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I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession. — Samuel Johnson

You will get what you wish for. — Lailah Gifty Akita

As for the fan, she agreed that it was a most amusing trifle: just what she would wish to buy for herself, if it had not been so excessively ugly! — Georgette Heyer

I wish you'd tell me when we're having friends over for luncheon."
"I would, if they would tell me. — Suzanne Enoch

the Tibetan word for prayer translates as 'wish path. — Gabriel Cohen

I really wish you hadn't said sorry for it. Because apologizing means regretting. — Estelle Maskame

When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: "I wish no gifts, only presence. — Unknown

Success will come just as a mere wish when cars begin to manufacture and drive themselves. Believe it or not, "nothing comes out if nothing goes in"! — Israelmore Ayivor

You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality. — Steve Maraboli

You may wish me luck, or curse me for a damnable pirate, but do not look for me. I will be gone to parts beyond the sea. — Celia Rees

Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any one the things you would not desire for yourself. — Baha'u'llah

You wish for what's called wooing. This customary game, where the man shows the woman that resistance is impractical, strikes me as quite pointless. — Tara West

Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened — Frederick Lenz

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

Photography teaches us to see, and we can see whatever we wish. When I take a photograph, I make a wish. I was always looking for beauty. — George A Tice

Science will always be the source of authority for those who wish to remove God from their thinking. — Curtis A. Chamberlain

That wish - that prayer - both men and women would have scorned me for - "But, Father, Thou wilt not despise!" I said, and felt that it was true. — Anne Bronte

I should think that is what anyone would wish- to be loved for themselves and not their position. — Kendare Blake

I have got you together to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your advice about the main matterfor that I have determined for myself. — Abraham Lincoln

Yinzer: DAMN!! I wish I had your balls! Tucker:I wish you had a breath mint, but I guess we don't always get what we wish for. — Tucker Max

So many of us suffer because we are trying to live the life we once had or the life we wish for. Life is much sweeter when we live the life we have — Daniel Gottlieb

Who can wish for happiness that is bought at the price of reason, whose fleeting pleasures are at least followed by regret, if not remorse? — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

I have been made to realize tonight that there are limits to what I wish to do or see done for any cause. — Guy Gavriel Kay

The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic. — Elbert Hubbard

You know what I wish for?" she said through a tight throat. "What I
really need? A man who loves me enough to stay. — Karina Bliss

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. — Thomas Carlyle

Thank you for letting me hijack your wish', I said.
'Thank you for wearing that dress which is like whoa, he said. — John Green

To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success! — Voltaire

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am? — Raoul Vaneigem

If Death could grant you a wish, you would use it for someone else? Trade your happiness for someone else's? — Robin LaFevers

Why wish for the privilege of living your past life again? You begin a new one every morning — Robert Quillen

How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity. — Pope Francis

If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that which he is obliged to rescue. — Sun Tzu

He says... only when God wishes it. But when God doesn't wish for it. It's like this. This is when we steal kisses while God is blinking. — Tarako Kotobuki

I wish for adventure.
I wish to matter.
I wish for a home. — Sophie Jordan

Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I'd never used it. I'm 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s. — Ben Elton

If God granted me a wish today, I would ask for a talent to read, write and speak all languages of the world! — Shikha Kaul

I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master. — Susanna Moodie

Every contrition for sin is apt to encourage a not quite charitable wish that other people should exhibit a similar contrition. — Charles Williams

It shocks me how I wish for ... what is lost and cannot come back. — Sue Monk Kidd

Hell is nothing but a place we wish God has created for our enemies, we ourselves think that he will ultimately show some kind of clemency towards us — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Love, we all talk about it, we all wish for it, and most of the time we shun away from it. — Nadina Boun

Be careful what you wish for... — Beth Bares

To the frivolous Christianity is certainly not glad tidings, for it wishes first of all to make them serious. — Soren Kierkegaard

I wish for a heart you can see straight through, for a voice that glows in the dark, and a few really good friends to say, That's the way to go. — Andrea Gibson

Now, that's where you're wrong. You're looking for something you don't see, what you wish you could see, instead of focusing on what you can see. — M. Clarke

And how do you really feel?
Like I'll never recover. Like I'll never draw another breath without half of it being a wish for him. — Jane Seville

We do not wish to enter Heaven until our work is done, for it would make us uneasy if there were one single soul left to be saved by our means. — Charles Spurgeon

