Raymond E. Feist Quotes
Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.
Quotes to Explore
-
We are wiser than we know.
-
I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
-
The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
-
Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
-
When my wife passed, I stopped doing interviews and I stopped doing meet-and-greets, mostly because I sort of became this suicide ambassador. Everybody wanted to tell me their story.
-
No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.
-
I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.
-
I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.
-
My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.
-
I was really into my studies and wanted to be a doctor.
-
A lot of women say to me, 'You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother.'
-
In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
-
I like to play things that people understand, or maybe tunes that they could recognize. And so — I play for the people, just as much as for myself. Because, as I say, I still like to play.
-
The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time.
-
So wake me up when it's all over When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself And I didn't know I was lost
-
I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.
-
I still got the nasty in me.
-
I've always been a fast reader. Now I had to do it slowly, discussing each sentence. And every time I wanted to change something I had to come up with an intelligent defense I could be pretty sure that they would turn my suggestion down, as they had so many aspects to keep in mind. However, if I argued well, I could have a chance. I had to think of every comma, every word.
-
When I was in Class Four, I wanted to be an astronaut. I am still fascinated with the universe. I decided I wanted to be an actor when I was in Class Eight.
-
I think people have to be given - or take - the permission to say that something is nothing. Just because it's in a museum doesn't mean it's anything.
-
Three million and one hundred thousand Japanese people died in the war, and many foreigners were also victims.
-
Doctors can be replaced by software – 80% of them can. I’d much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my disease than the median or average doctor.
-
Pray often rather than very long at a time. It is hard to be very long in prayer, and not slacken in our affections.
-
Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.
