Quotes of: Wished Keyword

I wish our brains could ‘hunger’, like our tummies do

Motivational

I wish they would only take me as I am.

Vincent Van Gogh

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

Voltaire

I wish I could create an IMAX film that would make my work accessible to a broader audience.

Edward Burtynsky

If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.

Bulgarian

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

French

He who wishes to barter, does not like his belongings.

Nigerian

Whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.

Traditional

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.

Yugoslavian

If you wish to know what a man is, put him in authority.

Yugoslavian

I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings.

Crime and Punishment

It is only the rooms of the present I wish to inhabit.

The Book of Madness and Cures

I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.

Richard Avedon

Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.

Not-Knowing: The Essays and Interviews of Donald Barthelme

What can a fallen star wish for, but it fulfills other's wishes, is it not?

Life... Love... Kumbh...

This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here.

Lords and Ladies

We are energy, and like all energy, we are in constant change.

Your Wishes Fulfilled: Volume 1: Theory

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

Juvenal

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

Thomas Sowell

I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York.

Patrick Ewing

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself.

Sharon Olds