I wish I'd never married you. For your sake. Not mine." She — Tiffany Reisz

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most people wish for riches, but few people provide the definite plan and burning desire which pave the road to wealth. — Napoleon Hill

Po's [Kung Fu Panda] unending enthusiasm is something we wish we could have. We can't help but root for him because of his geek energy. — Jennifer Yuh Nelson

The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us. — Hubert H. Humphrey

I am anything I wish to be. The world cannot choose for me. No, it is for me to choose what the world shall be. — Frances Hardinge

If I had one wish, it would be for self-drying pants. Wait
no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?! — Stephen Colbert

Let us keep on dreaming and instead of saying "I wish" and waiting for it to happen, have the courage to say "I will" and make it come true. — Kcat Yarza

I wish there was a word more than 'love' itself to convey what I feel for you. — Faraaz Kazi

To improve performance don't wish for smoothness; always be ready to face the challenge. — Debasish Mridha

We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness. — Dalai Lama

My mind is filled with cataclysm and apocalypse. I wish for earthquakes, eruptions, flood. — Madeline Miller

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment. — Henry Home, Lord Kames

Exhibitionism and a nervous wish for concealment, for anonymity, thus battle inside the buyer of any piece of clothing. — Elizabeth Bowen

The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second. — Jodi Picoult

You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone. — Andy Stanley

I can't remember in 1980 who I voted for. I wish I could tell you. — Jeff Greene

I wish I had a horse; then I could run for miles in this splendid air, and not lose my breath." Jo — Louisa May Alcott

I wish you much more grace for all your works. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The young see the world that they wish for. The old see the world as it is. You — Chris Cleave

Someone gave me wishes and I wished for an embrace. — Leonard Cohen

Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won't come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn. — Leo Tolstoy

We're never prepared for how much we love our children, for how much we wish we could protect them by being perfect. — Libba Bray

We were each of us trying; trying to undo our own history while wishing for Superman. — Amber Garibay

One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment. — G.I. Gurdjieff

No matter where you go, there is always a place for you under the sun. — Ruben Papian

Every heart has a hidden treasure. A secret wish. A silent dream. A special goal to long for. No matter how distant it may seem. — Jill Wolf

All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all. — Gautama Buddha

Frankly, I wish they would do 'The Bachelorette' for old people. And I could be the bachelorette. — Julie White

While wishing a beautiful snowing for the streets of your city, do not forget also to wish a warm house for the homeless! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

We understood nothing at all. Not what it meant to wish for a miracle ... nor its price. — Magica Quartet

Singularitarians are the munchkins of the real world. We just ignore all the usual dungeons and head straight for the cycle of infinite wish spells. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

You know, one thing I've learned in my time on this earth Be careful what you wish for. — Elijah

I wish I could've done more for her, but some sorrows were simply too individual to share. — Edwidge Danticat

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient. — Christopher Hitchens

Fame, for example, consists of the opinions of others and requires that we must live our life as others wish. — Irvin D. Yalom

You know what makes me stop crying?"
"What, darlin'?"
"Kisses. Lots and lots of kisses."
"Careful what you wish for, beautiful. — J.T. Geissinger

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

My wish for the new millennium is for all children ... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before. — Hillary Clinton

For though the wish for friendship comes quickly, friendship does not. — Aristotle.

I look at the world and my own life as if I were a stranger. I wish for nothing, except perhaps that time would stop. — Amin Maalouf

The sun in on the harbor, love,
And I wish I could remain,
For I know it will be some long, long time,
Before I see you again. — L.A. Meyer

Our time in this life is limited. And how we respect that time will create a greater possibility for fulfillment. — Ruben Papian

Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself. — Donnie Yen

Everything you wish to "create" is already there, waiting for you. — Bryant McGill

Because it's worse to wish for something that's never going to happen and be disappointed than to never wish for anything at all, — Maggie Hall

The American public really does have a death wish for me. They want me to die. I'm not going to die. — Courtney Love

Hatred is a death wish for the hated, not a life wish for anything else. — Audre Lorde

Whatever you wish to pay for a glimpse of your future," the fortune-teller says. Bailey stops to consider this for a moment. It is strange, but fair. — Erin Morgenstern

A wish for a future no longer tainted by the past. A future that held joy, not regret. A future that offered love instead of loneliness. — Irene Hannon

I hear people say, "It happened for a reason," or "It's part of God's plan," and I wish that made sense to me but it doesn't. — Mary-Louise Parker