Wish Quotes

All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.

You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.

As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I don't wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere.

I just wish I could understand my father.

I met the Queen, the Pope, and we went all over Europe and Asia. I just wish I was older when I did all this. Then I could appreciate it more.

Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with them; that they are just a different shade of normal.

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.

I wish that they could have more freedoms to be able to come and play. I know that the only way that they can get out is by, you know, defecting to another country or whatever, or getting on a boat.

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.

Oh, I wish I were a miser; being a miser must be so occupying.

I wish that my husband's friends had left him where he is, happy and contented in retirement.

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.

Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear. There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law.

Resume: a written exaggeration of only the good things a person has done in the past, as well as a wish list of the qualities a person would like to have.

As I assume my responsibilities as your representative, I wish to assure you of my loyalty and devotions, as well of my determination to serve you and the people of Canada to the utmost of my abilities.

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that.

The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.

We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people, enjoy each other's company and smell each other on the rump.

Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition.

I mean, I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It's a unique thing to Hollywood that if you don't do that every time, then you're considered a failure.

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.

We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.