Wish Quotes
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Many people would argue that the most dangerous inhabitant of the earth is currently the self styled 43rd president of the United States. Not so much in deed anymore as in word. Because to hear that man speak is to wish upon yourself physical harm.
 John Oliver
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I wish I'd not taken off all my clothes in my first television series, 'The Camomile Lawn.'
 Jennifer Ehle
					 
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Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I wish I had time to listen to music more.
 John Edgar Wideman
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I wish Adam had died with all his ribs in his body.
 Dion Boucicault
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A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.
 Charles Wagner
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I grew up thinking you're either a winner in the world, or you're not. I presumed I was not. I had no reason to think I would be, and my inclination is towards self-deprecation. I wish I'd known no one was judging my every move, but I'm still like this!
 Jennifer Egan
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When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish to follow the Way, make your own hearts clean from the dirt of evil passion, and your conduct will be unimpeachable.
 Gautama Buddha
					 
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It's punishment to be compelled to do what one doesn't wish.
 Alice Dunbar Nelson
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We all wish we could stay with one franchise and it work out the way it work out but it doesn't necessarily work that way, but you've got to keep balling.
 Justin Scott
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I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.
 Mary Roach
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I wish I could meet a Christian who would proselytize to me, but they keep running away from me. I wanna talk to you all.
 Bill Hicks
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We do not wish to penalise the machine for its inability to shine in beauty competitions, nor to penalise a man for losing in a race against an aeroplane. The conditions of our game make these disabilities irrelevant.
 Alan Turing
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Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.
 Epictetus
					 
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I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.
 James Lasdun
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There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music.
 Mary Timony
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I wish a book could reach as many people as film, but we have to be realistic about it.
 David Grann
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For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition and use.
 Alfred Nobel
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I heard I won 'best butt crack' on television recently. It's true. I did it, you guys. I made it. I wish I got an award, the actual award. What would it look like? Of course, it's a closed set.
 Lisa Edelstein
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I wish I could sing better.
 Penny Marshall
					 
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Some deaths a man can enjoy, the death of an enemy, and Sharpe was paid to have enemies. Yet he did not wish death on the French. There was more satisfaction in seeing a surrendered enemy, a defeated enemy, than in seeing a slaughtered enemy.
 Bernard Cornwell
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Batman is not a very interesting character. For any actor. There is simply not much to play. I think Michael Keaton did it the best, and I wish good luck to Ben Affleck. But, you know who would have made a great Batman? Alec Baldwin in the '80s.
 Quentin Tarantino
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Like most people, I have no wish to live in a community organized by community organizers.
 Mark Steyn
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I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson. I'd love to be able to have my life exactly the way it is, but with his dance moves.
 Donny Osmond