Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Bernard Shaw

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

Franz Kafka

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Franz Kafka

I never wish to be easily defined.

Eric Williams

Some things youll never know, and some things youll wish you never knew.

Eminem

I don't know why this world keeps turning, round and round. But I wish it would stop and let me off right now!

Elvis Costello

No use wishing now for any other sin.

Jasper Johns

I never wish for critics.

Patti Smith

I don't know if we had some Bruins who were wishful thinking. Clearly, it was a mistake.

I don't know. I wish I could tell you because I'd like to know, too.

J. D. Salinger

God, I wish you could have been there.

Jack Levine

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

Pause and remember - Stop procrastinating! Wishing is wonderful but action is what it takes to make it happen.

Jeff Bridges

I wish I were more disciplined.

Miguel de Cervantes

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

Neil Gaiman

I would not wish to marry someone who had already been married. It would be,' she opined, 'like having someone else break in one's own pony.

John Waters

I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it.

Martin Luther

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

Schuyler Fisk

I wish I wasn't so fragile / 'Cos I know that I'm not easy to handle

Sebastian Franck

The world wishes to be deceived.

Tom Hiddleston

I fear looking back and wishing I had done things I hadn't.

Tom Hiddleston

I wish we could be decent to each other.

Martina McBride

I wish I could do an entire spa day.

Martha Stewart

I wish I were closer friends with Snoop Dogg.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Unattainable wishes are often "pious." This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.

Theodore Roosevelt

I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.

Theodore Roosevelt

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

Thaddeus Stevens

I wish the Indians had newspapers of their own. If they had, you would have horrible pictures of the cold-blooded murders of inoffensive Indians.

Melissa Marr

You cannot force me to make my wishes now" She squared her shoulders and looked at him. "I've read texts.

Penn Jillette

Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty.

Paulo Coelho

Be realistic: always wish the impossible.

Marlo Thomas

If you want to get somewhere in six months, you're not going to get there by wishing it.

Megyn Kelly

I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them.

Megan McCafferty

It kind of makes me wish that the worst thing that will ever happen to me would just hurry up and happen already. That way I could live the rest of my life in bliss, if only because I know how much worse things could be.