Wish Quotes

Sometimes I wish I were less sensible.

I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

Mike gets to play four roles this time, if we ever did it again, he will play my role as well. He is a comic genius, everyone wants to be in this movie, let's hope that everyone will wish to see it as well.

It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.

I don't wish I started later, but I was never a child star. I was in school every year and had normal friends and I loved it and here I am, so I can't say that I wish I hadn't done it. I used to say, 'No, I didn't miss any of my childhood,' but it is a very adult place to be, a movie set. Like, it's a little weird.

I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.

Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.

I wish I were taller and thinner but the hair you can do something about.

Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.

I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment.

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.

As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of.

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.

We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.

I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing.

Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it.

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

A couple days ago, I saw a lot of people tweeting, "Oh, it's so cool 'Home' is being used in the Olympics!" We don't really get to watch much TV, man, with the concerts every night, but I wish I could have seen it. I really just found out through Twitter and my management texting me. I thought it was really awesome.

I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.

We're still stymied by the old stand-off between those who wish to fight terrorism and resistance fighters.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end.

Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

I wish to express my hope that the efforts of our nations, nationalities and peoples in the direction of the development of our democratic order will be successful.

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators.

I was thrilled, because I like the big screen and I could then move on to the next thing. It was the biggest break for me. In a way, though, I wish it had been a TV series because then you are working for five years.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.