I Want Quotes

Feminists have not tried to "destroy the family". We just thought the family was such a good idea that men might want to get involved in it too.

Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.

Things which matter cost money, and we've got to spend the money if we do not want to have generations of parasites rather than generations of productive citizens.

Oh, mercy. If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms.

Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need

How strange to read of a place in a book, and then stand on it, listen to the birds sing, and spit on the cobbles if you want.

I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.

I've never gotten over high school, to the extent that I'm still a little surprised that my friends want to hang out with me.

I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life, look out the window.

I think it's innate in human nature to want to make a difference, to make your life meaningful.

You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you

What you want is what you need. Your dearest wish comes straight from your core, loaded with vital information about who you are and who you can become.

When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.

As you go on you realize "Okay I know how to get laughs but am I saying things I want to say? Am I writing jokes that I like?" You get to a point that is that so you move on.

The Middle East is gorgeous, but again, politically, I would not want to go there.

Sometimes you're not getting the laughs you want or at the place you want but that doesn't mean it's not funny. It means you haven't explored it enough.

Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself.

Stop the life cycle-I want to get off!

I don't really care about plot; I want to have a page-turner in a different kind of way.

I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.

It does not demean men to want to be what they imagine the wolf to be, but it does demean them to kill the animal for it.

Touring is a young man's game, but after 30 years of it, I want to stay home.

No-one wants to see anybody fail in life.

Come little cottage girl, you seem to want my cup of tea; and will you take a little cream? Now tell the truth to me!

The team takes on the identity of its top payers... I don't want to take anything away from the Capitals offensively.

Don't get ahead of yourself. Companies need time to figure out what they want to be.

What's great about [Guettel] is his very distinct voice as a composer. And that distinct voice is something worth cherishing and expressing so we just didn't want to screw that up.

You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement... contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want.

Any external support, if you want to call it support, let's use this world, is... how to say... it's going to be additional, but it's not the base to depend on more than the Syrian support.

On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don't exist all over Syria.

If the American administration want to support Al-Qaeda - go ahead. That's what we have to tell them, go ahead and support Al-Qaeda, but don't talk about rebels and free Syrian army.

Some of these agendas wanted me to quit, very simply, so they said "we have all the guarantees if you want to leave, and all the money and everything you want." Of course, you just ignore that.

I think the most important part of this now is, let's say the American people, but the polls show that the majority now don't want a war, anywhere, not only against Syria.

I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.

And anyway, the first three letters in the word diet should tell you what I want it to do.

He brushed my curls back off my face. “I never pictured my life so complete. I never thought I’d have everything I want. You’re everything to me, Angel.

Or, if you decide you want to sleep at my place, on opposite sides of my bedroom with a Do Not Cross line drawn down the middle, I'll do it. I won't like it, but I'll do it.

The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a half, then you get home and you want to do other things.

A lot of people are afraid to succeed and don't want to fail but if you don't attempt, aren't you already failing in the same spot?

I do get a little pissed at people who write me and want me to do things, and spell my name wrong.

I feel sad that we have allowed these knee-jerk feminists who want to act like it's a struggle against men...but again that's the least politically developed strand of feminism.

But sometimes, it’s harder to admit to ourselves we want love in our lives than it is to keep living without it.

I get a lot of work done in my dreams and I don't want to take anybody else's work with me.

Sleep is such a potent, liminal state, and I don't want to drag anything in there that doesn't need to be there.

How about the more than 1 billion Muslim people in the U.S, who aren't fanatical, who don't punch women, who just want to go to school, have some sandwiches, and pray five times a day?

As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.

Independent publishing gives everyone a voice, and those with a voice to which people inherently want to listen will find a way to the top.

The industry now wants to be in charge of everything.

If I'm in a relationship and my girlfriend is sleeping with other people, I don't need to know who it is; I just want to know how she feels about it.

We play a tough game. If people want to whinge, they can go to a different sport. It's part of the game, it's what I love about it . . . and I'd hate to see it go.