalom Harlow
Let me tell you this, if I had wanted to have a library of audio and videotapes of Bill Clinton, I could have had that.… — Gennifer Flowers
I do not fault anyone else who makes choices to play characters that they wished they hadn't... Because at the end of the day, none… — Peter Dinklage
The joy of viewing land, the hope of in a few days ranging through the long wished-for spot and the pleasure of again resuming my… — David Douglass
When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can… — Bob Gibson
I liked working with Tom Christopher as he was great as Hawk, and Wilfred Hyde White but I wished it were in a different context… — Gil Gerard

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