What We Wanted Quotes

The only reason I went for that goal is that I wanted to say: 'Now, mummy-daddy, will you love me?'

Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.

I've played a lot of roles I haven't wanted to play, either because they needed someone in the theatre or because they couldn't do it without me 'cause they don't have anyone else the right age.

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock.

(Obama) really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time.

If the United States had not intervened in Afghanistan, then obviously, we would have then allowed the attacks of 9/11 to go unanswered. I don't think most of Americans wanted that to happen.

The reason I said the Internet is dangerous is that a couple smart guys could hack into a computer and shut down the Eastern seaboard if they wanted to. It's a terrible, out-of-control thing.

Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs, never wanted to play or give kisses and hugs. She'd watch the TV and sit there on the couch, while her mom fell asleep and her daddy went out.

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.

I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.

I grew up in a show biz family and, if you wanted to talk at the dinner table, you'd better be prepared to talk about film.

I wanted to be a huge star and I have failed.

I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar.

I am not a missionary, but I have wanted my life to count for the unreached peoples of the world.

We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.

I never wanted to show up and just say, "Okay, what are we doing today? Let's wing it!"

I wanted to push the envelope, and I wanted to go so far as to actually offend both the liberals and the right. I think I have succeeded.

I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page of a new book that we most wanted to read.

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente.

The Jug Band was exactly what I wanted to do, and it wasn't my idea.

In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And so that's where Places of Power came into being.

I once dated someone who worked at McDonald's. She came up and asked if I wanted a Big Mac.

But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.

I was bullied as a kid, and I got a job on television. And I had a camera. And so I wanted to go after those business bullies. And I just have been following that instinct.

I was always drawn to music. It consumed my thoughts and when I realized I could make people feel something through music that is all I wanted to do.

I called my son Jett and I wanted to call my daughter Qantas, but my wife wouldn't let me.

When I was young, no one wanted to be one; now even the President of the United States would call himself an outsider. So now I'm for insiders.

When I started making movies about weird people, I knew they were weird, I was infected with irony, and I wanted New York to notice.

Everything makes you who you are, so I was lucky that I had a good family that was horrified by what I wanted to do but was also supportive of it, right to the very end.

I couch-surfed for years. But I always wanted to live in Baltimore; I still do. If I had to choose, it would always be Baltimore.

I never got along in school really - I already knew what I wanted to do. I have never in my life got a paycheck from anywhere in the world that asked if I went to school.

I also wanted people to know that football actually started in China almost 3000 years ago.

I wanted my players to always be searching, especially for truth. I wanted them to know what they believed and be able to defend it. Truth will always stand the test of scrutiny.

I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball; as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.

I am one of the lucky people in the world; I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.

I'm not 'Blockbuster Boy.' I never wanted to be. I wasn't looking for that.

Before I met Jesus I wanted to be a professional pool player.

I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.

I worked out what would make me happy, and I worked out what I wanted to do, and I trained myself to do the job that would make those two things happen

It's not hard to get a girl if I wanted one. But it doesn't mean you want it, and even if you did, you're certainly not going to rub it in anybody's face.

INXS’ touring days could never last forever. We wanted it to end on a high. And it has.

I just wanted to say one more thing: I also think that when you go to play music, you're there to play music.

I didn't always have time to practice as much as I wanted to do, that was a real problem for me in high school and college.

I've always wanted to come to Comic Con.

I’m glad the UFC wanted to work with me as well, and I think that they trust that I’ll never make them look bad. You never have to worry about me with a DWI or doing something crazy

I always loved action adventure. It is something I always wanted to do.

I'm surprised, but I'm glad, I realise that this is what i wanted that night last week, to simply make a connection and keep hold of it.

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it was obviously that I would write them, too.

You know, I've always wanted to be a young Charles Kuralt. I started in this business with just a Winnebago and a dream.

The drama thing was something I've always wanted to do, but the opportunities are rare, and they have to be the right ones.