Quotes of: I-wish Keyword

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Erica Jong

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Benjamin Franklin

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Blaise Pascal

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Baruch Spinoza

There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.

Chester Bennington

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

George Herbert

If one wishes to be a great project manager, one needs to talk less and write more.

GE Paulus

Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes.

Judith Martin

There are many dying children out there whose last wish is to meet me.

David Hasselhoff

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

Dalai Lama

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.

Henry Knox

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.

Marcel Proust

Don't waste too much time wishing, hoping, and being envious; it'll make you bugnutty.

Penn Jillette

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

Cesare Pavese

Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect.

Edgar Quinet

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.

Hannah Arendt

Lo: A faithful heart makes wishes come true.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Royal: Hell of a damn grave. Wish it were mine.

The Royal Tenenbaums

Sandy: Wish me luck. Michael Dorsey: Fuck you. Sandy: Thanks. Michael Dorsey: Fuck you.

Tootsie

My wish is to be a catalyst, to push for solutions, to broker peace talks, to ensure accountability, especially for those who committed and are still organizing unspeakable crimes.

Ger Duany