Wish Quotes
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I'm the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.
Irvine Welsh
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I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number.
Mackenzie King
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
J. R. R. Tolkien
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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.
Karl Radek
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I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me.
Whitney Houston
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I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.
Kathryn Hahn
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I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.
Imelda Marcos
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I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else.
Kate Mara
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Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
Wendell Willkie
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I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.
Jessica Alba
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Sometimes people ask me, 'You do stand-up?' I try explaining what I do, and I don't think they really get it. So: 'Yeah, I do stand-up.' I wish there was one word to express what I do - that way, I don't sound arrogant. Whenever I say I'm a performer, people think I'm a performance artist: 'She paints herself white and pretends to be a flower.'
Charlyne Yi
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Seeing your parents fall apart is really rough. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
Chelsea Handler
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So many people are campaigning, fighting, and even dying to make a statement in the name of humanity. These people have no voice that can be heard by many. I wish more celebrities would take the initiative to be that voice.
Jameela Jamil
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I wish I could say I had any idea what I was doing when I designed characters. I just take things I like and make my version of it.
Mike Mignola
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Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, 'I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.' It's not a comfortable life. It's not relaxed. I'm not relaxed as a person. I mean, I'm not unhappy. But... it's the opposite of being comfortable.
Angela Duckworth
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I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!
Natalie Merchant
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I'm just very body-conscious. Sometimes I'm really proud that I don't look like other pop stars. But there's also moments where I'm like, 'Ugh, I wish I had abs like Bieber.'
Sam Smith
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When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
Taylor Swift
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I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!
Amy Chua
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People can be so neglectful of each other and of their own heritage - then death intrudes. Conversations we wish that we'd had earlier are had too late.
Walter Kirn
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Carl Sagan
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
Dan Harmon
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I really wish there had been a way to phrase this as 'A thunder of worms.' Because I like that phrase. That's a phrase with soul. Worm thunder on the horizon, all is right with the cosmos.
Ursula Vernon
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On the Web, we can be whoever we wish to be, editing the face we show to others in ways that aren't possible in physical space. We can also fine-tune the complexity and depth of our interactions and relationships.
Walter Kirn