Wanting's Quotes

It's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing. — John Steinbeck

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt. — Oliver Goldsmith

There's been a lot of talk about Jack White wanting to work with me, and I've always admired him, and of course, he lives in Nashville, too. — Dolly Parton

There's nothing stupid about wanting to be loved. Believe me. — Nina LaCour

I've always been a fan at home. That's the one joke I have with Sam [Champion]. "I've always loved you! I remember wanting to be you in grade school!" — Chris Cuomo

That's all anybody is-themselves. People all the time wanting to change that. — Jacqueline Woodson

Human beings can't see anything without wanting to destroy it. That's original sin. And I'm going to destroy it. Death is going to die. — Philip Pullman

Atheists who keep asking for evidence of God's existence are like a fish in the ocean wanting evidence of water. — Ray Comfort

I find each project, although it's compartmentalized, informs me in some facet. I wake up everyday wanting to be informed. — Ryan Seacrest

He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, him not know t, and he's not robbed at all. — William Shakespeare

It is the touch of a lover's arms that I so desperately crave, not the memories of a love no longer mine. — D.S. Mixell

The man was irresistible. What's with that? she thought. It was like wanting to bake cookies for the spawn of Satan. — Janet Evanovich

People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people. — Prince William

It's starting to sink in," Corny said. "I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall. — Holly Black

There's nothing wrong with making little kids happy, but there's nothing wrong with wanting to be an adult actress. I mean a grown-up actress. — Anne Hathaway

Love isn't about wanting a hero, it's about wanting to be one for the other person. — T.M. Frazier

He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stol'n,
Let him not know't and he's not robb'd at all. — William Shakespeare

Here's to new beginnings, Stuart says and raises his bourbon. I nod, sort of wanting to tell him that all beginnings are new. — Kathryn Stockett

Wanting to live, but accepting death to save others: that was courage. That was to be Gansey's greatness. — Maggie Stiefvater

I think that's all a form of wanting to let go, of wanting to get out ... It's not something easily described or understood. — Marilyn Manson

Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer. — Joseph Sobran

It's not that I want you to go, it's just that I don't want you to stay. - China Sorrows - — Derek Landy

Do you think it's possible that wanting someone you can't have is your subconscious mind's way of coping? — Richelle Mead

The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what you want; it's wanting what you get, — Alex Trebek

It's less about wanting and more about being. — Maggie Stiefvater

You start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few good jokes. — David Nicholls

The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough. — Charles E. Wilson

It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me. — Vanessa Carlton

You remind me of my first concert. The one I told you about on New Year's. You remind me of the feeling of wanting to make something. — Ava Dellaira

I think you grow up wanting to be a racing driver. Then it dawns on you that it's not going to happen. — Dominic Cooper

You are a beautiful lady. I won't deny that. But there's a difference between admiring a painting and wanting to buy it. — Jaima Fixsen

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money. — Joseph Sobran

It's always the one you shouldn't want that you end up wanting the most — Linda Kage

It's certainly difficult to balance marketing a film and putting it out there to everybody with wanting to keep it fresh for the audience. — Christopher Nolan

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood. — Bear Bryant

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning. — Pat Riley

Maybe it's because I can't have him that I feel safe wanting him. He's beyond my reach, so he won't hurt me. — Tess Gerritsen

And that's what's wrong with the world.." "Man, woman, straight, gay. There's nothing wrong with wanting someone. We're all adults. — Lindsey Kelk

Caretaking is never about the other person. It's about wanting to feel needed because you're afraid you're not wanted. — Claire Fontaine

it's hard enough separating the good stuff from the bullshit without adding to the whole mess by wanting to know what you ain't gonna know. — Jim Dodge

How can a man marry wisely in his twenties? The girl he's going to wind up wanting hasn't even been born. — Mignon McLaughlin

Closer ... he's closer. He's going to kiss me. I'm caught between wanting to scream hallelujah and having a heart attack. — Nyrae Dawn

I'm just excited I get to sing all the time. There's nothing but open ears of people wanting to listen. — Delta Goodrem

It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them. — Marion Milner

Her eyes fall on Alejandro's lips, wanting, once again, to know how they would feel on her. She squirms at the thought. — Vivian Winslow

When wanting collides with getting, that's the moment of truth. I want to collide. — Cath Crowley

Perhaps it's what both their hearts have been wanting all along - to be broken. In order to know that they are whole enough to break. — Emily Ruskovich

I have this terrible habit of wanting to try to be consistent and develop a philosophy that's coherent. — Ron Paul

