All Quotes

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.
‐‐ Mary J. Blige

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!
‐‐ Natalie Merchant

I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers.
‐‐ Linda Ronstadt

I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.
‐‐ Alana Stewart

I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. I missed a lot.
‐‐ Billy Graham

I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.
‐‐ Molly Ringwald

I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I'd been more unifying, I wish I'd been more principled.
‐‐ Bill Ayers

I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged; too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and that you are wrong if you choose any of them.
‐‐ Susan Orlean

I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
‐‐ Vanity

I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.
‐‐ John James Audubon

I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.
‐‐ Joaquin Phoenix

I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
‐‐ Nastassja Kinski

I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do.
‐‐ Paula Danziger

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
‐‐ Yves Saint Laurent

I wish I had it in my power to furnish you with accommodation I should feel proud to do it, shall be happy to hear from you at anytime when you engagements will allow you an hour and remain with best wishes for yourself, family and circuit.
‐‐ John Hawley

I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.
‐‐ George McGovern

I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you.
‐‐ Mary J. Blige

I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.
‐‐ Jimmy Carter

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts.
‐‐ Kristen Wiig

I wish I had more confidence.
‐‐ Seann William Scott

I wish I had more guts when I was younger because then I would've said things to people's faces instead of just running away all the time.
‐‐ Mika

I wish I had more hair on my head. Maybe if I sprinkled fertilizer on it, it would grow.
‐‐ Kylie Bax

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 I had more time to read. I do love books.
‐‐ Carnie Wilson

I wish I had more time to visit schools.
‐‐ Cornelia Funke

I wish I had more time to write.
‐‐ Jayne Anne Phillips

I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with me. It was as if I'd died or something. Now that I go to a clinic and get the right kind of medicine, I am not as depressed as I used to be.
‐‐ Daniel Johnston

I wish I had never taken naked pictures of myself on a phone to send to a girl. It's the worst thing ever.
‐‐ Pete Wentz

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.
‐‐ Mo Rocca

I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself.
‐‐ Diane Keaton

I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
‐‐ Idina Menzel

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.
‐‐ Bob Costas

I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was.
‐‐ Patricia Riggen

I wish I had some interesting stories about living in L.A., but mostly I just do my work and then go home.
‐‐ Alex Pettyfer

I wish I had some stock in a scrunchie company.
‐‐ Hillary Clinton

I wish I had some strapping football player husband. It would be such a dream to be 'normal' like that, but I'm just not.
‐‐ Jillian Michaels

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

I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.
‐‐ Meg Cabot

I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely.
‐‐ Guy Pearce

I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.
‐‐ Karl Rove

I wish I had the guts and talent to be a good comedian. I love the idea of it, yet I'm terrified of it. I'd also love to play music in front of people.
‐‐ Charlie Rowe

I wish I had the nerve not to tip.
‐‐ Paul Lynde

I wish I had the voice of Homer to sing of rectal carcinoma.
‐‐ John B. S. Haldane

I wish I had thought of Velcro muscles myself. I didn't have to go to the gym for all those years, all the hours wedded to the iron game, as we call it.
‐‐ Sylvester Stallone

I wish I had thrown out the bathroom scale at age 16. Weighing yourself every morning is like waking up and asking Dick Cheney to validate your sense of inner worth.
‐‐ Anne Lamott

I wish I had time to listen to music more.
‐‐ John Edgar Wideman

I wish I had Wonder Woman's magic lasso like her to make people tell the truth.
‐‐ Kylie Bax

I wish I hadn't lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV. The BBC could have sacked me and that would have been the end of my career on TV.
‐‐ John Sweeney

I wish I hadn't said I'm going to retire.
‐‐ Bradley Wiggins