Wish Quotes
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In the early '70s [the late] Ras Shorty and I took Indian dholak drumming [from chutney music, another Indo-Trinidadian creation], fused it with calypso's African rhythms, and soca was born against the wishes of the purists.
Machel Montano
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I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.
John Buford
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Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments you wish could have lasted forever.
Dylan Lauren
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Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design.
Helen Keller
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As I now feel, I would wish to be borne off anywhere out of this world.
Coco Chanel
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I was convinced that luck was a matter of knowing what one wanted and then being willing to work to make the wish come true.
Carlos P. Romulo
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I love to travel but hate traffic and planes. I wish I could just beam myself anywhere instantly.
Jordan Ladd
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A goal without a pan is just a wish.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.
William Shakespeare
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It's sometimes unnerving to think of that, and I wish it were possible for all children in the world to have the good fortune I've had in having a giving and loving family.
James MacArthur
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'I wish my parents took good care of their grow-op.'
Douglas Coupland
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The worst way to read, he said, is with the thought that you do not have enough time. The only way to read is in the knowledge that there is an infinite amount of time stretching ahead, and that if one wishes to taste only afew sentences per day one is free to do so.
Gabriel Josipovici
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The cabbage surpasses all other vegetables. If, at a banquet, you wish to dine a lot and enjoy your dinner, then eat as much cabbage as you wish, seasoned with vinegar, before dinner, and likewise after dinner eat some half-dozen leaves. It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like.
Cato the Younger
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Take a deep breath, relax and imagine yourself exactly as you wish to be.
Brian Tracy
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I wish the city of San Francisco, bastion of liberalism, were more innovative when it comes to how to spread the wealth.
Leila Janah
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I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs.
Zelda Fitzgerald
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she hurriedly wipes her eyes so that he can see the girl he wishes.
Nick Bantock
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The people have been telling pollsters for decades that they want someone who is an outsider, a disrupter, an independent voice who doesn’t owe anybody anything in Washington - and they finally got their wish with Donald J. Trump.
Kellyanne Conway
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I do enjoy a beer. And a shot of vodka with some apple juice is what loosens me up before I go onstage, because I get really nervous. I wish I could say it was something more healthy, like Pilates.
Ladyhawke
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If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.
Arthur Henderson
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If there was no death, everyone would wish for it.
Sadegh Hedayat
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When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground, it makes a crashing sound. When a window shatters, a table breaks, or a picture fall of the wall, it makes noise. But as for your heart, when that breaks, it's completely silent... and you almost wish there was a noise to distract you from the pain.
Cecelia Ahern
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I was offered a role in the series 'Homeland,' which I couldn't do because the dates clashed with my film with the Bhatts - 'Khamoshiyan.' But I wish I had done it. Look at how much notice the series got Nimrat Kaur.
Ali Fazal