Wish Quotes
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'I wish I had been born a bird instead,' he said.'I wish we had all been born birds instead.'
Kurt Vonnegut
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Ultimately, the film industry has always pushed out its biggies, and I don't have a problem with that. I just wish that we'd spend more time nurturing the smaller ones.
John Hurt
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Suppose that I wish to deserve the title of 'robber of remorse' and that I place in myself all the townspeople’s repentence?
Jean-Paul Sartre
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I wish we could launch a ground-breaking competition that motivates kids to invent new ideas in sustainable living.
Edward Burtynsky
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'Can I still wish you good luck?''You can wish me what the hell you like. It won’t make any difference. If it did, it would mean I hadn’t prepared well enough.
Alastair Reynolds
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I think the feeling was that 'Venture Brothers' really has something to sell in terms of a feature. 'Aqua Teen' is an element minute cartoon, and its very subversive and non sequitur and weird. We were writing the one show where we were constantly like, 'God, I wish we had another hour to tell this story.' It seemed like a natural fit.
Christopher McCulloch
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Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards others.
Dalai Lama
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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
Bernie Siegel
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I have certainly seen my share of the world as it really is and not how I wish it would be.
John McCain
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I don't think one should ever come to my stage of life and have to look back and say, Gosh. I wish I hadn't spent all those years doing that job I was never really interested in.
Charles Kuralt
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I wish parents at the end would think a little bit about how everything we do affects the lives of our kids and defines who they're going to be.
Diego Luna
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I wish to blur the firm boundaries which we self-certain people tend to delineate around all we can achieve.
Hannah Hoch
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she hurriedly wipes her eyes so that he can see the girl he wishes.
Nick Bantock
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'I wish my parents took good care of their grow-op.'
Douglas Coupland
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I think sometimes you have to just imagine something that looks pretty impossible. By imagining something that is impossible, automatically you wish you could make it possible.
Wim Wenders
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Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose. It's indecent. I have a life wish.
Philippe Petit
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I wish theater criticism in this country could be more of a companion piece to the experience than a warning about where not to spend your money.
Anna D. Shapiro
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Amnesiac was written to make fun of senior citizens with alzheimers. I hate them and I wish they'd die.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace
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I wish I had never taken naked pictures of myself on a phone to send to a girl. It's the worst thing ever.
Pete Wentz Fall Out Boy
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I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
Mary Shelley
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I wish I could say that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had done himself less than justice. Unfortunately, I can only say that I believe he has done himself justice. Some Chancellors are macro-economic. Other Chancellors are fiscal. This one is just plain cheap.
Margaret Thatcher
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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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Definitely, I'm always nice. Sometimes I wish I could be naughty, I'm just a little too boring.
Gabrielle Dennis
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I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability.
Edward Burtynsky