When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. — Marilyn Monroe

I think there's a misconception of my wanting to do dark stuff. — Susanne Bier

We must get over wanting to be needed. — C.S. Lewis

It's kind of like when you get married, you kinda go into it wanting to remember everything. And once it's done, you can't remember a single thing. — Stephen Strasburg

Please accept my apologies, lass. I should nae have been so forward, but I've been wanting to kiss ye. — Victoria Roberts

There's nothing bloody wrong with wanting it at all. — Kate Winslet

Wanting everything that's mine to actually be mine and not at the mercy of others and their mistakes. — Cecelia Ahern

We're all just big kids. That's all we are. We are artistes. We grew up wanting to be part of the fantasy of the fairy tales and the stories. — Angelina Jolie

Real bliss is the absence
of the wanting of bliss — Ramesh S Balsekar

After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so many years wanting to be older. — Sam Rockwell

Today's society is wanting in such a way that Honor, Integrity, Trust, Compassion, Empathy are left for the homeless and their pets. — Solange Nicole

Things have changed, Dreamer, you can feel it, and it's tearing you up inside.
Wanting to be closer to me. — Chani Lynn Feener

There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given. — Leon Kass

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you have! — Sheryl Crow

Wanting just leads to more wanting. There's no end to desire. — Nicola Yoon

The moment you have a self at all, there is a possibility of putting yourself first - wanting — C.S. Lewis

There's nothing wrong with wanting, so long as you work for it and don't put your desires before everything else - including other people. — Robert J. Crane

It's a question of wanting to know how the story turns out. And one can only know that about one story, ever. — Caleb Crain

There is nothing shameful in wanting, Venetia. There's only shame in not getting. — Karen Hawkins

It's very hard to be perceived as a boss, and behaving like a boss or wanting to be treated like one. — Sinead O'Connor

It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in. — Christopher Hampton

The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time. — Timothy Noah

I've been wanting to do a book about baseball for the longest time, and nobody will let me do it. It's the one thing from America I really miss. — Bill Bryson

Desperately wanting to define what's in the air between us but unwilling to make the first move — Emily Giffin

We never give up wanting things for ourselves, but there comes a day when what we want for ourselves is someone else's happiness. — Robert Breault

I struggle with wanting to observe from a distance and get in people's faces. It's an uneasy contradiction. — Jo Treggiari

I would far prefer to be in someone's arms than just in their head. — D.S. Mixell

I can't imagine anybody not wanting to make sure that noncitizens don't dilute legitimate U.S. citizens' vote. — Rick Scott

I felt sure about wanting to look at a person's life that had been limited or damaged, but not necessarily ennobled, by loss. — Leni Zumas

everyone knows how to lose weight - it's just a matter of wanting it
badly enough to make it work — Courtney Rubin

But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that's what mothers did. — Kiera Cass

A loving relationship is a wanting to celebrate, communicate, and know another's heart and soul. — Leo Buscaglia

We never cease wanting what we want, whether it's good for us or not. — Stephen King

Preaching Christ's truth always bears fruit. Of course, some people will probably end up wanting to throw that fruit at you ... — Mark Hart

My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15. — Vikram Chatwal

We want to mark you to show the world you belong to us. If anyone's a slave, it's us for wanting to give you the moon. — Eve Langlais

Maybe that's just what happens; you start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few jokes. — David Nicholls

That's what death is, Danny thought: wanting to talk to someone and not being able to. — Jennifer Egan

It's better to leave them wanting more than to be the show where people are like, "Oh, that's still on the air?" — Robbie Amell

I'm always going back and forth between wanting to do stuff that's abstract and stuff that's just telling everybody to listen. — Jenny Hval

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. — T. S. Eliot

Tick's eyes twinkled, and he drew a long sip of coffee. Poor Kate ... wanting to run the world and yet no one will let her. — Elizabeth Camden

All plot comes from the character's trying to get something, to achieve something, wanting, desiring, longing. — Robert Olen Butler

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got. — Garth Brooks

If you want to write a novel, it's the Divine mind wanting to express. — Julia Cameron

I'm homosexual ... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green. — Jean Genet

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies. — Ridley Scott

That's so rare. Wanting to feel safe doesn't mean I'm weak or can't take care of myself. — Katherine Locke

Purity is not about following a list of rules so that you'll avoid hell. It's about wanting heaven for the person you love. — Jason Evert

Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there's nothing more to live for. — Audrey Hepburn

We keep wanting to save those who are forlorn in this world. It's a male habit. — Michael Ondaatje

I don't think love is blind, but wanting to be in love, that's probably blind. — Marisa De Los Santos