Quotes of: Wishful-thinking Keyword

Most people say if you tell a wish it won't come true. But I don't think wishes work like that. I don't believe there's some bad-tempered wish-fairy with a clipboard, checking off whether or not you've told...But it's a long shot I'll get my wish, so...

Rules

Mike Wallace: And do you wish you hadn't come forward? Do you wish you hadn't blown the whistle? Jeffrey Wigand: There are times when I wish I hadn't done it. There are times when I feel com... compelled to do it. If you asked me, would I do it again...

The Insider

Make a wish," said Indigo. Rose made a wish and then asked, "Why?" "That's what I always do. Wish on the moving ones." "Does it matter how fast they move?" "I don't think so." "Can you wish on airplanes, too?" "Oh, yes.

Indigo's Star

I think that obviously, there is a perverse attraction to a fundamentally changed world or the end of the world. There is a death wish, a perverse death wish. Not just for ourselves, not just for the movie 'Death Wish,' but for the end of all human l...

John Hodgman

The only thing I can tell you is when it's there, you know it. And when it ain't, no amount of wishful thinking will make it so.

Real Romance

I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.

Larry Ellison

The church is in the hope business. We, of all people, ought to be known most for our hope because our hope is founded on something deeper than human ability or wishful thinking.

John Ortberg

Wishful thinking won't make the Palestinians an Israeli peace partner, no matter how much President Barack Obama pressures Israel to make concessions; caustically mocking Putin's worldview won't make it any less real or mitigate the Russian threat.

Ben Shapiro

I wish the children could be taught early on that our thinking creates our experience.

Louise L. Hay

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

Billy Crudup

I wish my daughter wasn't spending time thinking of Kim Kardashian or Rihanna.

Tina Brown

I wish I'd done 'Dumb and Dumber.' I was offered the part, but I don't think I'd have been better than Jeff Daniels was. Another film I wish I'd done was 'Jerry Maguire.'

Woody Harrelson

I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kin...

Dick Cheney

I wish people didn't just think of me in the '60s. I'm not any era.

Marianne Faithfull

The act of speaking our intentions aloud shifts them from wishful thinking into action.

21 Days to Better Balance: Find More Balance in a Busy World

How many wishes do you think we can get out of this?" she asked, but I couldn't tear my eyes way from the sky. "How many wishes do you need?" "Three." That got my attention, and I turned my head to look at her, but she didn't look away from the sky. ...

Black Rainbow

I am the oldest of seven. Do my siblings think I'm super cool? I wish they thought I was super cool!

Britt Robertson

Now that I think of it, she looked splendid. I wish I had met her somewhere else. I wish I had appreciated her as she deserved. I wish that everything had gone differently.

The Moons of Jupiter

Sometimes I wish I could just be like everyone else my age and not think at all.

XVI

I wish I could have a recurring role on 'Modern Family'. I think 'Modern Family' is the best comedy on television. It's extremely well written, extremely well acted and directed.

Patti LuPone

I think there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just take the nice things.

Nellie McKay