What We Wanted Quotes

Was it that you wanted to pull my leg by transporting me to the frozen Himalayan heights of 'mahatmaship' and claiming for yourself absolution from having to follow my precepts?

The freedom that I wanted as a kid would - probably would not have been good for me and not in the way in which I wanted it.

The force with which he wanted it both ways made him grit his teeth. What kind of fool wanted it only one way?

I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, Ive wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?

We felt like the Taliban saw us as little dolls to control, telling us what to do and how to dress. I thought if God wanted us to be like that He wouldn't have made us all different.

As a girl I wanted the Cyndi Lauper hairstyle, with the shaved side of the head, or the Sharon Stone perm from 'Total Recall.'

I wanted a fake wedding in Jamaica.

I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience.

I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.

Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to develop close ties with China and learn from its experience.

I believe that the FBI clearly was concerned, wanted to monitor and disrupt Malcolm X wherever possible.

I wanted to be a world champion.

I am very happy that Floyd Mayweather and I can give the fans the fight they have wanted for so many years.

I'm loyal to my thoughts, to my friends. This is what I really like the best. Loyalty. Sounds goody-goody. Maybe that's not the one you wanted.

When my oldest brother started acting. From there, I wanted to act myself. That's the long story short.

I was such a nerd. It just wasn't something I would have wanted. And I didn't want to act like an adult.

Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.

I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.

I'd always wanted to write a song about a leather jacket and how wearing it makes you feel. I love leather jackets, and I've got a big collection of them.

I don't care much about success or anything like that. I've only ever wanted life to be an adventure.

I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the opportunity to write a show about your life.

...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that meekness which the common herd mistake for weakness.

I have always wanted to know what's going on under the surface.

I really - as I said, I wanted to be President of the United States. It didn't turn out that way.

I didn't want to just write a series - I wanted to write an epic, on story that spans three books, where decisions made in the first impact the last.

It made him feel invisible—not that he wanted to feel anything else.

I was kidnapped by literature at a young age and never wanted to be ransomed.

Comedy was all I ever wanted.

I have permanent damage to my body because I wanted to be thin.

The first right of every child is to be wanted, to be desired, to be planned for with an intensity of love that gives it its title to being.

I wanted to dissolve into the floor, mixing myself with the hard stone. A stone had a single purpose: to be. No complicated promises, no worries and no feelings.

In an unpredictable and unpleasant world it was both unusual and very pleasant to hear what I wanted to hear.

I knew that if I wanted to survive, it wasn't about healing or trying to forget. It was about how I could use my life to answer what had happened to us. In many ways, it saved my life.

If you analyze the bad times you find that it's because you wanted to have a bad time.

I've got to where I've always wanted to be. I just feel more myself, and I've learned not to care what other people think. It's happened slowly, very slowly. But I did it.

I like my work, but my life always comes first. I always wanted to have a beautiful life, and the way to do it is in show business.

I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn't want any rich man.

I could be compassionate, if I wanted. Metias would be merciful. But I was never as good a person as my brother.

I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them.

I have always lived the way I wanted regardless of whether or not it was popular.

Wherever my career takes me, I know I'll love getting there, because ever since I was 2 1/2 years old, I knew that this was all I ever wanted to do.

I was a pizza-delivery boy at the Pizza Oven in Canton. I wanted to get fired so bad, I actually wrecked the delivery car, but they wouldn't fire me. I was the only person they had working there.

I never wanted it to end this way, but flies will lay their eggs.

I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin my chances.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

We wanted to prove that I am not just a provocateur, as the television said [referring to a Fox news clip shown in the film]. It's challenging, but it's not just challenging.

You can't take a vacation from speed. I probably could have taken more time off and not driven in all the different disciplines, but I wanted to drive, drive and drive.

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.

I always wanted to represent the natural, healthy girl, and I didn't care if it was cool or trendy to look like you hadn't eaten in two weeks.