All Quotes

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.
‐‐ John Paul Jones

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.
‐‐ Clara Schumann

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.
‐‐ Howard Berman

I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.
‐‐ Anna Held

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
‐‐ Theodore Roosevelt

I wish to present myself in front of the camera, each time under the features of a different woman. I would like to live and apprehend the problems, the conflicts, the feelings and the impulses of women radically different from me.
‐‐ Romy Schneider

I wish to reiterate solemnly China's continued firm support to Pakistan in its efforts to uphold independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
‐‐ Li Keqiang

I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
‐‐ Federica Montseny

I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation's existence.
‐‐ Hussein of Jordan

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.
‐‐ David Amram

I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child.
‐‐ Claude Debussy

I wish to spend my life's twilight being just who I am. I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone, and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion with me.
‐‐ David Ogden Stiers

I wish to strengthen the hand of the Prime Minister and the heads of the security agencies in the unrelenting battle for our right to maintain normal daily life in every place in Israel.
‐‐ Reuven Rivlin

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
‐‐ Victor Borge

I wish to thank the Nobel Foundation for granting me the greatest honor to which a scientist may aspire.
‐‐ Sheldon Lee Glashow

I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences very sincerely for the great honour they have done me. It is an honour so great that even yet it is difficult for me to believe that it is true.
‐‐ Ernest Walton

I wish we could all have a telling room, a place where we go to tell our stories and listen to the stories of others; in our culture, the telling room might be around the dinner table or in the car on a long trip.
‐‐ Michael Paterniti

I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
‐‐ Mario Andretti

I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States.
‐‐ Hugo Chavez

I wish we could do something useful with tobacco - like making fertilizer out of it.
‐‐ Paul Dudley White

I wish we could get a national buddy network going. It would be a great thing for the American people.
‐‐ Bart Starr

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.
‐‐ Doris Kearns Goodwin

I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools.
‐‐ John Engler

I wish we could have state-of-the-art hospitals in every corner of the earth... but realistically, it's going to be a while before that can happen. But we can immunise every kid on earth, and we can prevent these diseases. It's only a matter of political will, a little bit of money and some systems to do it.
‐‐ Seth Berkley

I wish we could launch a ground-breaking competition that motivates kids to invent new ideas in sustainable living.
‐‐ Edward Burtynsky

I wish we could not ever get recognised on the streets, do no selfies, and still perform music all over the world. Unfortunately I don't think that's going to be the case, but I'm doing my best to just keep my feet on the ground and my eyes on the prize.
‐‐ Lukas Forchhammer

I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update.
‐‐ Susie Orbach

I wish we'd never got divorced. He and I both wish we'd never got divorced, but we did. I wish I could go back and be the bride again, but I can't.
‐‐ Sarah Ferguson

I wish we did have responsibility for the hair. I have been screwed up by the hair on many occasions.
‐‐ Julie Harris

I wish we didn't have to own up to a policy deliberately designed to inflict suffering on people who have already been traumatised in the countries from which they've fled.
‐‐ Hugh Mackay

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.
‐‐ Andy Garcia

I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing.
‐‐ Murray Walker

I wish we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love.
‐‐ Anne Rice

I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.
‐‐ Bill Joy

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.
‐‐ Judith Light

I wish we lived in a world where how you looked or what you wore wasn't an issue for men or women, and it's by and large not an issue for men, so I wish it wasn't an issue for women, but it is.
‐‐ Nicola Sturgeon

I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do is just say no.
‐‐ Dambisa Moyo

I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us.
‐‐ Mike Huckabee

I wish what I do was all real. Some of it's real, some of it's an illusion and I try to blur the line between both, but unfortunately I've got to be honest with you. Taking a $1 bill and turning it into a $100 - unfortunately it's not real.
‐‐ Criss Angel

I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.
‐‐ Kathryn Hahn

I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift on you as much as I am able.
‐‐ Charles Perrault

I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for.
‐‐ April Winchell

I wish you could see some of the girls I have genuinely had crushes on in my life. They're not the girls you would assume.
‐‐ Chris Evans

I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.
‐‐ Vivienne Westwood

I wish you to inform the Court that my absence, though deliberate, is not intended in any way to be disrespectful. Nor is it prompted by any fear of the punishment which might be inflicted on me.
‐‐ Bram Fischer

I wish you well and I hope it will be a huge hit, because that would be very good for me. And if, God forbid, it's a terrible flop, well that would be very good for me.
‐‐ Jonathan Harris

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
‐‐ Anthony Hope

I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these men that are gone from us, for there is nothing that shall convince them but judgment.
‐‐ Donald Cargill

I wished that I could have been down there because Paul actually wanted me to do the tour with him, but then he realized that it just wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be a solo tour anymore. It would look like just half of KISS.
‐‐ Eric Carr