I Wish Quotes

Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity; for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say.

The Church is not an association that wishes to promote a certain cause. It is not about a cause. It is about the person of Jesus Christ.

If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.

Let us show great humility towards the peoples we wish to help, for we have very little to teach them.

Even when we get what we wish, it is not ours.

Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.

You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.

I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.

As far as I know, you can fancy someone, you can enjoy their company or you can wish them well. But what being in love is, I don't know.

The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, "I wish you hadn't made every line funny. It's so depressing."

People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

It was considered very bad form to wish authors on their birthdays 'many happy returns.

I've seen that many times in rural African villages where people have nothing but a hut and a bowl. The joy in the children's eyes is something you wish you could package and bring back to America.

America is an empire that does not wish to be one ; we are easily discouraged from doing what must be done to maintain the global order that allows democracy and prosperity to flourish.

What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100.

It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

It is the act of a coward to wish for death.

Ovid lies here, the poet, skilled in love's gentle sport; By his own talents he worked his undoing. Oh, you who pass by, if ever you have loved, Think it not a burden to wish him calm repose.

A combed writing will cost both sweat and the rubbing of the brain. And combed I wish it, not frizzled or curled.

I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night.

A birthday wish granted 23 years late is still a birthday wish granted.

Now let us bandy words no more... nothing is easier than sharp words, except to wish them unspoken.

The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast

I wish every Republican wanted to impeach [Jeorge W.] Bush , but people don't agree with this. He's stating a fact about what he believes.

I always wish I could go back and see the people that I love as children.

I have a longing for wilderness and for greenness. I wish I were a person who longed for animals, but I'm not.

We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.

I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.

That is longing: To dwell in the flux of things, To have no home in the present. And these are wishes: gentle dialogues Of the poor hours with eternity.

Sehwag shall be remembered for his explosive and natural cricketing skills. Wish him all success on his birthday.

Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself.

I like the obvious statement, although some people might wish to think they aren't there, that they will go away with time.

Without a wish, without a will, I stood upon that silent hill And stared into the sky until My eyes were blind with stars and still I stared into the sky.

I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant. Now we reckon them as bank-days, by some debt which is to be paid us, or which we are to pay, or some pleasure we are to taste.

Women see better than men. Men see lazily, if they do not expect to act. Women see quite without any wish to act.

Our books approach very slowly the things we most wish to know.

If a teacher have any opinion which he wishes to conceal, his pupils will become as fully indoctrinated into that as into any which he publishes.

When I read a good book, I wish my life were three thousand years long.

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

The Super Bowl is something you can't put into words. It's such a great feeling. I wish I could put it into words, but you just have to be there to know the experience.

I wish I knew all the answers, how to be perfect, attractive and witty. But I'm just a human being with all the regular faults and it seems no matter how hard I try, I can't change that.

I don't really read books. Wish I did.

I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.

The youthful heart is ready to believe what it wishes will happen.

As Gandhi famously responded when asked about "Western civilization," "I wish they had one," the same applies to "international community": "I wish there was one."

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.

How can we resent the life we've created for ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit, but us? Who can change it, any time we wish, but us?