I Want Quotes

You want to live the dream? You do what you want on your terms.

The American public really does have a death wish for me. They want me to die. I'm not going to die.

I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.

It just feels to me like the death throes of an America that had many great things about it, but had many negative things about it. I don't want to go back.

Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don't want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other.

Nancy Reagan actually took some movies that she didn't want to take because they were [with Ronald Reagan] really strapped for cash.

I think women still want to be married. But I don't think they'll do anything to get married anymore

You love me so much, you want to put me in your pocket. And I should die there smothered.

I prefer unlucky things. Luck is vulgar. Who wants what luck would bring? I don't.

I have a very great fear of love. It is so personal. Let each bird fly with its own wings, and each fish swim its own course.--Morning brings more than love. And I want to be true to the morning.

Marsha Coleman-Adebayo clearly and engagingly tells us Americans a truth that we might not want to hear but should.

In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.

I don't see what else you can spend your money on... If you want to own things, art is a pretty good bet.

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit you with a shovel.' Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite.

Having an aura of menace is like having a pet weasel, because you rarely meet someone who has one, and when you do, it makes you want to hide under the coffee table.

I think people want to put you in a box and close it away so that it makes them feel better. A lot of musicians get that.

I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew.

I'm the only kid in the world who doesn't want an eighth Harry Potter book.

Somehow it all got too out of hand, too complicated for a simple man. Don't want to have to pick and choose, hey, look at all these things I'll never use.

When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you'll just stay put.

The best time to go to Disney World, if you want to avoid huge crowds, is 1962.

To people who make moving ads that block the view of websites: Not only will we not buy from you, but we want shrews to eat your liver.

She wanted to cry, but she did not want Peter to see her cry, and she especially did not want Teacher, with her flowing hair, to see her cry.

WHEN we don't get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don't blame the soldiers.

Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.

We dont vote in Northern Ireland for what we want, we vote against what we dont want.

I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.

People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.

People want a reality that tells them they're right all of the time.

The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages.

Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.

Playing for Manchester United is something that most people want and very few people do - but there is no harm in having a dream as long as you are realistic with it.

I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I want to be part of everything.

President Bush says he now wants to simplify the tax code. Only those in the blue states will pay.

As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something.

There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue.

One can read all one wants, and spend eternities in front of a blackboard with a tutor, but one is not going to learn to swim until one gets in the water.

I do not go outdoors. Not more than I have to. As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?

If you're going to hold on tight to your life, better make sure it's exactly the way you want it

You have to be driven by the stories that you want to tell. You can't simply be responding, or there won't be any real heart to those stories anymore.

It's just easier to make fun and cut down. It's kind of a way of life in America. If you can make people want to hear what you're going to say, it can be cruel and funny.

What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives?

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

Pain is all I know." He murmured. "Peace is all I want

It's a long time until the next election, but it starts now. And if you truly want to see things change in the direction that our country is headed, you have to stay involved. You cannot quit now.

As a parent, I want my kids to have an optimistic outlook, and one that has hope, and that makes sense, where good does triumph over evil and it's not cynical, and it's not snarky.

I'm planning to give up worrying. I want to, but I'm worried I won't be able to.

I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.

People can say whatever they want about whatever they want.