I Wish Quotes

I don’t have music, Christ I wish I had music but all I have is words.

Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by.

I wish I could, instead of destroying things like that, I wish I could build, build, build.

If any of you wish to know how to have your bread fall butter side up, butter it on both sides, and then it will fall butter side up.

If I could wish one thing for anyone, it would be to not have to do anything his entire life-just go along and when you feel like doing something, do it.

It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate; one must accompany him to his death or to victory

Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.

Here I am! Now what are your other two wishes

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

The motive forces of phantasies are unsatisfied wishes, and every single phantasy is the fulfillment of a wish, a correction of unsatisfying reality.

I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

We love best those who are, or act for us, a self we do not wish to be or act out.

Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player.

I am I, and I wish I weren't.

I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.

If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend.

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.

Never be afraid of a cliché, if it expresses what you wish to say.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

It's amazing to see that people came to see you. That, that was their wish.

Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.

If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.

I wish I felt energetic and could paint all the time, because there are so many paintings I'd like to do.

Give thanks for all that shows up in your life including the stuff that you perceive to be negative, the things that you wish wouldn't have happened. Don't take anything forgranted.

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.

When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.

The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!

Don't sacrifice what you wish for most for what you wish for now

Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, 'I wish I had', or 'I'm glad I did.'

You cannot call yourself patient until you are willing and able to bear things that you have no wish to bear.

I am healthy. I wish all my colleagues to the peace process to be healthy.

If you wish strongly, have courage and endurance, then you can get to the summit of your dream.

I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.

Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout his career.

I wish you the beast of luck!

The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

I wish the Libertarian Party would get more play in the media but they don't.

Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by it.

To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).

When I ate vanilla frosting straight from the can, I could feel God standing right nest to me like a real best friend, watching, and smiling, and wishing he had a mouth.

If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.

I wish I knew who said it, but my favorite quote is, "If a person can do it, I can do it."

Questioning the status quo can result in banishment, imprisonment, ridicule or being burned at the stake, depending on your era, your locale, and the sacred cows you wish to butcher.

It's easy to become anything you wish . . . so long as you're willing to forfeit your soul.