Wish Quotes

I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

I wish they'd shut the gates, and let us play ball with no press and no fans.

When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.

I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York.

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that. We get rid of the people who, in fact, were exercising that.

It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.

I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. And the other wager is, the part of the wager, it's a certainty you'll have a terrible time and you may wish you were dying because it's an awful process.

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.

I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

I only wish I had more time for fund raising.

To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.

It's weird, I never wish anything bad upon anybody, except two or three old girlfriends.

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

Anytime you open your mouth there's going to be someone who's put off. I try to deal with that by keeping the topical portions of my show brief. I realize that some people wish my comments were briefer.

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.

The enmity of such a party towards Socialism does not mean that the members are only prejudiced against it because they do not know it; it means that they are possessed of bourgeois ideas, and wish to determine their policy accordingly.

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.

I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.

I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck.