Wish Quotes

Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.

Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is.

If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce.

We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.

Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

All of us write wish fulfillment.

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.

But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

One tradition I have with my friends is that when one of us gets married, we have a ton of fragrance oils and pretty bottles at the bachelorette party. Everyone puts a drop or two in a bottle for the bride and makes a wish, and the bride wears our creation on her wedding day.

One night I was standing on Third Avenue playing my guitar, when this big Irish policeman came strolling by, and stopped to listen to my singing and playing. When I was done, he politely handed me a ticket for disturbing the peace, while at the same time telling me how much he liked my voice. I wish I still had that ticket.

When you wish upon a star, you just might become one.

I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.

We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time. People with families feel guilty all the time-if we spend too much time with our family, we feel we're not working hard enough.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.

More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.

I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us.

If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel.